Articles of Clerkship with Mr J.G. Wilkin of Corr & Corr, Melbourne, 1980.
Admitted to practice as a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria on 1 April, 1981. Employed by Corr & Corr as a Solicitor and then as an Associate and then Senior Associate from 1981 to 1985 working mainly in Banking, Finance and Commercial Litigation.
Signed the Roll of Counsel of the Victorian Bar on 23 May, 1985.
Admitted as a Barrister of the Supreme Court of New South Wales on 8 December, 1993.
Admitted as a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory on 13 May, 1994.
Admitted as a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Western Australia on 3 June, 1998.
Practises mainly in Commercial Law, including Banking, Finance, Securities, Consumer Credit, Trusts and Superannuation and also Constitutional Law, Equity, Company Law, Administrative Law and Professional Negligence.
Member of the Human Research Ethics Committee of the Royal Children’s Hospital (2004 - 2023).
Senior Honorary Fellow and Part-Time Lecturer in Finance Law, University of Melbourne (1999 - 2020).
Publications and Articles:
"The Application of the Credit Act 1984" in Consumer Credit Series, Seminar Papers, 1989, Leo Cussen Institute.
"Chattel Securities" Chapter in Butterworths, Court Forms, Precedents & Pleadings – Victoria (1997 – 2006).
"Consumer Credit Code: What is Credit?" in Butterworths, Consumer Credit Bulletin (1999) No.10, p. 4.
"Consumer Credit: Charge for Credit" in Butterworths, Consumer Credit Bulletin (2000) No. 1, p. 7.
"My Flotsam or Your Jetsam: International Trade or Ownership of Goods in the Event of Insolvency" (written jointly with M. Flood) in International Trade & Business Law Bulletin (2000) Vol. 1, No. 2, p. 26 and also in In house Counsel (1999) Vol. 3, No. 3, p. 25.
"Consumer Credit: Purpose of Credit" in Butterworths, Consumer Credit Bulletin (2000) No. 3, p. 3.
"Enforcement under the Consumer Credit Code" in The Consumer Credit Code, 2002, Leo Cussen Institute.
"Defences in Mortgage Enforcement" presented at the Legalwise Seminar, Resolving Mortgage Disputes, 14 September 2005; updated and re-presented, 14 March 2008.
"Recent Tribunal and Supreme Court Cases Relating to the Consumer Credit Code" in Consumer Credit Disputes, Seminar Papers, 2007, Leo Cussen Institute.
"Invoking the Statutory Power of Sale of a Mortgagee of Land" presented at the Television Education Network Seminar, The Mortgagee’s Power of Sale, 21 February 2008.
"Commercial and Retail Leases" presented to the Western District Law Association, 26 March 2015.
"Caveats Over Joint and Common Interests in Land" presented to the Commercial Litigation Specialist Study Group at the Law Institute of Victoria, 16 August 2017.
"Notes on the Medical Treatment Planning and Decisions Act 2016" presented to the Human Research Ethics Committee of the Royal Children’s Hospital, 7 May 2018; updated and re-presented to the Western District Law Association, 15 March, 2019.
"Topical Ethics" presented to the Western District Law Association, 15 March, 2019.
“Marshalling Securities and Words of Release” presented to the Commercial Litigation Specialist Study Group at the Law Institute of Victoria, 18 September, 2019.
“Trustee Responsibilities and Overpayments” presented at the Superannuation Law Conference, Leo Cussen Centre for Law, 25 October, 2019.
“Common Law Rules for the Construction of Releases”, Letter to the Editor in Australian Law Journal, (2019) Vol. 93. p. 904.
"Settlements and Releases" (jointly with I.W.D. Upjohn CSC, QC) presented at the Howells’ List Barristers Continuing Professional Development, 28 November, 2019; updated and re-presented by Zoom at the Legalwise Workplace, Commercial, Property and Disputes Roundup seminar, 23 March 2024
“The Doctrine of Marshalling — When Does It Apply & Advising Your Client” presented by Zoom in the Mortgage & Securities Intensive, Leo Cussen Centre for Law, 18 August 2022
"Ethics Topics for Solicitors" (jointly with with Ken Cheng) presented by Zoom at the Legalwise Ethics, Professional Skills & Practice Management for All Lawyers seminar, 23 March 2024