Dyson Heydon

John Dyson Heydon AC QC (born 1 March 1943 in Ottawa, Canada) is a Justice of the High Court of Australia; the highest court in the Australian court hierarchy. After matriculating from Shore School, Heydon received a BA from Sydney University and an MA and BCL from University College, Oxford. He was a Rhodes Scholar. He was a Fellow of Keble College Oxford, teaching public international law in the early 1970s. Heydon was admitted to the New South Wales Bar in 1973. He was elected Dean of the University of Sydney Law School 1978 – 1979. He was appointed as a Queen's Counsel (QC) in 1987. At age 30, Heydon became a Professor of law at the University of Sydney, the youngest person to reach that position. Heydon was appointed as a Judge of...