Griffith University Ian Freckelton AO, KC is an Australian barrister,[1] former judge of the Supreme Court of Nauru,[2] international academic,[3] and high-profile legal scholar and jurist.
Freckelton was appointed a judge of the Supreme Court of Nauru[2] on a fly-in, fly-out basis in 2017, principally to hear appeals on questions of law from asylum-seekers.
Freckelton is a life member and former bi-national and Victorian President of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law.
[46] In 1993 he was presented with a red barrister's bag[47] by Frank Costigan QC for his work on the Children of God case.
Freckelton was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia for "distinguished service to the law, and to the legal profession, across fields including health, medicine and technology" in the 2021 Queen's Birthday Honours.
Ian Freckelton's hobbies and interests include: running, swimming, riding bicycles, gardening, travel, Latin and Greek literature, theatre, the study of French language, as well as listening to an eclectic array of music.
Each has evolved into a highly ranked and internationally respected scholarly journal in the cross-disciplinary field of health and law.
Freckelton was also a member of the team (with Bebe Loff and Beth Wilson) that transitioned the Legal Service Bulletin to the Alternative Law Journal in 1992, and was on the editorial board of both for many years.