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ePartner, Mallesons Stephen Jaques
Philip Argy is a Partner in the Sydney office of Mallesons Stephen Jaques
where he is Head of the Intellectual Property, Trade Practices and Technology
Group. Philip specialises in computer and high technology law and trade
practices (antitrust and fair trading).
He has been a computer buff for more than 25 years and is also an experienced
programmer.
He is National Vice President 1998/99, and Vice Chairman 1998 of the
NSW Branch, of the Australian Computer Society. Philip is also a
member of the Federal Attorney-General's Electronic Commerce Expert Group,
a Participating Member of Standards Association of Australia Committee
IT/11 (Electronic Data Interchange) and was a member of the Legal Issues
Working Party for the former Prime Minister's National Information Services
Council.
He is a Past President and founding member of the New South Wales Society
for Computers and the Law, Chairman of the Information Technology Committee
of the Law Council of Australia, and the Computer Law Association. He is
editor of the Australian edition of Computers For Lawyers, and writes a
regular opinion column for Australian Personal Computer Magazine.
Manager, Information Systems,
National Native Title Tribunal
Peter Bennington is the Manager of Information Systems for the National
Native Title Tribunal and has 15 years experience in the Information Technology
industry. He graduated from Curtin University with a Bachelor of Business
(Information Processing) in 1985. Peter joined the Tribunal in June 1995
and his responsibilities include the management of Applications Systems
Development, IT Help desk services and Network and Communication services.
He has had the challenge of deploying IT in a growing organisation where
staff numbers have grown from 40 to 230 and where the number of regional
offices requiring IT support has grown from 1 to 7.
Prior to joining the Tribunal he was the Manager of Applications Development
for the Valuer General of Western Australia for a period of 3 years where
he was responsible for the development of the land and property valuation
systems. Peter has also worked as an IT consultant for approximately seven
years across many industries where he developed information systems for
organisations such as WA Treasury Corporation, WA Electoral Commission,
Hamersley Iron, State Taxation Department and the Building Management Authority.
The Hon Justice Michael Black AC, Convenor
Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Australia
Chief Justice Black was born in 1940. After attending schools in Australia,
Egypt and England he received his further education at Wesley College,
Melbourne, and the University of Melbourne. From 1964 until his appointment
as Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Australia in January 1991, he
practised as a barrister as a member of the Victorian Bar. He was appointed
Queen's Counsel for Victoria in 1980 and for Tasmania in 1984. As a junior
barrister his practice included civil jury actions as well as commercial
and public law cases. As Queen's Counsel he specialised in appellate
work before the High Court of Australia and other appellate courts.
His work as Queen's Counsel also included cases in the fields of constitutional,
commercial and industrial law. Chief Justice Black has had a particular
interest in legal education, having been foundation chairman of the Victorian
Bar's course of instruction for new barristers.
Chief Justice of Australia
The Chief Justice was born in Rockhampton, Queensland, on 22 May 1928.
He was educated in Queensland and in 1951 he was admitted to the Queensland
Bar. He was appointed a QC in Queensland in 1965 and subsequently in New
South Wales, Northern Territory, Papua New Guinea and Fiji.
He was President of the Bar Association of Queensland 1974-1976 and
of the Australian Bar Association 1975-76 and a member of the Executive
of the Law Council of Australia 1974-76.
His appointments were as follows:
1975 - part-time member of the Australian Law Reform Commission; retired
1977.
1976 - a Judge of the Australian Industrial Court and an additional
Judge
of the Supreme Courts of the Australian Capital Territory and of the
Northern Territory.
1977 - one of the foundation judges of the Federal Court of Australia
1981 - a Justice of the High Court of Australia.
He was appointed Chief Justice on 21 April 1995 and was created a Knight
Commander of the Order of the British Empire on 10 March 1981 and a Companion
of the Order of Australia on 26 January 1988. The following honorary degrees
have been conferred on him: Hon LLD (Trinity College, Dublin) (1988); Hon
LLD (University of Qld) (1996); Hon DLitt (Central Qld University) (1996).
