Admissions

2002 – Admitted to the Bar (New South Wales)

Qualifications

1985 – Bachelor of Commerce – UNSW
1985 – Bachelor of Laws – UNSW
1986 – College of Law
1986 – Admitted to the Supreme Court of NSW to practice as a solicitor
1995 – Master of Laws (commercial law) – UTS
1995 – Accredited Specialist Commercial Litigation (insolvency & restructuring)
1995 – Accredited Mediator (LEADR)
2002 – Admitted to the NSW Bar
2014 – Graduate Certificate in Business Administration – AGSM – UNSW
2019 – Nationally Accredited Mediator – Australian Disputes Centre

Professional Experience

1986-1990 – Tress Cocks & Maddox – solicitor and senior associate
1990-1992 – Baker & McKenzie – senior associate
1992-1998 – Walsh & Blair – partner
1998-2002 – TressCox (now part of HWL Ebsworth) – partner
2002-to date – NSW Bar

NSW Bar Committees

Alternative Dispute Resolution [2020-continuing]
 Costs and Fees [2017-2018].

Seminars and Publications

“Non-Consensual Alternative Dispute Resolution” 4 ADJR 173
“Breaking ROT Clauses” IPAA
 NSW Rural Handbook, Redfern Legal Centre (chapter on debt recovery and related topics)
 New South Wales Doctor, sundry articles
 Regular participant as a judge at the SULS Intervarsity negotiation and mooting competitions
 College of Law CPD Construction Law Update – Design and Building Practitioners Act & s.106 of the Strata Schemes Management Act.
 Australian Catholic University lectures in advocacy and judge in mooting competitions.