Articles of Clerkship with Mr J.G. Wilkin of Corr & Corr, Melbourne 1980.

Admitted to practise 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.

Has practised mainly in Commercial Law, including Banking, Finance, Consumer Credit, Trusts and Superannuation. Counsel has also practised in the areas of Constitutional Law, Equity, Company Law and Professional Negligence.

Counsel is also a part-time Lecturer in Finance Law, at the University of Melbourne.


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".

"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 Getsam: International Trade and 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 Legalwise Seminar on "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.

Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards Legislation.