Professional Qualifications
Bachelor of Arts (The University of Queensland).
Bachelor of Laws (The University of Queensland).
Master of Laws (The University of Queensland).
(Thesis was entitled “Law of Limited Partnerships in Queensland”).
Doctor of Philosophy (Bond University).
Solicitor of the High Court of Australia.
Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand.
Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory.
Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales.
Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Queensland.
Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria.
Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Western Australia.
Chartered Tax Adviser (Life) – The Tax Institute
Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law.
Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Conferral of Doctor of Philosophy Degree 1997
High Court of Australia
High Court of New Zealand
Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory
Supreme Court of New South Wales
Supreme Court of Queensland
Supreme Court of Victoria
Supreme Court of Western Australia
Positions Held
Australian Academy of Law
Fellow, present
Australian Institute for Progress
Foundation Member
Life Member
Academic Advisory Board, present Member
Australian Institute of Company Directors
Fellow Member, present
Diploma, Company Directors’ Course
Australian Income Tax Law and Practice
Advisory Editorial Board, past Member
Australian Laws
Practitioners Board (Queensland), past Member
Australian Taxation Office
Commissioner’s Taxation Liaison Group, past Member
GST Consultative Forum on E-Commerce, past Member
Australian Universities International Alumni Convention 2006
Conference Committee, Member
Churchie Foundation Ltd.
Patron Member, present
Director, past
Churchie Old Boys Association
Life Member
Committee for Economic Development in Australia
Associate Trustee, past
Research Committee, past Member
Commonwealth of Australia
Board of Taxation Advisory Panel, past Member
Economics & Law Research Institute Limited
Director, current
Member, present
Griffith University
Visiting Committee of the Law School, past Member
Lecturer in Stamp Duty Law, past
Law Council of Australia
Australian Legal Convention 1983 Papers Committee, Member
Councillor, past Member
Customs and Indirect Taxation Committee, past Member
Australian Law Council Foundation Ltd., past Director
Fidelity Funds Group, past Member
National Advisory Committee on Legal Education, past Member
National Co-operation Working Group, past Member
Professional Conduct Model Rules Group, past Member
Taxation Committee of Business Law Section, past Member
Law Reform Commission, Queensland
Advisor on Partnership (Limited Liability) Act 1988 (provided a draft working paper to the Commission, published as QLRCWP27 and subsequently QLRC Report No. 34)
Lawyers Community Service
Member, past
McCullough Robertson, Lawyers
Special Tax Counsel, 2007 - 2014
Macquarie University
Lecturer in Master of Applied Finance Course, past
New South Wales Government
Joint Advisor on Partnership (Limited Partnership) Amendment Act 1991 (NSW) (see Debates of Legislative Assembly, 9 April 1991, p.30)
Office of State Revenue, Queensland
Consultant on Stamp Duty Rewrite Project 1999 - 2001
Learning & Development Unit, Manager 2014 – 2016
Public Rulings Unit, Manager 2016 –
Founding Co-ordinator, Interjurisdictional Public Rulings Community of Practice, present Member
Taxation Consultative Committee, past Member
Unit Trust Reference Group, past Member
Order of Australia Association
Life Member
Property Council of Australia
Taxation Committee, past Member
Queensland Law Society Inc.
President, 1997-98
Deputy President, past
Vice-President, past
Senior Counsellor, present
Ad Hoc Costs Committee, past Chairman
Admission Rules Review Committee, past Member
Claims Monitoring Sub-Committee, past Member
Committee of Management, past Member
Complaints Committee, past Member
Conveyancing Scales Sub-Committee, past Member
Costs Committee, past Chairman
Council, past Member since 1988
Disability Insurance Committee, past Member
Executive Committee, past Member
Government Lawyers’ Committee, past Chairman
Incorporation of Legal Practices Committee, past Member
Law Claims Committee, past Member 1977 - 1983
Law Claims Committee, past Chairman 1983 - 1990
Lawyers Community Service, past Member
Legal Education Committee, past Member
Marketing Committee, past Member
Multi-Disciplinary Partnerships, past Member
Practice Audit Committee, past Chairman
Practice Management Course Committee, past Chairman
Pro-Bono Committee, past Chairman
Proctor Committee, past Member
Profession Review Committee, past Chairman
Professional Indemnity Insurance Review Committee, past Member
Professional Standards Committee, past Member
Professional Standards (Council) Committee, past Member
Queensland Law Society Solicitors’ Superannuation Pty Ltd, past Chairman
Queensland Law Society Superannuation Pty Ltd, past Chairman
Revenue Law Committee, past Member
Stamp Duties and Titles Office Committee, past Member
Statutory Rules Review Committee, past Member
Trade Practices Advisory Committee, past Member
Queensland University of Technology
Law Faculty Board, past Member
Lecturer in Stamp Duty, past
Lecturer in Legal Practice, past
Solicitors’ Board
Member, past
Sir Albert Sakzewski Virus Research Centre
Chairman, Committee of Management 2003 - 2010
St. Margaret’s AGS Parents & Friends Association
Committee member, past Member
Drama Support Group, past Member
State Library of Queensland Foundation
Custodian Member, present
Supreme Court of Queensland
Associate to Mr. Justice Hanger (later Sir Mostyn Hanger, Chief Justice of Queensland), May 1966
Supreme Court Library Committee (a body corporate constituted under Supreme Court Library Act 1968)
Member, past
Supreme Court Priestly Advisory Committee on Legal Education
Member, past
The Sydney Institute
Member, present
The Tax Institute (formerly Taxation Institute of Australia)
Honorary Life Member
National President 1990-1991
National Vice President 1989 - 1990
National Council, past Member
State Chairman 1985 - 1987
State Council, past Member
National Education Committee, past Chairman
National Education Advisory Board, present Member
Editorial Board of “Taxation in Australia,” past Member
Fellow Member/Chartered Tax Adviser
State Technical Committee, past Member
State Education Committee, past Member
University of Queensland
Professor, Faculty of Business, Economics & Law 2011-2012
Professor, Professorial Research Fellow, T.C. Beirne School of Law 2006 – 2008
Director, Australian Centre for Commerce, Law & Tax 2006 – 2008
Professor, Professorial Research Fellow, Faculty of Business, Economics & Law 2008 - 2011
Co-Director, Economics & Law Research Unit, Faculty of Business, Economics & Law 2009 - 2012
ResTeach Fellow, T.C. Beirne School of Law 2006 – 2008
Academic Fellow (First person to be honoured with this title. Awarded in 1992 for teaching services to the T.C. Beirne School of Law)
Adjunct Professor, T.C.Beirne School of Law 1997 – 2006
Lecturer in Stamp Duty Law, for under & post graduate courses for over 35 years
Tutor, Introduction to Tax Law, past
Lecturer, Taxation Law, past
Founding Co-ordinator, Master of Taxation Course
The Chancellor’s Society, Member
The 1910 Society, Member
The Dean’s Society, Faculty of Business, Economics and Law, Member
Sir Gerard Brennan Chair in Law Appeal Committee, past Member
Annual Appeal Committee, past Member
Development Committee, past Member
Law Faculty Board, past Member
Law Faculty Curriculum Committee, past Member
UQ Business School Adjunct Advisory Panel, past Member
UQ Law Journal Subscriptions Committee, past Member
University of Queensland Law Alumni Association Ltd.
Director, present
Member, present
University of Queensland Law Society
Vice-President, past
Wesley Research Institute Limited
Director: past
Work and Child Care Advisory Service (Qld.)
State Advisory Board, past Member