Australian Honour
14 June 2021: Dr Freckelton was appointed an Officer (AO) of the Order of Australia for “distinguished service to the law, and to the legal profession, across fields including health, medicine and technology”.
https://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/2021-06/qb21_-_ao_recipient_details.pdf
Other Honours
2024, “Prix Philippe Pinel”, awarded by the International Academy of Law and Mental Health, Barcelona
2024: Best Lawyers in Australia (Public Law, Personal Injury Litigation, Commercial Law)
2023: Doyle’s Leading Administrative and Public Law Barristers
2023: Best Lawyers in Australia (Public Law, Personal Injury Litigation, Commercial Law)
2022: Doyle’s Leading Administrative and Public Law Barristers
2022: Best Lawyers in Australia (Public Law, Personal Injury Litigation, Commercial Law)
2021: Doyle’s Leading Administrative and Public Law Barristers
2021: Best Lawyers in Australia (Public Law)
2020: Doyle’s Leading Criminal Law Senior Counsel (Victoria)
2019: Outstanding Alumnus Award, Academic Winner, Griffith University (Qld)
2019: ANZAPPL award for 25 years of editing Psychiatry, Psychology and Law
2019: Doyle’s Leading Criminal Law Senior Counsel (Victoria)
2019: Victorian Bar, Pro Bono Civil Justice Innovative Award for work on Barwon Children Case
2018: Tim McCoy Award for advocacy in Barwon Children Case
2017: Certificate for Outstanding Teaching, Masters of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne
1997: Life membership of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law
1995: Red Silk’s Bag from Costigan QC for work on Children of God Case
Letters Patent and Fellowships
King’s Counsel/Queen’s Counsel/Senior Counsel (28 November 2007)
Accredited Mediator (Bond University, Queensland: August 2001)
Hon Fellow of the Australasian College of Legal Medicine (FACLM: 2008)
Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law (FAAL: 2012)
Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences Australia (FASSA: 2012)
Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (FAHMS, 2022).
Qualifications
LLD (University of Melbourne, Victoria): “Health Law, Scholarship and Forensic Expertise: Complications and Challenges” (2017)
PhD (Griffith University, Queensland) (4 September 1998): “Expert Evidence: Accountability and Evaluation”, examined by Professors Nijboer (Leiden University, and Court of Appeal of the Netherlands), Tomkins (University of Nebraska) and Slovenko (Wayne State and St Louis Universities)
LLB (University of Sydney, NSW, Australia): (27 February 1982)
BA (Hons) (University of Sydney, NSW, Australia): (12 April 1980)
Dip Th M (ANH): (20 November 1984)
Admissions
Barrister of the Supreme Court of New South Wales (22 May 1987)
Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria (31 August 1987)
Barrister of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory (1998)
Barrister of the High Court of Australia (7 October 1988)
Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of the ACT (16 February 1990)
Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of South Australia (30 August 1994)
Barrister of the Supreme Court of Tasmania (19 September 1994)
Barrister of the Supreme Court of Queensland (17 June 1996)
Bursaries and Scholarships
1976-1979: Walter Reid Bursary (Uni of Syd)
1980: Sir Arthur George Bursary (Uni of Syd)
1980: Pitt Cobbett Scholarship (Uni of Syd)
1981: Sir Frank Packer Scholarship (Uni of Syd)