Peter McClellan

Peter David McClellan AM KC is a retired judge of the New South Wales Court of Appeal who served between February 2013 and February 2018. McClellan was the Chief Royal Commissioner of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse from January 2013 to December 2017. He was previously the Chief Judge in Common Law in the Supreme Court, a position to which he was appointed in 2005.

Peter McClellan
Chief Royal Commissioner of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse
In office
11 January 2013  15 December 2017
Serving with Bob Atkinson, Jennifer Coate, Robert Fitzgerald, Helen Milroy, Andrew Murray
Nominated byJulia Gillard
Appointed byQuentin Bryce
(Governor-General)
Judge of the New South Wales Court of Appeal
In office
21 February 2013  8 February 2018
Chief Judge at Common Law of the Supreme Court of New South Wales
In office
1 September 2005  21 February 2013
Appointed byMarie Bashir
(Governor of NSW)
Chief Judge of the Land and Environment Court of New South Wales
In office
25 August 2003  1 September 2005
Preceded byMaria Pearlman
Succeeded byBrian Preston
Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales
In office
29 January 2001  25 August 2003
Nominated byBob Debus
Appointed byJim Spigelman, CJ
Personal details
Born
Peter David McClellan

Sydney, New South Wales
SpouseJayne Jagot
ChildrenNick, Jo, Jack and Will
Alma materNormanhurst Boys' High School;
University of Sydney
OccupationJudge
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