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==Judicial life==

Bell was appointed as President of the NSW Court of Appeal on 28 February 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.justice.nsw.gov.au:443/Pages/media-news/media-releases/2019/new-president-of-the-nsw-court-of-appeal.aspx|title=New President of the NSW Court of Appeal |website=NSW Department of Justice}}</ref> As President, he was an official member of the Judicial Commission of New South Wales.<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Annual Report|url=https://www.judcom.nsw.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Judicial-Commission-Annual-Report-2018-19.pdf|journal=Judicial Commissison Annual Review|volume=2018-19|pages=15}}</ref> On 4 June 2019, he was sworn in as an Administrator of the State of New South Wales. HeBell haswas handedsworn downin decisionson in7 March 2022 as the [[Chris18th Gayle]]Chief defamationJustice appealof New South Wales, andsucceeding theTom leadBathurst, judgmentwho inretired ''Searleon v5 CommonwealthMarch of2022. Australia'' As Chief Justice, anhe importantbecame casethe onPresident of the constitutionalJudicial doctrineCommission of "fettering"New ofSouth discretionaryWales. powersHe ofwas Government.<ref>{{Citesworn web|title=Searlein vas CommonwealthLieutenant-Governor of AustraliaNew [2019]South NSWCAWales 127on 5 December 2022<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allensgovernor.comnsw.gov.au/insights-news/insights/hubsgovernor/contractlieutenant-law-update/searle-commonwealth-of-australia-2019-nswcs-127governor/|access-datetitle=2020Lieutenant-07-23Governor |website=www.allens.com.auNSW Governor}}</ref><ref>{{Cite. web|title=SearleOn v9 CommonwealthMay [2019]2023, NSWCAhe 127opened –the government58th contractingParliament andof fetteringNew –South AUSPUBLAWWales whilst the Governor was in the United Kingdom for the coronation of Charles III<ref>{{cite web|url=https://auspublawthehouseinreview.orgcom/20192023/0605/searle11/the-vopening-commonwealthof-2019the-nswca58th-127/|accessparliament-date=2020of-07new-23south-wales/ |languagewebsite=en-AUNSW Parliament}}</ref>.

His lead judgments include ''Searle v Commonwealth of Australia'', an important case on the constitutional doctrine of "fettering" of discretionary powers of Government.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Searle v Commonwealth of Australia [2019] NSWCA 127|url=https://www.allens.com.au/insights-news/insights/hubs/contract-law-update/searle-commonwealth-of-australia-2019-nswcs-127/|access-date=2020-07-23|website=www.allens.com.au}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Searle v Commonwealth [2019] NSWCA 127 – government contracting and fettering – AUSPUBLAW|url=https://auspublaw.org/2019/06/searle-v-commonwealth-2019-nswca-127/|access-date=2020-07-23|language=en-AU}}</ref>, ''R v Taylor'' concerning tendency evidence, ''Graylag Goose v Garuda'' concerning sovereign immunity, and ''Nyunt v First Property'' concerning the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments.

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