The Hon Justice Neil Buckley, Convenor
President, AIJA
Justice Buckley has been a Judge of the Family Court of Australia in 1983, and a Judge Administrator for the Northern Region of the Family Court since 1988 (now including Queensland, the Northern Territory, and New South Wales). A member of the AIJA Council since 1989 and a member of the Board since 1992, Justice Buckley has been involved with a number of AIJA research project advisory committees, has chaired several of its committees, and has been actively involved in many of the AIJA's major projects and conferences. He was Deputy President of the AIJA 1994-1996 and was elected President in 1996.
The Hon Justice Michael William Campbell
Chief Judge, Compensation Court of New South Wales
Justice Campbell was admitted to the New South Wales Bar in 1955, and took silk in 1974. He was a Judge of that State's Workers Compensation Commission from 1975 to 1984 and of the Compensation Court of New South Wales from 1984 to 1986. In 1986 he was appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales. From 1988 to 1994 he was the first chairman of the multi-court User Committee of the Sentencing Information System (now the Judicial Information Research System) of the Judicial Commission of New South Wales. He was appointed Chief Judge in 1994. He has held that office during the development and installation of the Court's present version of its Phoenix case management and information system.
Legal Information Standards Council, Foundation Law
Sandra Davey is the Manager of Foundation Law, a communications technology
project of the Law Foundation of NSW that uses the Web to promote public
access to Australian law and legal information. Sandra is responsible for
the day-to-day running of the site and its continued development. She participates
in the Electronic Services Committee of the Law Society of NSW and is a
committee member of the NSW Society for Computers and the Law.
As a qualified trainer, Sandra has trained over 250 lawyers and over
500 librarians in the use of the Internet as a research and business tool.
She has spoken and written extensively on the use of the Internet for lawyers
and is most recently, co-author of Butterworths book Laying Down the Law
Online.
Sandra can be reached via email at sldavey@fl.asn.au or via the Foundation
Web site at www.fl.asn.au
High Court of Australia
Tony de la Fosse BA, GDip HRM, MBA is the Senior Deputy Marshal - Administration of the High Court of Australia. His responsibilities include Information Technology, Finance, Personnel and the delivery of Technical Services. He is a member of the Working Party established by the Council of Chief Justices to examine the possible application of Electronic Appeals.
Clayton Utz, Victoria
Philip Farrelly joined Clayton Utz in January 1997 to support the Estate
Mortgage trial that commenced in the Supreme Court in February 1997. The
Estate Mortgage trial system was set up as an INTRANET with all relevant
material stored on one of three WEB servers used in the courtroom. More
recently he has implemented a leading edge document mangement system again
using Intranet/Internet technology. This system manages the documents relating
to a multi-billion dollar divestment project allowing updates and access
from around the world.
Prior to joining Clayton Utz Philip worked for four years with the
DPP (State and Commonwealth) and two years with the NCA in a capacity as
Information Technology Manager. At the DPP Philip assisted with the development
of the Commonwealth's standard litigation support system which included
multimedia based courtroom systems. Philip designed and implemented the
systems used in Victoria's first two computer based criminal trials (Elders
Forex and ProImage) and a number of others yet to come to trial. His work
here included the management of tasks including the collating, scanning,
database design and CD-ROM production. He also designed and implemented
network systems for the courtrooms in question.
AUSTLII and University of NSW
Graham Greenleaf is a Professor of Law at the University of New South
Wales, where he specialises in the relationships between information technology
and law. He has degrees in Arts and Law, and is a Fellow of the Australian
Computer Society. He was one of the five 1996 ComputerWorld Fellows, awarded
for distinguished contributions to the development of information technology
in Australia. He was the foundation President of the NSW Society for Computers
and the Law.
He is the Co-Director of the Australasian Legal Information Institute
(AustLII), one of the largest free law sites on the internet (http://www.austlii.edu.au/).In
conjunction with AustLII Co-Director Andrew Mowbray, he has researched
and taught the computerisation of law for over a decade, including co-authorship
of a textbook on computerised legal research, and a commissioned report
on Information Technology in Complex Criminal Trials.
