Annabelle Bennett
Australian judge
Annabelle Claire Bennett (nee Darin; born 8 January 1950) is an Australian judge and lawyer, she was the eighth Chancellor of Bond University and former Judge of the Federal Court of Australia.
Early life and education
Annabelle Claire Bennett (born Darin) was born on 8 January 1950 in Sydney, Australia, to Emanuel Darin (born Finkelstein) and Raissa Darin (born Atlas).
Bennett's father was a lawyer, and at an early age she had hopes of following him into the legal profession. Her father, however, thought that law was a bad career choice for women, because "you had to be better than the best to break even" and discouraged his daughter from pursuing this ambition. Instead, Bennett studied science at the University of Sydney and completed a Ph.D. in Biochemistry at the same institution.
In 1980, still interested in the legal profession, Bennett went on to study law at the University of New South Wales.
Career
After graduating from the University of New South Wales, Bennett began practising as a barrister, specialising in intellectual property law.
Bennett was appointed to the Federal Court of Australia on 5 May 2003. Bennett was also an additional Judge of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory and a presidential member of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal. Bennett is arbitrator of the Court of Arbitration for Sport and was named for the special arbitration panel to operate during the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
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