The Honourable Justice John Chaney was admitted to practice in 1976. He was a judge of the Supreme Court of Western Australia from 2009 to 2018.
Justice Chaney worked at Northmore Hale Davy and Leake (now Minter Ellison) and was a partner for 14 years before moving to Francis Burt Chambers as an independent barrister in July 1994. He was appointed senior counsel in 2002 and became a judge of the District Court in April 2004.
Justice Chaney was appointed deputy president of the State Administrative Tribunal (SAT) when the tribunal was created on 1 January 2005, and was president from February 2009 to February 2014. He was also president of the Law Society of Western Australia in 1991, a foundation director of the Australian Advocacy Institute, commissioner of the District Court on three occasions between 1995 and 2001, counsel assisting the Gunning Inquiry into Statutory Boards and Tribunals, and the deputy chair and deputy president of the former Town Planning Appeal Tribunal from 1998 and 2004.
Justice Chaney graduated from the University of Western Australia with a Bachelor of Jurisprudence and Bachelor of Laws.
