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{{Short description|Australian judge (1939–2023)}}
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| honorific-prefix = {{pre-nominal styles|size=100%|Hon}}
| name = Murray Tobias
| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AM||RFD|KC|size=100%}}
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| office = [[New South Wales Court of Appeal]]
| term_start = 28 April 2003
| term_end = 25 March 2011
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| spouse = Colleen (deceased)
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'''Murray Herbert Tobias''', {{postnominals|country=AUS|size=100%|sep=,|AM|RFD|KC}} (1939 – 4 March 2023)<ref>{{cite web|title=The Hon Murray Herbert Tobias AM RFD KC (1939 – 2023) |url=https://nswbar.asn.au/the-bar-association/publications/inbrief/view/21dc6bda18d1036ec37b45178e0a466c |website=New South Wales Bar Association}}</ref> was an Australian jurist who served as a judge of the Court of Appeal of the [[Supreme Court of New South Wales]] from April 2003 to March 2011.

==Education==
Tobias studied at [[Scots College (Sydney)|The Scots College, Sydney]]. He graduated in law from the [[University of Sydney]], and subsequently attained a [[Bachelor of Civil Law|BCL]] from the [[University of Oxford]].<ref name=WhosWho>Who's Who in Australia</ref>

==Career==
Tobias was appointed [[Queen's Counsel]] in 1978. From 1993–95, Tobias was President of the [[New South Wales Bar Association|NSW Bar Association]].<ref name=WhosWho />

In 2003, Tobias was appointed a Judge of Appeal of the [[Supreme Court of New South Wales|NSW Court of Appeal]] and retired in March 2011. He continued to serve as an Acting Judge in Appeal until March 2016.<ref name="sixthfloor.com.au">{{cite web |url=http://sixthfloor.com.au/barristers/murray-tobias-qc/ |title=Murray Tobias QC - Sixth Floor |website=sixthfloor.com.au |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018195448/http://sixthfloor.com.au/barristers/murray-tobias-qc/ |archive-date=2016-10-18}}</ref>

Tobias was also a member of the [[Royal Australian Navy]] Reserve Legal Panel from 1968, retiring as Head of Panel when he turned 60 with the rank of captain. At the time of his retirement he was a Judge Advocate and a Defence Force Magistrate.<ref name="sixthfloor.com.au"/>

Tobias was made a Member of the Order of Australia in the [[1998 Australia Day Honours]] for "service to the legal profession, particularly through the New South Wales and Australian Bar Associations, and to military law".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/882260|title=Murray Herbert Tobias, RFD, QC|last=|first=|date=|website=honours.pmc.gov.au|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-09-22}}</ref>

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