Lawyer (barrister). Educated at Boronia Park and Chatswood Public (opportunity) Schools, Hunters Hill High School B.A., LL.B. University of Sydney; Templeton College Oxford University. 1 term - British Council Scholar). Articled clerk. Admitted to practise as a solicitor (W.C Taylor & Scott) in 1975 and as a barrister in 1976. Visiting Professor of Law, University of New South Wales UNSW), Adjunct Professor in Faculty of Economics at University of Sydney; Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS); Deputy Chairman at New South Wales Law Reform Commission; New South Wales Attorney General 1995-2000. Judge, Supreme Court of New South Wales 2003 - 2004; solicitor - consultant 2005. Part time lecturer in employment law (University of Sydney). Practised as a Queens Counsel in Higgins Chambers. Author of Industrial Relations Law publications. Recreational interests included book reviewing and music.