History

• 1958 - 1962 - Secondary Education - St. Bernard's College, Essendon. 
• 1963 - 1967 - Tertiary Education - Council of Legal Education. 
• 1968 - Admitted to practice Supreme Court of Victoria.
• 1969 - Joined Weigall & Crowther (now Norton Rose Fulbright).
• 1972 - 2010 - Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright.

Professional biography

·        Sir Eugene Gorman International Commission of Jurist’s Prize - 1967

·        Building Science Forum - National Book Prize 1984

·        Appointee of State Government as member of Retail Tenancies Disputes panel of arbitrators 1987 - 1996

·        Member Standards Australia, Standards Sector Board 2005-2008

·        Member of the Victorian Skills Commission 2008 - 2009

·        Chair, Law Council of Australia - Construction and Infrastructure Law Sub-committee 1995 - 2000

·        Co-author "Building and Construction Contracts in Australia"First Edition, Law Book Company Ltd 1981, Second Edition, Thomson Legal & Regulatory 1991; "Commercial Arbitration" Law Book Company Ltd 1986.

·        State editor for Victoria and Tasmania - Building and Construction Law 1985 -

·        Partner Norton Rose Australia (formerly Deacons, Deacons Graham & James, Sly & Weigall, Weigall & Crowther) 1972-2010

·        Chairman, Melbourne office - Norton Rose Fulbright 1994 - 1999

·        Head of Division - Construction & Engineering Norton Rose Australia 1985 - 2004, 2007 - 2010

·        Senior Fellow - University of Melbourne 1999 - 2012

·        Professorial Fellow - University of Melbourne 2013