Robert McGowan Amo Aratu (Senior Technical Specialist), Te Papa Atawhai (New Zealand Department of Conservation) On March 20th 2017 the New Zealand parliament passed the Te Awa Tupua (Whanganui River Claims Settlement) Bill which established the Whanganui River as a legal...

Biography Kate specialises in commercial dispute resolution and litigation, particularly in the banking and finance and industrials sectors. She has acted for clients in a range of complex large scale disputes and regulatory investigations and has particular expertise in the...

Current Position:  Judge of the NSW District Court  86 Goulburn Street, Sydney. PO Box K106 Haymarket 1240    Qualifications:   1) Arts – Law UNSW (graduated 1089)  2) Masters in International Law: Sydney University (graduated 2012 ) Judge Yehia SC was admitted as...

Greg Williams is internationally recognised as an experienced litigation lawyer with particular expertise in the conduct of class actions.  He has over 20 years’ experience undertaking product liability and class action litigation with experience ranging from acting in large-scale class...

Biography Justice Bob Gotterson AO was appointed to the Queensland Court of Appeal in April 2012. He is currently President of the AIJA. He is a former President of the Law Council of Australia, the Australian Bar Association and the...

Biography Chief Justice Susan Kiefel was born in Cairns, Queensland, Australia, in 1954, educated in Queensland and at the University of Cambridge where she received a Masters of Law.  Chief Justice Kiefel was admitted to the Queensland Bar in 1975...

Magistrate Kate Hawkins was appointed to the Magistrates’ Court of Victoria in 2001. Since July 2011 Magistrate Hawkins has been the Co-Supervising Magistrate for Family Violence and Family Law, together with Deputy Chief Magistrate Felicity Broughton. She provides judicial leadership...

Adrian Cartland, the 2017 Young Lawyer of the Year, has worked as a tax lawyer in top tier law firms as well as boutique tax practices. He is now the Principal of Cartland Law, a boutique tax and commercial law firm....

Kathy Laster is the Director of the Sir Zelman Cowen Centre. Prior to taking up this appointment in 2015, Kathy served as an Associate Professor at Monash University’s School of Law, following a lengthy career in academia and industry. Her...

The Right Honourable Dame Elias is the 12th Chief Justice of New Zealand and the first woman to be appointed to that office.  She graduated from Auckland University with an LLB Honours Degree in 1970 and was admitted to the...