The Victorian Bar Home HOME Charles Francis QC Milestones Biography Picture Gallery Interview topics Choosing law Early years at the Bar Working from Selborne Chambers   Solicitor-practitioners Ethics at the Bar - then and now An insane client A question of compensation   Crime Passionel The exorcist - in Horsham Thoughts on retirement Philip Opas OBE QC Milestones Biography Picture Gallery Interview topics Ryan hanging Pt 1 Ryan hanging Pt 2 Ryan hanging Pt 3 The baby in the rubbish chute   The prostitute client Childhood Beginning legal practice World War II Early years at the Bar   Judges & colleagues Pt 1 Judges & colleagues Pt 2 Resigning from the Bar Lawyers' epitaphs Judge Liz Gaynor Milestones Biography Picture Gallery Interview topics Childhood Choosing a career The Costigan Royal Commission   Early years - Part 1 Early years - Part 2 Being a female barrister Marrying a fellow barrister The work family balance   Addicted to adrenalin On being a judge Legal Aid funding Looking forward Brian Bourke Milestones Biography Picture Gallery Interview topics Childhood Debating On judges Optimism Jack Cullity   Ronald Ryan Bertie Kidd A knife at the Governor's throat Bob Vernon Henry Winneke   On not taking silk Meeting Hemingway Sentencing for murder Compassion in sentencing Specialist barristers Getting close to crims 50 years in the law S.E.K. Hulme AM QC Milestones Biography Picture Gallery Interview topics Acquiring a Nickname School at Wesley College Royal Australian Naval College University   Jim Gobbo and the Actress Eagle Star and Selborne Chambers Keith Aickin - a Beautiful Mind Reading with Keith Aickin II Early Years at the Bar The Viscount Inquiry   Justice John Starke Joe Guss at the Old Magistrates Court Bill Martin Applying for Silk Judicial Aspirations Modelling for Helmut Newton Raising The Bar Milestones Documents & Publications Picture Gallery Documentary Video Against The Odds Work Family Balance Getting The Brief Being Prepared Gender Action The Rewards For the Defence   Pt 1 A Murder trial Pt 2 An axe Pt 3 "They're looking for me" Pt 4 Culpable driving Pt 5 The crash Pt 6 No-case submission     Pt 7 "Kill him" Pt 8 The night before Pt 9 "If  he  goes  down - " Pt 10 Opening address Pt 11 "Shake me" Pt 12 "At least I'm not crying"     Pt 13 10% for adrenalin Pt 14 Evidence Pt 15 Until proven Pt 16 Survived Pt 17 "Try not to use, mate" Pt 18 "I hate it when -"     Pt 19 Seven lipsticks Pt 20 "Worry like buggery" Pt 21 "Win  some,  lose  -" Pt 22 Sick with nerves Pt 23 "Never see it again" Pt 24 "Please get him off" Pt 25 "You shit yourself" Pt 26 "Two states of mind"   Four Judges & a Silk (audio) Documents Picture Gallery Interview topics Part 1 Early Days Part 2 University Part 3 First Bar Years Part 4 Masters of Note     Part 5 Masters of Note II Part 6 The Mouse in the Bottle Part 7 The Solicitors' Blacklist Part 8 Characters and Chambers     Part 9 Coppel v Ashkanasy Part 10 The Two Counsel Rule Part 11 Cases and Judges Part 12 Sir Henry Winneke Part 13 Then versus Now Women Barristers - Then and Now “Even It Up”   WBA film Theme 1 Origins Theme 2 Tackling Discrimination Theme 3 Improved Representation Theme 4 Briefing Policy Theme 5 Woman as Advocate Theme 6 Shifting Perceptions Theme 7 Work-life Balance Theme 8 Challenges & Opportunities Profile: Judge Liz Gaynor Born: 1955   Admitted to practice: 1980   Signed Bar Roll: June 1985   Appointed: County Court Judge 2002   Milestones: View here +   Biography: Judge Liz Gaynor, LLB/BA. Judge Elizabeth Gaynor was born in 1955, the eldest of 12 children. ... read more +       Interview topics   Childhood   Choosing a career   The Costigan Royal Commission   Early years at the Bar I   Early years at the Bar II   Being a female barrister   Marrying a fellow barrister   The work-family balance   Addicted to adrenalin   On being a judge   Legal Aid funding   Looking forward             © The Victorian Bar Inc - Reg No. A00343046 | Privacy | Contact us | Help | Acknowledgments Design Icon Inc