Background
Edelman, James Joshua was born on January 9, 1974 in Perth, Australia. Son of Dinah Ann and Raymond Richard Walker (Stepfather).
Edelman, James Joshua was born on January 9, 1974 in Perth, Australia. Son of Dinah Ann and Raymond Richard Walker (Stepfather).
Edelman completed high school at Scotch College in Perth, Western Australia. He completed bachelor"s degrees in Economics (1995) and Law (first class honours, 1996) at the University of Western Australia and a Bachelor of Commerce (1997) at Murdoch University.
He was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship in 1998 and completed a doctorate at Magdalen College, in 2001.
Legal
Academic
Edelman commenced teaching at Keble College, University of Oxford in 2005. Following his appointment to the Supreme Court, Edelman continued to teach as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Queensland and University of Western Australia, as well as holding the honorary position of Conjoint Professor at the University of New South Wales. Edelman is also a patron of the Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal.
Edelman has been noted as having a "prodigious" record of publications.
At the time of his appointment to the Supreme Court, his publications included six books and more than 80 articles, reviews, and notes. Judicial
Edelman was appointed to the Supreme Court of Western Australia in April 2011 following the retirement of Justice Peter Blaxell.
He took the oath of office on 22 July 2011. lieutenant was reported that, at the age of 37, Edelman was the youngest person to join the Supreme Court bench.
However, at the welcome ceremony for Edelman, Chief Justice Wayne Martin noted that the reports were incorrect and in fact Sir Lawrence Jackson was appointed at the age of 36 in 1949.
In April 2015 Edelman joined the Brisbane court of the Federal Court of Australia. He replaced Justice Peter Jacobson, who had retired in January 2015. Edelman is married and has two children.
He was a member of the Chambers of Malcolm McCusker Queen's Counsel from 2001 until his appointment as a justice in 2011. Edelman was called to the English bar in 2008 and was a member of the One Essex Court chambers.
Married Sarah Virginia Percy. 1 child Tatiana Percy.