Editing Anthony Mason (judge) (section)

==Legal career==
[[File:Anthony Mason QC.jpg|thumb|upright|Mason as Solicitor-General, wearing [[court dress]]]]
Mason was admitted to the New South Wales Bar. For five years he lectured in law at the [[University of Sydney]], his students including three future High Court Justices, [[Mary Gaudron]], [[William Gummow]] and [[Dyson Heydon]]. In November 1964, aged 39, Mason was announced as the new [[Solicitor-General of Australia]], with an accompanying appointment as [[Queen's Counsel]] (QC). He was the first person to serve as solicitor-general in a standalone capacity, as the office had previously been held by the [[departmental secretary|secretary]] of the [[Attorney-General's Department (Australia)|Attorney-General's Department]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/107511697|title=Solicitor-General Q.C., 39|newspaper=The Canberra Times|date=27 November 1964}}</ref> In 1966 he appeared opposite future High Court colleague [[William Deane]], successfully arguing that the [[Judicial Committee of the Privy Council]] should reject an appeal from the High Court case of ''R v Anderson; Ex parte IPEC-Air Pty Ltd''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/105883327|title=Privy Council rules against IPEC appeal|newspaper=The Canberra Times|date=21 January 1966}}</ref> He served until 1969 and during this time contributed greatly to the development of the Commonwealth's [[Australian administrative law|administrative law]] system.