Dyson Heydon's biggest challenge is dealing with the scope of task at hand

By Anne Davies
Updated April 10 2014 - 7:13am, first published 3:00am
Heading the royal commission into union governance: Dyson Heydon. Photo: Jeremy Piper
Heading the royal commission into union governance: Dyson Heydon. Photo: Jeremy Piper

Dyson Heydon, the retired judge appointed to head the royal commission on union governance, is as removed from working class as you can get: educated at Shore, St Paul's College, Sydney University, a university medal in history from the same, a masters from Oxford, the youngest professor ever at Sydney University law school, a member of the Sydney bar and then appointments to the NSW Court of Appeal and the High Court.

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