Shane Marshall

The Honourable Shane Raymond Marshall''' AM is a former judge of the Federal Court of Australia. After retiring from his federal appointments, from January 2017 until 30 June 2023 he held successive commissions as an acting Judge of the Supreme Court of Tasmania. Since August 2019 he has been a Deputy Chairperson of the Victorian Racing Tribunal. In October 2023 he was appointed as a member of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal.

Marshall graduated with degrees in Economics (1977) and Law (Hons) (1979) at Monash University. After graduating, he practised as a solicitor in industrial law from 1979 to 1981 at Maurice Blackburn and Co. He practised as a barrister from November 1981 until June 1995, predominantly in industrial relations and employment law.

He attended St.Bede's College Mentone where he was Dux of Humanities in 1973. In 2008 he was inducted into the St.Bede's Hall of Fame.

Marshall was sworn in as a Judge of the Federal Court of Australia on 24 July 1995 and earlier as a Judge of the Industrial Relations Court of Australia on 17 July 1995. Before the transfer of the jurisdiction of the Industrial Relations Court to the Federal Court in May 1997, he sat almost exclusively in the Industrial Relations Court. His commission as a judge of The Industrial Relations Court of Australia is dated 30 June 1995 and signed by William George Hayden, Governor General, as is his Federal Court commission. He retired on 21 November 2015 from both courts.

From 2004 to 2013 he was a part-time additional, non-resident Judge of the Supreme Court of The Australian Capital Territory.

From October 2017 until June 2021 he was a part-time Judge of the Supreme Court of Nauru for refugee appeals. His commission is dated 3 October 2017 and is signed by His Excellency, Hon. Baron Divavesi Waqa MP, President. From 2016 until 2023 he was a lawyer member of the Victorian Councillor Conduct Panel. During that time he presided over panels including applications concerning Surf Coast, Stonnington, and Hume City Councils. He is the Patron of the SouthEast Monash Legal Service and a member of the Australian Intercultural Society's Advisory Board.

In 2003 Marshall was recognized with a Centenary Medal for services to industrial relations and in June 2020 was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for services to industrial relations, the law, the judiciary, and mental health.

From 2005 to 2011 he was an associate member of the Judicial System Monitoring Program in Timor-Leste.

He was a trustee of the Caulfield Racecourse Reserve Trust from 2003 to 2017.

He was an inaugural director of and an ambassador for the Wellbeing and the Law Foundation.

In February 2015 Marshall spoke publicly about his battle with depression, and similar challenges experienced by members of the legal profession. He has delivered several addresses to law societies, bar associations, law firms, defense force legal personnel, rural rotary clubs and courts in Australia and New Zealand about depression generally and depression and the law.