Director of Public Prosecutions appointed
Published Thursday, 15 February, 2024 at 05:34 PM
Attorney-General and Minister for Justice and Minister for the Prevention of Domestic and Family Violence
The Honourable Yvette D'Ath
- Todd Fuller KC has been appointed Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP)
- Mr Fuller commences in the role on 19 February 2024 for a five-year term
Respected prosecutor Todd Fuller KC has been appointed Queensland’s Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).
Mr Fuller was appointed Crown Prosecutor in1989 and has served as full-time Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions since 2016.
He was called to the Bar in 1989 and took silk in 2010.
Mr Fuller has a wealth of knowledge of the administration of justice in Queensland, having appeared throughout the State, including in the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions Chambers based in Ipswich.
He has accumulated extensive experience across every aspect of the criminal justice system at every jurisdictional level.
Mr Fuller has appeared in significant Supreme Court criminal trials and complex matters before the Court of Appeal.
He has also appeared as leading counsel before the Magistrates, Coroners, Mental Health, Childrens and District courts as well as before the High Court of Australia.
Widely sought after for his professional expertise, Mr Fuller is a member of the Bar Association of Queensland and serves on the University Relations Committee, the New Bar Committee and the Continuing Legal Education Committee and is a long-term member of the Griffith Law School Visiting Committee.
Outside the legal profession, Mr Fuller is President of the Brisbane Hockey Association.
Mr Fuller commences in his role on 19 February 2024 for a five-year term.
Quotes attributable to the Attorney-General and Minister for Justice Yvette D’Ath:
“I extend my sincere congratulations to Mr Todd Fuller KC on his appointment as Director of Public Prosecutions.
“For everyone in Queensland, it is in the community’s interest that those who are guilty of criminal offences are brought to justice and the innocent protected from wrongful conviction.
“The Director of Public Prosecutions plays a critical role in the process, overseeing the prosecution of criminal matters in the District and Supreme courts, the Court of Appeal, the High Court of Australia and some limited Magistrates Court matters.
“Mr Fuller has been employed in various roles by the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions since 1989, including exemplary service as Deputy Director.
“I believe he is ideally suited to serve as Director and wish him well in his new role.”
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