Further details are on his Home Page at http://www2.austlii.edu.au/~graham/
Australian Federal Police
John Geurts has been a member of the Australian Federal Police for 16½
years. He is currently attached to the AFP's Eastern Region headquarters
in Sydney, and has spent the majority of the last 5 years as a team leader
and senior team member in the proactive investigation of transnational
organised crime syndicates. It was during this period that he developed
a three-dimensional evidence matrix to support both the investigation and
prosecution phases of these investigations. Before to transferring
to Sydney, John spent 3 years at the Training Division in Canberra, where
his duties included investigations training and the development of the
AFP's pilot Corporate Crime Course. John's interest in developing
computer applications in support of major investigations began during his
time in the ACT Region Fraud Squad, where he developed numerous databases
to support the investigation of serious crimes.
Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, Perth
Stephen Hall is an Assistant Director in the Perth Office of the Commonwealth
Director of Public Prosecutions. He has been in charge of the Corporate
Prosecutions Branch in that office since that branch was set up in 1991
when the DPP took over responsibility for prosecutions flowing from
the Australian Securities Commission. He has been personally
responsible for a number of high profile prosecutions, including those
of Robin Greenburg, Kevin Parry and Alan Bond. He has appeared
as counsel at trials and on appeals in a number of those matters.
Law Society of NSW
Derek Hamill is the Information Technology Adviser to the Law Society
of NSW. Previously Derek worked for a leading legal technology company
and was for a period of time a legal practitioner.
Derek has a brief to assist and educate members of the Law Society
with respect to technology, and to co-ordinate initiatives founded on technology
that benefit the Law Society in the quality of service it provides to its
members. Derek also represents the Law Society (and its members) interests
in the provision of information systems that benefit solicitors in particular,
and the legal system in general.
As a service to members of the Law Society Derek consults on technology,
assisting law firms to improve services to their clients by optimising
the use of information technology in their practices. Derek has published
a Legal Computing HandBook and represents the Law Society and its members'
technology interests on various committees.
Derek is co-ordinating a number of diverse projects, including development
of the Law Society's Web based online system, payment and settlement systems,
and electronic precedents.
Director, LexTech Pty Ltd
Vicky has wide experience in Legal Information Services. She graduated
with honours in law from Aberystwyth University College of Wales. She gained
a distinction in a Diploma in Management Studies and worked for Oyez Services
in London U.K. undertaking research and development for the provision of
services to the legal profession.
Her Australian law firm experience includes managing the Litigation
Support Departments in both Freehill Hollingdale & Page and Clayton
Utz in Melbourne. She has project managed numerous large scale discovery
lists, co-ordinated documents in several due diligence matters, and established
a comprehensive Environmental Law database.
Vicky founded LexTech in 1992. The company provides advice upon document
management to law firms, barristers, and government agencies with a focus
on litigation support.
Vicky has written numerous articles and published an authoritative
work on Litigation Support Management. She formed the Association of Litigation
Support Managers (ALSM) in Australia and is a member of the Information
Technology Committee for the Law Council of Australia. She is undertaking
a Masters in the Management of Technology (MMT) at Melbourne University,
specialising in Turning Data into Information for Lawyers as her research
project.
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New Zealand
Judge David Harvey is a Judge of the District Court of New Zealand and
sits at Otahuhu in Auckland. He holds warrants for general, jury and Youth
Court Jurisdictions. Judge Harvey studied at Auckland University where
he graduated LLB in 1969. He completed a Master of Jurisprudence degree
from the University of Waikato in 1994. Judge Harvey was involved in general
litigation practice with an emphasis initially upon criminal work and latterly
upon family and commercial litigation and practiced in Hamilton and Auckland.
He was appointed to the bench in 1988.
Judge Harvey's interest in computers and Information Technology commenced
in 1980 and he was involved in the introduction of word processing and
computer based trust accounting and practice management systems to his
firm whilst in practice. He has been actively involved in the introduction
of Information Technology for the Judiciary since 1990 and has consulted
formerly with the Department of Justice and subsequently with the Department
for Courts on behalf of the District Court. He was actively involved in
the design and development of the Judicial Workstation, a litigation support
and information program designed for use by the New Zealand Judiciary.
His email address is djhdcj@ihug.co.nz and his District Court webpage
is at
http://www.law.auckland.ac.nz/court/dc/dchome.htm
Mr Foo Chee Hock
District Judge, Senior Deputy Registrar, Subordinate Courts, Singapore
Mr Foo Chee Hock is a District Judge and concurrently the Senior Deputy
Registrar of the Subordinate Courts of Singapore. His judicial duties include
the hearing of civil and criminal trials, coroner's inquiries, Order 14
applications, injunctions and other civil interlocutory applications, Night
Court duties and Duty District Judge in Court 26 (criminal mentions court).
