[1] Justice Jackson began his career at the Bar on 14 September 1977, where he was a pupil of John Dowsett.
His Honour also served as a member of the Supreme Court Library Committee in 2012.
[3] On 8 October 2012, his Honour was appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland.
In August 2014, Jackson J was appointed as Chair of the Queensland Law Reform Commission.
[4] Under his Honour's leadership, the Law Reform Commission published - amongst others - the Review of consent laws and the excuse of mistake of fact, the Review of termination of pregnancy laws (which led to the introduction of the Termination of Pregnancy Act 2018), a Report on the Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme, and a Report on Expunging criminal convictions for historical gay sex offences.