Paul Finn

Paul Finn (born 1973 in Oulart, County Wexford, Ireland) is an Irish retired sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Oulart-the-Ballagh and was a member of the Wexford senior inter-county team from 1994 until 2001.

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Paul Finn (judge)

Paul Desmond Finn (born 22 April 1946) is an Australian academic jurist and Judge of the Federal Court of Australia.

Early life and education

Finn was born on 22 April 1946 in Brisbane. His father died when Finn was a child. He completed a Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Queensland, majoring in literature. Although his father and stepfather were both lawyers, Finn was never pressured into following them into the legal profession; in an interview in 2010, he stated: "I did law by default, probably a lack of imagination".

He later completed a PhD at Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, England, where he had been persuaded to study by Leonard Sealy, Emeritus Professor of Corporate Law, who learned through a mutual acquaintance that Finn was interested in conducting research for a book on fiduciaries. Finn won the Yorke Prize in his final year, and this treatise formed the basis of Finn's 1977 book Fiduciary Obligations.

Academic career

After completing his doctorate, Finn joined the Law Faculty at the University of Queensland as a senior lecturer. Two years later, he moved to the Australian National University, where he remained until 1995. He became a Professor of Law in 1988 and was appointed Head of the Department of Law in the same year.