Malcolm Lee (judge)

{{Short description|Australian judge}}

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|name = Malcolm Cameron Lee

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|office = Judge of the Federal Court of Australia

|term_start = 15 February 1988

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Malcolm Cameron Lee {{post-nominals|country=AUS|KC}} is a former judge that served on the Federal Court of Australia. He was based in Perth, Western Australia.

Lee was educated at the University of Western Australia. He was admitted to the Supreme Court of Western Australia in 1964, and began working as a barrister in 1969. He became Queen's Counsel in 1984. He was President of the Western Australian Bar Association from 1978 to 1981, and was a member of the Barristers Board of Western Australia from 1984. He was appointed a member of the Law Reform Commission of Western Australia in May 1987.http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/ALRCRefJl/1988/39.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}} He was a judge of the Industrial Relations Court of Australia.{{Cite news|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/archive/business-old/retired-federal-court-judges-to-hear-bell-group-appeal/news-story/fc17395c6b8b4a4f9ab3ac69b074413b|title=Retired judges to hear Bell appeal|date=2010-12-06|access-date=2017-06-20}}

In 1998 Lee ruled in recognition of the native title of the Miriuwung and Gajerrong people of the east Kimberly, over land in Western Australia and the Northern Territory.{{Cite news|url=http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2012/06/03/timeline-native-title-australia|title=Timeline: Native title in Australia|work=News|access-date=2017-06-20|language=en}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.dpc.wa.gov.au/LANTU/WHATISNATIVETITLE/Pages/KeyLegalEvents.aspx|title=Land, Approvals and Native Title Unit - Key Legal Events|website=www.dpc.wa.gov.au|language=en|access-date=2017-06-20}}

In 2011 Lee returned to the bench to hear the Bell Group Appeal in Western Australia's Supreme Court of Appeal.{{Cite news|url=https://thewest.com.au/news/wa/banks-face-2b-payout-after-losing-bell-case-ng-ya-301667|title=Banks face $2b payout after losing Bell case|date=2012-08-17|work=The West Australian|access-date=2017-06-20|language=en-AU}}