He graduated in 1984 from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelor
of Law degree. He went on tocomplete a Master of Law degree at the University
of Cambridge in 1989.Mr Foo was called to the Singapore Bar in 1987.
Mr Foo was an Assistant Registrar of the Supreme Court before joining
the Legal Aid Bureau, and then the Subordinate Courts. He is the Vice-Chairman
of the Technology Court Committee, which is responsible for the construction
of the Technology Court, a Technology Chambers and four Digital Recording
Courts, in the Subordinate Courts complex. He is also Chairman of the Video-taping
of Trials Committee,which is tasked to study and implement the video-taping
of trials.
Mr Foo is also in charge of the Technology Portfolio of the Justice
Policy Group, which is a planning body set up to study trends and emerging
issues which may affect the courts; and to formulate appropriate policies
to respond to those challenges.
Principal Courts Administrator, Compensation Court of New South Wales
Giulia Inga was appointed to the position of Principal Courts Administrator,
Compensation Court of New South Wales in June 1997. Ms Inga was admitted
as a solicitor in 1980, when she worked in private practice in Sydney,
mainly in the area of civil litigation. She joined the then Commonwealth
Deputy Crown Solicitor's Office in 1982 as a prosecutions lawyer. In 1984,
she was appointed as a registrar with the Federal Court of Australia and
was the District Registrar of the New South Wales District Registry for
the period 1992 to 1995. During 1985 and 1986 she was a Principal Legal
Officer with the "Age Tapes" Royal Commission of Inquiry and prior to joining
the Compensation Court, the Legal Manager of the Sydney Office of the National
Crime Authority. During her time with the Federal Court, Ms Inga had experience
with the use of video-conferencing.
Director, Courtroom 21 Project
Fredric I. Lederer is Chancellor Professor of Law and Director of the
Courtroom 21 Project at the College of William & Mary's School of Law.
Professor Lederer's areas of specialisation include evidence, trial practice,
criminal procedure, military law, and legal technology. Professor
Lederer is the author or co-author of eleven books, numerous articles,
and two law related education television series. Among his works in progress
is Basic Advocacy and Litigation In a Technological World. Professor Lederer
is the founder and Director of the Courtroom 21 Project, "The Courtroom
of the 21st Century Today." The Project includes, in the Law School's McGlothlin
Courtroom, the world's most technologically advanced trial and appellate
courtroom.
Mr Jeff Leeuwenburg, Convenor
Information Technology Consultant
Jeff is a lone wolf consultant, with his own company, Silver Stream
Pty Ltd. He comes from a background in Librarianship, has been a consultant
somewhere between Information Services and Information Technology, since
1986. His special fields are document imaging, litigation support, and
CD-ROM applications. His main client currently is the Australian Securities
Commission, and his other clients have included other Federal and State
Government Departments, Tertiary Institutions, and the private sector.
He has had clients in Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia and Singapore.
Dun and Bradstreet
Stipendiary Magistrate, South Australia
National Center for State Courts, USA
James E. McMillan joined the National Center for State Courts in October,
1990 and currently directs the Court Technology Laboratory and assists
with the Courtroom 21 project in conjunction with the William and Mary
School of Law. He serves as faculty for the Institute for Court Management,
and has provided technical assistance for numerous trial and appellate
courts including the United States Supreme Court, and many state supreme
courts.
Internationally he has consulted with courts in the Bahamas, Trinidad,
Ukraine, the Russian Federation and for the United Nations International
Criminal Tribunal. Before joining the National Center, he directed information
services for the Arizona Supreme Court Administrative Office of the Courts.
Deputy Chief Magistrate, Victoria
Dan Muling was appointed Deputy Chief Magistrate on 14 November 1995.
He qualified with a Bachelor of Laws from Melbourne University in 1989
and was appointed a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria
in 1991. Past positions include Clerk of Courts (Magistrates' Courts),
Assistant Registrar (County Court), Chief Executive Officer (County Court),
Registrar, Victorian Administrative Appeals Tribunal and Registrar, Magistrates'
Court/Crimes Compensation Tribunal.
