New Federal Court CJ

Following the announcement of the end of Black CJ's epic innings as Chief Justice of the Federal Court, it has recently been announced that the new Chief Justice will be Queensland Court of Appeal's Justice of Appeal Pat Keane.

I don't think there are too many concerns with Keane JA's intellectual capacity to take on the job. Though this article suggests that the limited "breadth of work" at the Court of Appeal will be a concern. Seems like a strange criticism seeing as the Federal Court tends to only ever open the Corporations Act, the Trade Practices Act and the AAT Act.

I understand that the hand over will occur on 22 March.