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Memoriam
It is with deep sadness that the Law School notes the passing of UTAS Distinguished Alumni, Honourable Peter Heerey AM, BA, LLB, QC on 1 May 2021.
Peter Heerey was born in Hobart in 1939, educated at St Virgil’s College and admitted to read law at UTAS in 1956. He received a First Class Honours degree in Law from UTAS in 1961 and was admitted to practise in the same year.
After an overseas trip in 1961, he returned to Tasmania and in 1962 successfully applied for a scholarship, which provided for a year of study and work in Melbourne.
In 1964, Peter returned to Hobart. He served articles with Hodgman & Valentine in Hobart, and as a judge’s associate to Sir George Crawford on the Supreme Court of Tasmania before pursuing a career in private practice in Hobart (Dobson, Mitchell & Allport), Melbourne (Corr & Corr) and London (Markby Stewart & Wadesons).
In 1967 Peter left Tasmania to continue his career in law in Melbourne.
He took silk in 1985 and was appointed a judge of the Federal Court of Australia in 1990 and as a judge of the Supreme Court of Vanuatu in 1992. On 26 January 2012 Peter was awarded a Member in the General Division of the Order of Australia (AM) for his service to the judiciary through the Federal Court, the development of legal principle in the areas of intellectual property, trade practices and military law, and the community.
He regularly visited Hobart and whenever he did, attended the law faculty as Judge in Residence to deliver lectures, meet with staff and students and contribute to collegial life. Peter’s loss will be felt by all, but especially those who had the privilege of knowing and working with him.
Vale Peter Cadden Heerey.
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