Neil John Young KC is a Melbourne barrister and former Judge of the Federal Court of Australia on which he served from 30 November 2005 to 24 January 2007.
[4] From 1975 to 1976 he was Judge's Associate to High Court Justice Sir Ninian Stephen.
In November 2005, he was appointed Judge of the Federal Court of Australia, at which time his colleagues described him as "one of the most organised people imaginable.
He is conscientious and utterly measured in his courtroom presentation, much to the chagrin of fellow barristers whose cases fell to Young's medium-paced delivery.
[4] In 2016 and 2017 the Doyle's list of 'Leading Competition Law Barristers' included Neil as one of Australia's leading preeminent Senior Counsels.