Professional
memberships
Mr Varitimos CBE KC is a member of the:
International Bar Association
Australasian Institute of Judicial Administration (Board Member 2013-2019)
Law Association of Asia and the Pacific (LAWASIA)
Australian Bar Association
Queensland Bar Association
Hellenic Australian Lawyers Association (National President 2017-2020 & Queensland Chapter Chair 2015-2018)
Professional qualifications, admissions
and appointments
20/03/1986 Bachelor of Laws (Honours), Queensland University of Technology
16/05/1988 Admitted as a Barrister of the Supreme Court of Queensland
25/05/1988 Admitted as a Barrister of the High Court of Australia
02/11/1990 Admitted as a Barrister of the Supreme Court of New South Wales
01/03/1991 Admitted as a practitioner of the Supreme Court of South Australia
29/07/1991 Admitted as a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria
01/04/1997 Admitted as a Barrister of the Supreme and National Courts of Papua New Guinea
12/07/2007 Admitted by way of temporary admission in Samoa
16/10/2007 Admitted by way of temporary admission as a Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of Fiji
21/09/2009 Admitted as a lawyer in the Kingdom of Tonga
21/09/2010 Admitted as a Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand
14/11/2013 Appointed Her Majesty's Counsel (QC) (KC from 8/09/2022)
14/05/2015 Admitted as a Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of Fiji
11/06/2016 Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to the community of Papua New Guinea through the advancement of justice and the rule of law