John Doyle is currently an Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Adelaide. He was Chief Justice of South Australia from May 1995, until his retirement in June 2012. John was the 1967 Rhodes Scholar for South Australia and practised at the Bar in Adelaide. He was appointed a Queen’s Counsel in 1981 and Solicitor-General for South Australia in 1986.

He was a member and then Chairman of the Legal Services Commission of South Australia, as well as President of the Bar Association of South Australia, and Chairman of the National Judicial College of Australia.

John was member of the Council of Flinders University from 1986 to 2001 and Pro Chancellor of the University from 1988 to 2001. He was also Chairman of Directors of Flinders Technologies Pty Ltd, a company established by the University to promote the commercial development of intellectual property originating from Flinders University. John Doyle was appointed as a public member of the Press Council in August 2013 and Vice-Chair in October 2013.