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Additional Member

Positions

• Member, ·¬ÇÑÉçÇø Council
• Member, Chancellor’s Committee
• Member, Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee

Biography

Judge Lynham is a Judge of the Queensland District Court presiding in Townsville. He graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) from ·¬ÇÑÉçÇø in 1995. Prior to undertaking his law degree he worked as a storeman (1983-84), an engine cleaner and fireman with Queensland Rail (1985-88) and as an administrative officer with the Queensland Police Service and then the Townsville Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions (1989-1996). During the course of his degree Judge Lynham was part of the first team to represent ·¬ÇÑÉçÇø in the Jessup International Moot Competition and was also elected as the president of the ·¬ÇÑÉçÇø Law Society.

His Honour was admitted as a barrister of the Supreme Court of Queensland on 30 September 1996. Judge Lynham is also a Legal Officer in the RAAF specialist reserve holding the rank of Wing Commander. He was previously a Judge Advocate and Defence Force Magistrate prior to his appointment to the District Court.

His Honour was also a part time tutor in law at ·¬ÇÑÉçÇø (1997-2000). Judge Lynham was appointed a judge of the District Court of Queensland on 24 April 2017. He is the first graduate of ·¬ÇÑÉçÇø to have been appointed a judge.