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Sandy Dawson
Australian barrister (1972–2022) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Alexander Tamerlane Sinclair Dawson[1][2] SC (c.1972 – 28 November 2022) was an Australian barrister who specialised in the law of defamation.
Dawson was educated at St Paul's College, University of Sydney.[3] He was called to the bar in 2003 and was a founding member of Banco Chambers, Sydney in 2004.[4][5] In 2016 he was appointed Senior Counsel.[1] He was involved in a process to reform Australia's defamation laws.[5]
Dawson represented a variety of media organisations, as well as Labor MP Emma Husar against BuzzFeed in 2019.[6]
Dawson's sister Katrina was also a barrister. She was shot dead in the 2014 Lindt Cafe siege.[5][6]
Dawson was married with four children.[4] He died of brain cancer on 28 November 2022, aged 50.[2][5][6]
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