Registrar, Residential Tenancies Tribunal, Victoria
Department of Justice, Western Australia
Giles Nunis is currently the Director Courts Development in the Western
Australian Ministry of Justice. He has a Bachelors Degree in Business Management
and has worked in Courts for 14 years. His current responsibilities are
Court Technology, budget management for courts, court reform, strategic
planning and performance evaluation.
The Hon Justice Trevor Olsson, Convenor
Supreme Court of South Australia
Trevor Olsson was appointed a Master of the Supreme Court of South Australia,
May 1963, Deputy President of the State Industrial Court and Commission
in March 1969 and then elevated to President of the Industrial Court and
Commission in October 1975.
Whilst holding office in the industrial jurisdiction he was responsible
for the introduction of modern word processing and basic computer facilities
within the Court and Commission as well as the initial development of stenotype
court reporting.
He was appointed a judge of the Supreme Court of South Australia on
28 June 1984 and was a founding judicial member of courts computerisation
project committee, Court Services Department.
He has since served as the Chairman of the Judicial Computing Committee
of the Courts Administration Authority since 1990, and as Chairman of the
Summing Up Precedents Committee in relation to computerised precedents
for use of the judiciary, and the Chairman, of JURIS, (Judicial Research
Information System) management committee.
He is an Immediate Past President of the Australian Institute of Judicial
Administration and has taken particular interest in its activities related
to information technology aspects.
Chair, Victorian Parliamentary Law Reform Committee
Victor Perton MP has represented Doncaster in the Legislative Assembly
in the Victorian Parliament since 1988. He is a Barrister-at-Law and has
qualifications in law and economics from Monash University, Beijing University
and Melbourne University. His two passions in politics are:
increasing public and industry participation in law making; and, maximising
Victoria's and Australia's roles on the information superhighway.
Victor is Chairman of the Coalition Government's Multimedia Committee
and, since March, 1996, he has been Chairman of the Victorian All-Party
Parliamentary Law Reform Committee. Currently, the Committee is conducting
a cutting edge Inquiry into the opportunities available in the use of new
technologies to streamline the administration of courts and tribunals and
improve access to courts and tribunals by members of the public.
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Prof Greg Reinhardt, Convenor
Executive Director, AIJA
Greg Reinhardt is a graduate of the Law School at The University of
Melbourne. He graduated in 1976 with the Degrees of LLB(Hons) and BA. Greg
was articled in the firm of Ellison, Hewison & Whitehead (which became
Minter Ellison), practised as an employee solicitor in that firm and then
became Partner in 1982. He remained at the firm as a Partner until 1991.
His particular expertise as a practising solicitor was in the area
of commercial litigation but with particular emphasis on the law of insolvency.
In 1991, he retired from practice and became a full-time academic at
the University of Melbourne. He has taught a number of subjects, including
civil procedure and insolvency law. His particular research interests are
civil procedure, and law of insolvency and insurance law. From April 1995
to March 1997 he was Academic Secretary of the Victorian Attorney-General's
Law Reform Advisory Council.
In February 1997, Greg took up the appointment as Executive Director
of The Australian Institute of Judicial Administration. The Institute is
concerned with judicial education and research into judicial administration.
He is the editor of the Journal of Judicial Administration.
General Manager, Auscript
Grahame Reynolds is the General Manager of Auscript, Australia's largest
national court reports service. He joined the Commonwealth Reporting Service
in 1991 after a distinguished career in television with the Australian
Broadcasting Corporation. He was the Director of Television when he made
a move to the commercial sector of the business in television and film
production and distribution. Mr Reynolds then made a career shift to
take up the executive position with the reporting service.
President, The Australian Law Reform Commission
Alan Rose was appointed President of the Australian Law Reform Commission
on 23 May 1994 for five years. Before taking up this position he had been
successively Secretary to the Attorney-General's Department (1989-1994);
Associate Secretary to the Attorney-General's Department (1987-1989); Secretary
to the Department of Community Services (1986-1987); Deputy Secretary of
the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet (1982-1986).
