Editing John Doyle (judge) (section)

==Career==
In the following year he was admitted to the bar in South Australia.<ref name="adelaide.edu.au">{{cite web|url=http://www.adelaide.edu.au/lumen/issues/31081/news31105.html|title=lumen -- LEGAL TIES that bind|website=www.adelaide.edu.au}}</ref>

Before being elevated to the position of chief justice in 1995,<ref>[http://www.courts.sa.gov.au/Newsletter/Dec_08/02-04.html Another Honour for highest Judicial officer in the State] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110406194617/http://www.courts.sa.gov.au/Newsletter/Dec_08/02-04.html |date=2011-04-06 }}</ref> Doyle served as the [[Solicitor-General of South Australia]] from 1986 to 1995,<ref>{{cite book |title=Role of the Solicitor-General |last=Appleby |first=G |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |year=2016 |isbn=9781509903962 |page=322 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=twAYDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA322}}</ref> where he was highly regarded for his skills as an advocate, particularly in complex constitutional cases. On a number of occasions, most recently in 1998, speculation surfaced that he may become the first South Australian to be appointed to the [[High Court of Australia]]; however, an appointment never eventuated.  He was a founding member of Hanson Chambers and, immediately prior to his move to the independent bar, was a partner at Adelaide law firm, Kelly & Co. <ref name="adelaide.edu.au"/>

Doyle is a fervent supporter of the [[Norwood Football Club]] in the [[South Australian National Football League]].{{Citation needed|date=July 2012}}

During his time as Chief Justice, Doyle was appointed as an Acting Judge of the [[Supreme Court of the Northern Territory]] in 2000 to hear an appeal concerning the appointment of the then [[Northern Territory]] [[Chief Magistrate]] Hugh Bradley.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.supremecourt.nt.gov.au/about/judges/former/doyle.htm|title=The Honourable John Jeremy Doyle AC - The Supreme Court of the Northern Territory|website=www.supremecourt.nt.gov.au}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AustLII|NTCA|13|2000|litigants=Northern Australian Aboriginal Legal Aid Service Incorporated v Bradley |courtname=auto}}.</ref>

On 30 April 2012, Doyle announced his retirement as Chief Justice, which took effect on 22 June 2012. He was succeeded as Chief Justice by [[Chris Kourakis]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-06-22/chief-justice-john-doyle-retires/4086652|title=Special sitting marks Chief Justice's retirement|website=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]|date=22 June 2012|publisher=}}</ref>