Christopher Jessup KC is an Australian lawyer who serves as Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security.
[1] Jessup completed his articles of clerkship with Stephen Alley, who later became a judge on the Australian Conciliation and Arbitration Commission, in the firm Moule, Hamilton and Derham.
In 1974, Jessup completed a PhD at the London School of Economics and Political Science, where his thesis focused on the operation of industrial relations law on trade unions in the United Kingdom and Australia.
In 1975, Jessup commenced practice as a barrister at the Victorian Bar, specialising in employment law and industrial relations.
[3] In December 2020, the Australian Government announced the appointment of Jessup as Acting Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security, to take effect from 18 January 2021.