He lectured in law at the University of Queensland between 1971 and
1973 having graduated BA(1966) LLB(Hons)(1969) from the University of Queensland
and LLM University of London (LSE)(1979) and was admitted as a Barrister
of the Supreme Court of Queensland (1973).
Mr Rose is a member of the Administrative Review Council, and in 1993
was elected to the Governing Council of the International Institute for
the Unification of Private Law, Rome, for a five year period. He is a member
of the Board of the Constitutional Centenary Foundation and the Board of
the Australian Legal Resources International.
Mr Michael Rozenes QC obtained his Bachelor of Laws degree from Monash
University and was admitted as a Barrister in 1972. He took silk in 1986.
From 1972 to 1976 he had a general criminal and common law practice and
from 1977 to 1991 he practised exclusively in the criminal jurisdiction
with a specialisation over the last ten years in complex taxation, corporate
and appellate criminal cases.
He has been a member of the Victorian Bar Council, Criminal Bar Association
and the Victorian Bar Ethics Committee.
For the period 1992 to 1996 he was Commonwealth Director of Public
Prosecutions and he now practises at the Victorian Bar.
He is a member of the Steering Committee for this Conference.
Judicial Commission of NSW
Ernie Schmatt is a lawyer and became the first Deputy Chief Executive
of the Judicial Commission of NSW when the Commission was established in
1987. He has been the Chief Executive of the Commission since 1989.
The Hon Paul Seaman QC, Convenor
The Honourable Paul Seaman QC has been actively involved in AIJA affairs
for many years and is a member of its governing Council. He was admitted
as a solicitor in England in 1954 and as a barrister and solicitor in Western
Australia in 1965. He joined the Independent Bar there in 1975, took Silk
in 1978, became a Master of the Supreme Court of Western Australia in 1983
and a Judge of that Court in 1988. He retired from the Bench in December
1994 and was a Presidential Member of the Native Title Tribunal (1995-1997).
He has taken a keen interest in information technology as it relates
to the work of the courts. He was a member of the AIJA's Project Advisory
Committee for the Greenleaf and Mowbray report, on The Use of Information
Technology in Complex Trials, and has been a Convenor and member of the
Steering Committee for this Conference.
Queensland Law Foundation Services
Joanne Sherman has degrees in Law and Computer Science from the University
of Queensland and is eligible for admission as a Barrister of the Supreme
Court, Queensland. She has worked in the legal technology arena for almost
ten years starting out in the Corporate Legal arena with Australian Airlines
then progressing to systems analyst roles with firms Minter Ellison (then
Morris Fletcher & Cross), and Clayton Utz (then Henderson Trout).
In 1992 she was appointed Registrar for the Court of Appeal, Queensland,
where she initiated the automation of registry case management processes
and established research databases for the judiciary.
Her role as Queensland Law Society Information Technology Manager from
early 1996 involved management of the Society's systems and the provision
of independent advice for law firms interested in embracing new technology.
In January 1997 Joanne was appointed as Manager of Queensland Law Foundation
Technology Services Pty Ltd (QLFTS), a commercial initiative of the Queensland
Law Society. This company is responsible for the management and implementation
of a legal intranet throughout the State (THEMIS). QLFTS has also successfully
bid for a broad range of technical consultancies in the legal arena, most
notably, the Council of Chief Justices Electronic Appeals Project which
involves the determination of a technology vision for electronic appeals
in the High Court, State Courts of Appeal, Federal and Family Courts of
Australia and New Zealand. Over and above these consultancies, Joanne has
also worked with a number of private law firms and government agencies
in the justice arena to help develop their technology strategies.
Supreme Court of Victoria
Mr Jeffrey Soar
New Zealand Police
Jeffrey Soar is the Director Information & Technology for New Zealand
Police. He has over seventeen years experience in the specification, design,
development and implementation of management information systems.
He has qualifications in social science research, computing, education
and has completed a PhD in business management focusing on IT. He has published
more than thirty research and discussion papers and presented at local
and international conferences.
Registrar, Federal Court of Australia
Warwick Soden obtained a Bachelor of Legal Studies from Macquarie University,
Sydney and was admitted to practice in 1987. He has worked in courts administration
since 1971 and from 1988 to 1995 was Chief Executive Officer and Principal
Registrar of the Supreme Court of New South Wales. In March 1995 became
Registrar of the Federal Court of Australia.
