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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|first1=freecall 1800 685 449|last1=Community Relations Division|first2=NSW Department of|last2=Justice|website=www.justice.nsw.gov.au}}</ref> As President, he is an official member of the Judicial Commission of New South Wales<ref>{{Cite journal|last=|first=|date=|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|via=}}</ref>. On 4 June 2019, he was sworn in as an Administrator of the State of New South Wales on 4 June 2019. He has handed down decisions in the Chris Gayle defamation appeal, and the lead judgment in 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>
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