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'''Andrew Scott Bell''' (born 21 February 1966) is an Australian judge who is the current [[President of the New South Wales Court of Appeal]].<ref name = "Sydney Uni">{{Cite web|url=https://sydney.edu.au/law/news-and-events/news/2019/02/14/sydney-law-school-alumni-named-among-nsw-highest-legal-counsel.html|title=Sydney Law School alumni named among NSW highest legal counsel|website=The University of Sydney|language=en-AU|access-date=2019-06-05}}</ref><ref name = "Lawyer's Weekly">{{Cite web|url=https://www.lawyersweekly.com.au/wig-chamber/24885-new-president-of-the-nsw-court-of-appeal-announced|title=New President of the NSW Court of Appeal announced|last=Doraisamy|first=Jerome|last2=Doraisamy|first2=Jerome|date=2019-01-23|website=www.lawyersweekly.com.au|language=en|access-date=2019-06-05}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.afr.com/business/legal/will-there-be-a-promotion-for-australias-worst-judge-20190228-h1bt2i|title=Will there be a promotion for 'Australia's worst judge'?|date=2019-02-28|website=Australian Financial Review|language=en|access-date=2019-06-05}}</ref>
Bell is the son of economist Harold Bell and art historian Pamela Bell. He grew up on the North Shore of Sydney attended four schools, Balmoral Infants, Mosman Primary, Neutral Bay Opportunity and [[Sydney Grammar School]]<ref name="nsw.gov.au"/>. At Sydney Grammar he captained the school [[cricket (sport)|cricket]] team.<ref name="nsw.gov.au">http://www.supremecourt.justice.nsw.gov.au/Documents/Publications/Speeches/2019%20Speeches/Bell_20190228.pdf</ref> Bell graduated with a Bachelor of Laws with honours in 1989<ref name="Sydney Uni"/>. He obtained a prize in Roman Law studying under Arthur Emmett (who subsequently became a Judge of the same Court)<ref name="nsw.gov.au"/>. He was also a medallist in Economic History and Law at the [[University of Sydney]] (where he was a resident from 1985 to 1989 at [[St Paul's College, University of Sydney|St Paul's College]]<ref name="St Paul's">{{cite web|url=https://stpauls.edu.au/st-pauls-alumnus-appointed-president-of-the-nsw-court-of-appeal/|title=St Paul’s alumnus Dr Andrew Bell SC appointed President of NSW Court of Appeal|date= January 2019}}</ref>). He became a member of the College Council in 2004, and continued to serve as a member until 2013<ref name="St Paul's"/>. He also served as Deputy Chairman between 2010 to 2013<ref name="St Paul's"/>. He was later in 2018 to commission a sculpture by Ayako Saito called “Heaven’s Door” for the College<ref name="St Paul's"/>. In 1990, was a [[Rhodes Scholar]].<ref name="Sydney Uni"/> He graduated from [[Oxford]] and was awarded the [[Vinerian Scholarship]] for first place in the [[Bachelor of Civil Law|BCL]].{{citation needed|date=June 2019}} The following year he earned his doctorate from Oxford University <ref name="St Paul's"/>.
In 1990-1991, Bell was the Associate to the then [[Chief Justice of Australia|Chief Justice of the High Court]], [[Anthony Mason (judge)|Anthony Mason]]. It was there he met his wife, Joanna Bird, the Associate to Justice [[Michael McHugh]].<ref name="nsw.gov.au"/> He was admitted as a barrister in 1995 and took silk in 2006 as a Senior Counsel<ref name="St Paul's"/>. He was a Treasurer and then Senior Vice President of the [[New South Wales Bar Association]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://elevenwentworth.com/portfolio/andrew-s-bell-sc/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190131023200/http://elevenwentworth.com/portfolio/andrew-s-bell-sc/|url-status=dead|archive-date=31 January 2019|title=Andrew S. Bell SC - Eleven Wentworth|date=31 January 2019}}</ref> He was also a senior vice president of the NSW Bar Association, and a past chairman of the Professional Conduct Committee of that Association <ref name="Lawyer's Weekly"/>.
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