Richard Gee (judge)

Richard Walter Gee (19 October 1933 – 2 January 2017) was an Australian judge of the Family Court of Australia from 1980 to 1999.

In 1984, he survived the bombing of his home in a series of attacks targeting Family Court judges between 1980 and 1985.

In 1958, he worked as an associate for Justice Martin Hardie of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, and became a barrister in 1959, practising until 1980.

On 6 March 1984, a bomb exploded at Gee's home in the Sydney suburb of Belrose.

[1] On 2 January 2017, Gee was reported to have drowned in his backyard swimming pool at his home in Belrose, which had been rebuilt after the bombing.