Malcolm Blue
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|office = Judge of the Supreme Court of South Australia
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|birth_date ={{Birth date and age|1954|08|12|df=y}}
|birth_place = North Adelaide, South Australia
|birthname = Malcolm Fraser Blue
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Malcolm Fraser Blue {{postnominals|country=AUS|KC}} (born 12 August 1954, in North Adelaide, South Australia) was a Justice of the Supreme Court of South Australia and a reserve Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria.
Career
A graduate of the University of Adelaide, he was admitted to legal practice in 1977 and was appointed King's Counsel in 2001. He was appointed to the Supreme Court on 12 August 2011.[http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/new-judge-praised-for-dedication/story-e6frea6u-1226114089129 Hannah Silverman, (13 August 2011), New judge praised for dedication, AdelaideNow, Adelaide] He was a member of the Australasian Institute of Judicial Administration.[http://www.courts.sa.gov.au/OurCourts/SupremeCourt/Lists/Judges%20Annual%20Reports/Attachments/1/2011_Judges_Annual_Report_SC.pdf Report of the Judges of The Supreme Court of South Australia to the Attorney-General pursuant to Section 16 of The Supreme Court Act 1935 (SA) for the year ended 31 December 2011] accessed 17 December 2012
In 2005 Blue represented fellow lawyer Eugene McGee at the Kapunda Road Royal Commission into the circumstances surrounding the hit and run death of Ian Humphrey, caused by McGee.{{cite web | url=http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/qc-settles-speeding-case-and-saves-31/news-story/751f9c7ddb183ebf0125760e963e76ab | title=QC Malcolm Blue settles speeding case – and saves $31 | work=Sunday Mail (SA) | date=February 14, 2009 | accessdate=January 30, 2017}}
Background
He is the son of Norman Blue and Patricia Blue (née Vogt){{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article47600727 |title=Family Notices. |newspaper=The Advertiser |location=Adelaide |date=14 August 1954 |accessdate=17 December 2012 |page=30 |via=National Library of Australia}} He went to Pembroke School.[http://www.pembroke.sa.edu.au/assets/2012-PDFs/Old-Scholars/oct11bdm.pdf Pembroke School Old Scholars' 2011]
Justice Blue died in an accident at this family property on Saturday 7th September 2024Former Supreme Court justice dies in tractor incident
https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/police-investigate-serious-incident-at-willunga-south-involving-a-tractor/news-story/c6844cafb3e27292ceb987958452fa3d
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Category:Lawyers from Adelaide
Category:Judges of the Supreme Court of South Australia