Jump to content

Bradley Selway

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Bradley Maxwell Selway QC (9 January 1955 – 10 April 2005) was a Judge of the Federal Court of Australia from 2002 until his death.[1]

Early life and education

[edit]

Selway was born on 9 January 1955 in Gawler, South Australia. His secondary education, for which he had a full scholarship, was undertaken at Westminster School, Adelaide.[2] He went on to study law at the University of Adelaide from 1973 to 1976.[2]

Career

[edit]

After graduating from law school, he worked for many years in the South Australian Crown Law Office. From the 1980s, he was appointed to a series of senior posts: Crown Solicitor (1989), Queen's Counsel (1994) and Solicitor-General (1995-2002).[2][3]

In 2002, Selway was appointed as a Federal Court Judge, as well as Adjunct Professor of the University of Adelaide Law School. He died on 10 April 2005, aged 50.[1]

Published works

[edit]
  • Public Law and the South Australian Crown (1990)
  • The Constitution of South Australia (1997)

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b Churches, Steven (May 2005). "Brad Selway (1955 - 2005)". Adelaidean. Retrieved 15 February 2012.
  2. ^ a b c Williams, John M. (2005). "Bradley Maxwell Selway: A Personal Tribute". Federal Law Review. 33 (2): 181. doi:10.22145/flr.33.2.1. S2CID 220300310.
  3. ^ Appleby, G (2016). Role of the Solicitor-General. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 322. ISBN 9781509903962.
Legal offices
Preceded by Solicitor-General of South Australia
1995 – 2002
Succeeded by