Julian Leeser (Berowra, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

[by video link] I want to acknowledge the service of my constituent, Lloyd Babb SC, who recently stepped down after 10 years as New South Wales Director of Public Prosecutions. Lloyd Babb was educated at Asquith Boys High School, where he was school captain. He took degrees in arts and law from Macquarie University. After being admitted as a solicitor, he completed a masters in criminal justice from the University of Illinois and later became a visiting fellow at University of Copenhagen's institute of criminology. After returning to Australia in 1993, he served as a solicitor advocate at the office of the DPP and was called to the bar in 1995. In 2000 he was appointed a Crown prosecutor and in 2007 he took silk and became New South Wales Crown Advocate. He was appointed New South Wales Director of Public Prosecutions in July 2011.

Lloyd Babb is not only a great technical lawyer but is also a great leader of people. He told Bar News:

The leadership and culture building is also important. I put a lot of time into that.

As DPP he was instrumental in introducing the early appropriate guilty pleas regime, which has helped reduce delays in the District Court. He appeared in many important High Court appeals, including Hughes v The Queen, a leading case on tendency evidence; Swan v The Queen, a leading case on causation; and Aubrey v The Queen, a leading case on grievous bodily harm.

Throughout, he has continued to be a contributor to our community through the local basketball association, where he serves as president. On behalf of my community and the federal parliament, I want to thank Lloyd for his service as New South Wales DPP and wish him all the very best for the future.