Ian Temby

Ian Temby AO, QC
1st Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions
In office 8 March 1984 – 1988
Succeeded by	Mark Weinberg
1st Commissioner of the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption
In office 13 March 1989 – 12 March 1994
Succeeded by	Barry O'Keefe
Personal details
Born	Ian Douglas Temby 5 May 1942
Nationality	Australia
Education	Perth Modern School
Alma mater	University of Western Australia
Profession	Barrister

Ian Douglas Temby AO, QC (born 5 May 1942) is an Australian barrister. He was the first Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions, the first Commissioner of the New South Wales Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) and was a commissioner in the Temby Royal Commission into the Finance Broking Industry, whose report was tabled in 2002.

Early life and education

Temby was educated at the Perth Modern School and the University of Western Australia, where he earned an LL.B. (Hons.), graduating in 1964.

Career

Temby was admitted to legal practice on 23 December 1966 and joined the Perth law firm Northmore Hale Davey and Leake in the same year. He went to the Bar in Perth in 1978 and was appointed Queen's Counsel on 16 July 1980. Temby is a past President of the Law Society of Western Australia, and of the Law Council of Australia (1983),^[1] the peak national body for lawyers.

He served as the inaugural Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions, from 1984 to 1989,^[2] and as the inaugural Commissioner of the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC), from 1989 – 1994.

Temby has been in private practice in Sydney since 1 May 1994. Since 1996, he has practised as a barrister at 3 St. James' Hall Chambers, where he is Head of Chambers. In 2008, he became a member of the Council of the Bar Association; and, in 2009, he became Treasurer of the Association.

In 2004 Temby was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia for service to the law, particularly in developing the role of the independent prosecutor in the Australian criminal justice system.^[3]

References

1. "Our presidents". Law Council of Australia.
2. "Previous Directors of the Office of the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions". Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions. Australian Government. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
3. Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) entry for Ian Douglas Temby, Canberra, Australia: Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, 26 January 2004, http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=1055960&showInd=true. Retrieved 29 July 2016 

External links

• Papers of Ian Temby and very brief bio.
• Paper by Ian Temby on "Reform Of Criminal Trial Procedure".
• Article on Temby on page 8 of this PDF format newsletter