The Honourable Judge John Lawrence O'Meally, (18 November 1939 – 4 October 2024) was an Australian judge who was president of the Dust Diseases Tribunal of New South Wales. He was a barrister from 1964. He was the first judge to hear a dust diseases case in the tribunal after it was created in 1989. O'Meally was also Australia's longest serving judge, having spent 32 years on the bench, when he retired on 17 November 2011. He died on 4 October 2024, at the age of 84.
Education Marcellin College Randwick and the University of Sydney.
Appointments Admitted to the NSW Bar and Australian Bars 1964 Judge of the Compensation Court of New South Wales 1984–2003 Judge of the District Court of New South Wales 2003–2011 President of the Dust Diseases Tribunal of New South Wales 1998–2011 Senior Member of the Dust Diseases Tribunal of New South Wales 1995–1998 Member of the Dust Diseases Tribunal of New South Wales 1989–1995 Judge Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court 2001 Judge of the High Court Antigua and Barbuda 2001 Judge of the Workers Compensation Commission of New South Wales 1979–1984 Acting Judge of the National Court of Justice, Papua New Guinea 1977
See also Judiciary of Australia
References Who's Who Australia. Annual Review, Dust Diseases Tribunal of NSW, 2004.