Bar Roll No: 2379
It is with deep regret that the Bar Council informs members of the death of Anthony Ellis at 85 years of age.
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.