David Anthony Hunt AO, QC (15 February 1935 – 19 July 2019)[1][2] was an Australian judge who served on the Supreme Court of New South Wales, where he was the Chief Judge at Common Law,[3] and the Judicial Commission of New South Wales.
Subsequent to his retirement in 1998, Justice Hunt joined the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia[4] (where he signed the warrant for the arrest of Slobodan Milošević)[5] and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.
[6] Gabrielle Louise McIntyre served as his legal adviser at the ICTY.
He studied arts and law at the University of Queensland.
[8] Justice Hunt is remembered as the judge who sentenced serial killer Ivan Milat.