Nicholas Paul Hasluck was appointed to the Supreme Court in 2000. He graduated from the University of Western Australia with a Bachelor of Laws in 1964 and from the University of Oxford with the degree of Bachelor of Civil Law in 1966. He was admitted to practice in Western Australia in 1968.
He was a partner in the firm M R H Holmes á Court and Co from 1968 to 1970 and a partner in the firm Keall Brinsden from 1971 to 1984. He served as Deputy Chair of the Australia Council from 1978 to 1982.
He was a member of the Western Australian Bar Association from 1985 to 2000, being appointed Queen's Counsel in 1988. He served as a part-time President of the Equal Opportunity Tribunal (WA) from 1989 to 2000.
He was made a member in the General Division of the Order of Australia in 1986 for services to literature. He served as Deputy Chair of the West Australian Academy of Performing Arts from 1992 to 1997 and was appointed Chair of the Literature Fund of the Australia Council in 1998.
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