James Popple

BA LLB PhD FAAL
Photograph of James Popple
Born (1964-11-04) 4 November 1964 (age 59)
Mirboo, Victoria, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Education
Alma materAustralian National University
First Australian Freedom of Information Commissioner
In office
1 November 2010 – 31 December 2014
Senior Member, Administrative Appeals Tribunal
In office
1 January 2015 – 31 December 2017
Official Secretary to the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety
In office
8 October 2018 – 26 February 2021
Official Secretary to the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide
In office
8 July 2021 – 11 July 2022
Chief Executive Officer, Law Council of Australia
In office
25 July 2022 – present
Websitewww.popple.net/james

James Popple (born 1964)[1] is CEO of the Law Council of Australia.[2] He is also an Honorary Professor in the College of Law[3] and the College of Engineering and Computer Science[4] at the Australian National University,[5] and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law.[6]

He was President of the ANU's Postgraduate and Research Students' Association (1990–91);[1] associate to High Court Justice Mary Gaudron (1995);[7] Deputy Registrar of the High Court of Australia (1996–98);[1] a senior executive in the Australian Attorney-General's Department (1998–2010);[8] the first Australian Freedom of Information Commissioner (2010–14);[8] a Senior Member of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (2015–17);[9] a Principal Reviewer at CPM Reviews Pty Ltd (2018);[10] a member of the Australian Anti-Dumping Review Panel (2018–21);[11] a member of the ACT Remuneration Tribunal (2018–22);[12] Official Secretary to the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety (2018–21);[13] and Official Secretary to the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide (2021–22).[14]

He has been a member of the Council of Burgmann College, ANU since 1985.[1][15]

As part of his PhD research at the ANU (1993),[16] he developed a legal expert system called SHYSTER.[17][18]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Who's Who in Australia 2003". Who's Who in Australia: A Record of the Careers of Prominent and Representative People of the Time (39th ed.). Crown Content: 1635. 2002. ISSN 0810-8226.
  2. ^ "Dr James Popple appointed Law Council CEO". Law Council of Australia. 1 July 2022. Archived from the original on 1 July 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Our people". ANU College of Law. Australian National University. 10 August 2015. Archived from the original on 21 June 2017. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
  4. ^ "People". ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science. Australian National University. 8 September 2015. Archived from the original on 15 February 2017. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
  5. ^ "James Popple". Australian National University. 14 January 2013. Archived from the original on 16 August 2014. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
  6. ^ "Fellows". Australian Academy of Law. Archived from the original on 22 September 2021. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  7. ^ Blackshield, Tony; Coper, Michael; Williams, George, eds. (2001). The Oxford Companion to the High Court of Australia. Melbourne: Oxford University Press. p. 37. ISBN 0-19-554022-0.
  8. ^ a b "Freedom of Information Commissioner". Office of the Australian Information Commissioner. Archived from the original on 13 August 2014. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
  9. ^ "AAT Membership - Australian Capital Territory". Administrative Appeals Tribunal. 2 January 2015. Archived from the original on 9 January 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  10. ^ "Reviewers". CPM Reviews Pty Ltd. Archived from the original on 28 September 2018. Retrieved 4 October 2018.;
  11. ^ "About the ADRP - Current appointments". Australian Government Anti-Dumping Review Panel. Archived from the original on 27 September 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2018.;
  12. ^ "About the Tribunal". ACT Remuneration Tribunal. Archived from the original on 29 September 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  13. ^ "About us". Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety. Archived from the original on 25 October 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  14. ^ "About the Commission". Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide. Archived from the original on 13 August 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  15. ^ "Council of Burgmann College". Burgmann College. 14 January 2013. Archived from the original on 8 March 2014. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
  16. ^ Popple, James (1993). SHYSTER: A Pragmatic Legal Expert System (PDF) (PhD thesis). Australian National University. doi:10.2139/ssrn.1335637. hdl:1885/49348. ISBN 0-7315-1827-6. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 September 2006. Retrieved 15 December 2014. Alt URL Available at Open Library. Also available at Google Books.
  17. ^ "SHYSTER". Australian National University. 26 June 2003. Archived from the original on 5 September 2014. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
  18. ^ Popple, James (1996). A Pragmatic Legal Expert System (PDF). Applied Legal Philosophy Series. Dartmouth (Ashgate). doi:10.2139/ssrn.1335176. ISBN 1-85521-739-2. S2CID 37657903. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 September 2006. Retrieved 15 December 2014. Alt URL Available at Open Library. Also available at Google Books.

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Government offices New title Australian Freedom of Information Commissioner 1 November 2010 – 31 December 2014 VacantOffice not filled until 19 April 2022Title next held byLeo Hardiman Preceded byRobin Creyke Senior Member, Administrative Appeals Tribunal 1 January 2015 – 31 December 2017 VacantOffice not filled, in Canberra Registry, until 25 February 2019Title next held byDamien O'Donovan New title Official Secretary to the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety 8 October 2018 – 26 February 2021 Royal Commission concluded New title Official Secretary to the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide 8 July 2021 – 11 July 2022 Succeeded byUnknown Other offices Preceded byMichael Tidball Chief Executive Officer, Law Council of Australia 25 July 2022 – present Incumbent
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