In both those positions he has been heavily involved in planning for
and managing court systems, particularly in relation to case management.
He is a member of the Federal Court's Information Technology Committee
and Convenor of the Council of Chief Justice's Electronic Appeals Working
Party. Recently he has been involved in a project to provide advice to
the Palestinian Ministry of Justice concerning judicial and court administration,
resulting in a visit to the Palestinian Authority controlled territories
during October 1997.
He is a Council member, and a former Board member, of the AIJA and
a member of the Steering Committee for this conference.
Ms Allison Stanfield, Convenor
Assistant Manager, Queensland Law Foundation Technology Services
Allison Stanfield has been seconded to the Queensland Law Foundation
Technology Services Pty Ltd (QLFTS) from the Court of Appeal, Supreme Court
of Queensland, where she is the Senior Deputy Registrar (Appeals). Allison
is a qualified solicitor with 7 years' experience in the legal field, which
includes having worked in London, with Corrs Chambers Westgarth and within
the Court of Appeal. Whilst at the Court of Appeal, Allison was actively
involved in the enhancement and further development of the Court's case
management system, and in the general management of the Court of Appeal's
information technology systems.
She holds Bachelor and Master degrees in Law from the Queensland University
of Technology (QUT) and is currently undertaking a Master of Information
Technology which will focus on Courts and Technology and on the Virtual
Legal Office. Allison has taught for many years within QUT's law faculty
and has published widely in the legal field.
During 1997, Allison co-ordinated an electronic filing initiative between
the Court of Appeal and the Legal Aid Office (Qld). She is also a member
of an IT sub-committee of a Working Party set up to investigate Electronic
Appeal Books on behalf of the Council of Chief Justices (CCJ) and has recently
been asked to advise the Australian Law Reform Commission on the use of
information technology within courts.
ESS Pty Ltd
Tony Sutherland is an independent management and information consultant,
specialising in the planning, analysis and deployment of systems for strategic
advantage, within organisations of all sizes. Tony graduated with Distinction
from the Western Australian Institute of Technology in 1981 with a Bachelor
of Business (Information Processing). In 1989 he completed a Master of
Information Systems degree at Curtin University, graduating with Distinction.
He was awarded the R D Galliers Medal for best Master's student. Tony's
research concentrated on the planning, management and use of information
systems for competitive advantage.
In the more than eighteen years that Tony has been involved with the
information industry, he has provided services to a wide range of clients
in Australia and overseas, including: Justice and legal related organisations
(including the Ministry of Justice, WA Police Service, Royal Commissions,
the Australian Securities Commission, the State Law Publisher, the Legal
Aid Commission and many law firms).
Tony is a past President and Vice President of the Western Australian
Society for Computers and the Law; past Chairman of the Electronics and
Information Industry Association of Western Australia; and past Chairman
of the Software Industries Association of Western Australia.
Supreme Court of Western Australia
Shayne Talbot is an external consultant, contracted to the Ministry
of Justice as the Project Leader for the Judicial Support Projects at the
Supreme, District, and Magistrates Courts of Western Australia. He
has worked in the information technology industry for the past 13 years
and has spent the last 3 ½ years in his current role in the Courts.
Prior to this, Shayne had been contracted to the Ministry of Justice and
was involved in the design and implementation of the Civil Case Management
and Civil Listing Systems for the Supreme and District Courts.
The Hon Justice Bernard Teague,
Convenor
Supreme Court of Victoria
Mr Justice Teague was appointed to the Supreme Court of Victoria in
1987. After admission in 1962, he practised from 1963 as a member
of the law firm Corr & Corr and Corrs Pavey Whiting & Byrne until
appointed to the bench. He was President of the Law Institute of
Victoria in 1978-79 and 1986-87, Chairman of the 1987 Australian Legal
Convention Planning Committee and served for a time on the Executive of
the Law Council of Australia. He is a Board and Council Member of the AIJA
and is currently the Convenor of the Steering Committee for this Conference.
Mallesons Stephen Jaques Solicitors
Martin has over 20 years' experience in IT, with the last 12 in professional
services. He recently joined Mallesons Stephen Jaques (Sydney) from Masons,
a top 20 London firm specialising in Construction and IT, as Executive
Director (Technology & Information).
