His Honour Judge Bernard McCabe

Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia

Judge McCabe graduated from the University of New South Wales with a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Laws in 1990. His Honour holds a Graduate Diploma in Practical Legal Training from the University of Technology, Sydney. His Honour was admitted to the Supreme Courts of New South Wales and Queensland and the High Court of Australia in 1990. After working as a solicitor in private practice, Judge McCabe became a member of faculty at Bond University in 1992 where he served as an assistant professor and then associate professor. His Honour was appointed a part-time member of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal in 2001 and appointed a full-time senior member in November 2003. In 2016, Judge McCabe was appointed a deputy president of the Tribunal and made division head of the Taxation and Commercial Division, and he was the first head of the newly established Small Business Taxation Division. His Honour also served as acting heads of the Security and General Divisions of the Tribunal. His Honour was appointed to the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2) in August 2024.