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Kenneth Jacobs

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Sir Kenneth Sydney Jacobs (1917 to 2015) was an Australian jurist who served as a Justice of the High Court of Australia from 1974 to 1979, selected by Prime Minister Gough Whitlam and Attorney-General Lionel Murphy. He was the first High Court justice appointed by a Labor government since William Webb in 1946, and before his appointment he had been President of the New South Wales Court of Appeal from 1972 to 1974.

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    Sir Kenneth Sydney Jacobs (5 October 1917 - 24 May 2015) was an Australian judge who served as a Justice of the High Court of Australia.
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    was an Australian judge who served as a Justice of the Hi
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    P31 (instance of): human; QID resolved and verified for this jurist (Kenneth Jacobs)
  • Member Of: High Court of Australia, Wikipedia category: Justices of the High Court of Australia
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