As well as IT Director at Masons, Martin ran a small consulting practice
which worked with Law firms, in-house counsel and government departments
in multiple jurisdictions. He was a former Vice Chairman of the Society
for Computers & Law (UK), and is an Honorary Technical Fellow of the
University of Strathclyde's Centre for Law, Computers & Technology.
Manager Information Technology Branch, Compensation Court of New South Wales
Mr Peter Tierney was appointed to the position of Manager, Information
Technology Branch, Compensation Court of New South Wales in January 1998.
He has more than 25 years experience in the IT industry, with the previous
nine years as Information Services Manager at Tourism New South Wales.
At Tourism New South Wales, Peter was responsible for the establishment
of Local and Wide Area Networks linking sites around Australia to a tourist
information database. Over the last two years, Peter was responsible for
implementing a new database application as an Internet/Intranet application
providing access to information for internal users, internet users worldwide
and users of public-access kiosks.
Ms Stela Walker, Convenor
Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Stela Walker works for the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions
and is located in Canberra. She is the Deputy Director , Corporate Management
and is responsible for the provision of the full range of corporate support
to the Office including Information Technology.
Stela has worked in this field for approximately 13 years and during
this time spent 4 years is Sydney as the Executive Director of the Independent
Commission Against Corruption.
The Hon Daryl Williams AM QC MP
Commonwealth Attorney-General
Daryl Williams AM QC holds a law degree from the University of Western
Australia and was selected as WA Rhodes Scholar in 1965. He subsequently
obtained a Bachelor of Civil Law degree at Oxford University in 1967. Mr
Williams is admitted to practice as a barrister in Western Australia, New
South Wales, Victoria and England and Wales.
From 1971 to 1975, he worked in Manila for the Asian Development Bank.
Upon his return to Perth, he joined the Western Australian Independent
Bar and resumed practice until his election to the House of Representatives
in 1993. He was appointed a Queen's Counsel in 1982.
Mr Williams was a commissioner of the Law Reform Commission of Western
Australia from 1982-1986 and chaired the Commission for a year. He was
also President of the Law Society of Western Australia in 1984, and President
of the Law Council of Australia in 1986-1987.
During 1993-1994, he was Shadow Attorney-General, and Shadow Minister
assisting the Leader of the Opposition on Constitutional Reform.
He has been a member of the Joint Select Committee on Certain Family Law
Issues and a member of the House of Representatives Standing Committee
on Legal and Constitutional Affairs from 1993 to 1996.
His appointment as Commonwealth Attorney-General and Minister for Justice
was announced by the Prime Minister, John Howard, on 8 March 1996.
Mr John Witham, Convenor
State Courts Administrator, South Australia
John Witham, became South Australia's first State Courts Administrator
on 1 July 1993. Prior to that appointment he was the Chief Executive Officer
of the former Court Services Department.
He joined the former Law Department which previously had responsibility
for courts administration in South Australia in 1978 and was initially
employed with the brief to improve efficiency in the administration of
the courts.
He occupied a number of senior positions with Corporate Services functions
before becoming the Deputy CEO in 1986. John was appointed CEO of the former
Court Services Department in 1991.
John was one of the principal architects of the Court Services Department
which was created in 1981 and was the first organisation of its kind in
Australia. He also was heavily involved in the development and implementation
of the new Courts Administration Authority of which he became the administrative
head.
He is a council member of the AIJA and a member of the Steering Committee
for this conference.
The Hon Justice James Wood, Convenor
Supreme Court of New South Wales
Mr Justice Wood was appointed to the Supreme Court of New South Wales
in 1984. He was admitted to practice as a solicitor in 1964, went to the
Bar in 1970 and took silk in 1980. During the 1980's he was a member of
the New South Wales Law Reform Commission and later a part-time Commissioner.
He was a consultant to the Australian Law Reform Commission and was active
on sub-committees of the Law Council. His Honour was the first Chairman
of the New South Wales Supreme Court's Common Law Delay Reduction Committee
and played a major role in the conduct of this very large project.
He was appointed Royal Commissioner into the New South Wales Police
Service, 1994-1997. He is a member of the Council of the AIJA, and a member
of the Steering Committee for this conference.
This concludes the list of biographical information.
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