Biography:James Popple

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James Popple

BA LLB PhD
Photograph of James Popple
Born (1964-11-04) 4 November 1964 (age 59)
Mirboo, Victoria, Australia
NationalityAustralia n
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. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Who's Who in Australia 2003". Who's Who in Australia: A Record of the Careers of Prominent and Representative People of the Time (Crown Content): 1635. 2002. ISSN 0810-8226. 
  2. ↑ "Dr James Popple appointed Law Council CEO". Law Council of Australia. 1 July 2022. https://www.lawcouncil.asn.au/media/media-releases/dr-james-popple-appointed-law-council-ceo. 
  3. ↑ "Our people". Australian National University. 10 August 2015. https://law.anu.edu.au/about-us/our-people. 
  4. ↑ "People". Australian National University. 8 September 2015. https://cecs.anu.edu.au/people. 
  5. ↑ "James Popple". Australian National University. 14 January 2013. http://cs.anu.edu.au/people/James.Popple/. 
  6. ↑ "Fellows". Australian Academy of Law. https://academyoflaw.org.au/AALFellows. 
  7. ↑ Blackshield, Tony; Coper, Michael; Williams, George, eds (2001). The Oxford Companion to the High Court of Australia. Melbourne: Oxford University Press. pp. 37. ISBN 0-19-554022-0. 
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Freedom of Information Commissioner". Office of the Australian Information Commissioner. http://www.oaic.gov.au/about-us/who-we-are/our-executive/freedom-of-information-commissioner-james-popple. 
  9. ↑ "AAT Membership - Australian Capital Territory". Administrative Appeals Tribunal. 2 January 2015. http://www.aat.gov.au/AboutTheAAT/WhoWeAre/MembershipACT.htm. 
  10. ↑ "Reviewers". CPM Reviews Pty Ltd. http://www.cpmreviews.com.au/reviewers.html. ;
  11. ↑ "About the ADRP - Current appointments". Australian Government Anti-Dumping Review Panel. https://adreviewpanel.gov.au/About/Pages/CurrentAppointments.aspx. ;
  12. ↑ "About the Tribunal". ACT Remuneration Tribunal. https://www.remunerationtribunal.act.gov.au/about. 
  13. ↑ "About us". Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety. https://agedcare.royalcommission.gov.au/about/Pages/About-us.aspx. 
  14. ↑ "About the Commission". Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide. https://defenceveteransuicide.royalcommission.gov.au/about. 
  15. ↑ "Council of Burgmann College". Burgmann College. 14 January 2013. http://burgmann.anu.edu.au/about/our-people/council. 
  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. http://cs.anu.edu.au/software/shyster/. 
  18. ↑ Popple, James (1996). A Pragmatic Legal Expert System. Applied Legal Philosophy Series. Dartmouth (Ashgate). doi:10.2139/ssrn.1335176. ISBN 1-85521-739-2. http://cs.anu.edu.au/people/James.Popple/publications/books/shyster.pdf. Retrieved 15 December 2014.  Alt URL Available at Open Library. Also available at Google Books.

External links

Government offices
New title Australian Freedom of Information Commissioner
1 November 2010 – 31 December 2014 		Vacant
Office not filled until 19 April 2022
Title next held by
Leo Hardiman
Preceded by
Robin Creyke 		Senior Member, Administrative Appeals Tribunal
1 January 2015 – 31 December 2017 		Vacant
Office not filled, in Canberra Registry, until 25 February 2019
Title next held by
Damien 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 by
Unknown
Other offices
Preceded by
Michael Tidball 		Chief Executive Officer, Law Council of Australia
25 July 2022 – present 		Incumbent



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