The Hon. Phillip George Evatt
DSC (1976 - 1987)
Phillip Evatt served as
an additional Justice of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory
from 1976 - 1987.
Justice Evatt graduated from Sydney
University with a Bachelor of Laws.
He was a Lieutenant in the Royal
Australian Naval Volunteer Reserve from 1940 - 1946 and was admitted
to the New South Wales Bar in 1951.
He was a Justice of the Supreme
Court of the Australian Capital Territory and the Australian Industrial
Court from 1974 - 1987. He was also a Justice of the Federal Court
of Australia from 1977 - 1987.
Justice Evatt was a Judge of the
Supreme Court of Norfolk Island from 1981 - 1987 and was Head
of the Royal Commission into the Use of Chemical Agents in Vietnam
from 1983 onwards.
Justice Evatt was awarded the Distinguished
Service Cross.
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