Vale — Anthony Ellis

Anthony was born on 10 March 1938. He signed the Bar Roll on 25 May 1989 and read with Donald W McLeod.

He came to the Bar after more than 22 years as a solicitor and in the Commonwealth Public Service.  Having served Articles with Mr Arthur McSwiney in Wangaratta, he remained with him for a few months as an employee solicitor, and then joined the Commonwealth Public Service.

Anthony had a broad range of experience in more than 22 years in the Commonwealth Public Service – as a prosecutor; as a Registrar in the Trade Practices Tribunal; as Acting Crown Prosecutor for the Northern Territory (including jury trials in murder, rape and armed robbery); and finally as a Registrar of the Federal Court and in Bankruptcy for some 10 years immediately before he came to the Bar.

Anthony practised in the areas of bankruptcy and insolvency; and had one Reader, Maureen Daly.

Deepest sympathies are extended to Anthony’s family.