Qualifications
Bachelor of Laws (University of Queensland)
1971 (scholarship awarded)
Admitted to Practice
Queensland (
1973)
High Court of Australia
Affiliations
Former Director and Chairman of LEADR (Lawyers Engaged in Alternative Dispute Resolution), also one of the founders of this organisation and life member
Queensland Law Society, ADR Committee (and Inaugural Chairman)
Law Council of Australia, ADR Committee (pro bono)
Former Part-time Law Reform Commissioner with Queensland Law Reform Commission
Lecturer (part-time) Queensland University of Technology
Lecturer Bar Practice Course
Lecturer GHD Business School
More Details
Michael has taught negotiation to delegates from over 600 organisations (both Public and Private Sector). He has been a university lecturer in negotiation (part-time) for 25 years.
"Negotiation Skills"; "The Art of Listening", papers presented to the annual instruction course conducted by the Association of Risk and Insurance Managers in Australia.
"Negotiation and the Practice of Law", paper presented to Bond University Seminar for Queensland Lawyers.
"Mediation under the Commercial Arbitration Act", Australian Institute of Arbitrators Accreditation Course.
"A role for Lawyers in Public Interest Dispute Resolution", LEADR Brief.
German Chamber of Commerce - speech on International Dispute Resolution Techniques.
Two Day Arbitration Training Course for Philippine Bar Association in Manila (as a result of successful International Tender)
Seminar on Partnership Resolution to Members of Professional Partnership Association
Lecture Master of Business Association (MBA.) (Negotiation skills)
Annual series of lectures - QUT Law School
Lecture Australian Risk Insurance Management Association
Moderator LEADR Annual Conference
Participant for Law Council of Australia in National Summit on ADR in Canberra
Participant Panel Discussions on ADR at Annual Australian Insurance Law Society, Gold Coast (AILA)
Co-author of contributions to Australasian Dispute Resolution Journal
Nominated contributor to The Laws of Australia
Contributor to Pacific Rim Advisory Council - International Arbitration/Mediation Handbook
