• adam simpson
• shane simpson
• jules munro
• moses kakaire
• victoria chylek
• chris chow

CURRICULUM VITAE

SHANE DAVID SIMPSON LLB (HONS), M.JUR.

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

Master of Jurisprudence, 1975; Bachelor of Laws (Honours), 1973, University of Auckland

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, 1986 – ; Barrister of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, 1978–1986; Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria, 1976; Barrister of the High Court of New Zealand, 1973

PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE

Outstanding skills and experience in the fields of:

• Commercialisation of Intellectual property
• Corporate governance, structuring and strategy
• Entertainment, Arts, Information technology & Media

CORE COMPETENCIES

• Strategic thinker – capable of managing the vision and the data
• Solution oriented – able to grasp the legal and commercial implications
• Effective negotiation and facilitation skills enhanced by a professional reputation for integrity and strong business ethics
• Recognised leading deal maker in the IP – related industries
• Access to Government and industry bodies as a result of a reputation developed over 25 years
• Trusted adviser to major institutions, corporations and NGOs

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1986 –

Principal, Simpsons Solicitors, [specialising in intellectual property, arts, entertainment, media, museums, and new technologies law].

1983–86

Founder and first director, Arts Law Centre of Australia.

1981–82

Lobbying for and establishment of Arts Law Centre of Australia.

1981

Six months in USA and UK investigating the nature of art–related legal problems and observing structures for their resolution: (Supported by Australia Council Grant).

1980

Full–time practice as Barrister, Frederick Jordan Chambers, Sydney.

1978–79

Part–time practice as Barrister.

1973

Haigh & Charters, Barristers and Solicitors, Auckland.

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERSHIPS

New Zealand Film Commission

Board member

(The NZFC is New Zealand's national film funding agency)

The Peggy Glanville–Hicks Composers’ House Trust

Chairman (since 1991)

(The Trust provides a scholarship to composers permitting selected composers to live and compose in the former home of Glanville–Hicks.)

The Song Company

Chairman (since 2005)

(The Song Company is Australia’s premier a capella ensemble, internationally renowned for its performance of Early Music through to contemporary Australian works)

Freedman Foundation

Trustee

National Institute of Entertainment and Media Law, Southwestern University, California

Member of International Advisory Board (2001 – )

First Mortgage Services Pty Ltd

Chairman (since 2004)

Australian Writers’ Foundation

Board member (since 2006)

(The Foundation, established by the Australian Writers’ Guild, supports professional development and promotion of writers and writing for performance.)

Dictionary of Sydney

Board member (since 2006)

(This ARC funded project is a joint venture between University of Sydney, University of Technology, the City of Sydney, State Records NSW and the Historic Houses Trust to create an on–line resource that tells the story of Sydney.)

PAST BOARD MEMBERSHIPS

New South Wales Film and Television Office

Chairman (1999 – 2005)

Appointee of the Premier of NSW

(The FTO is the statutory body responsible for providing funding investment and assistance to the film and television industry in NSW)

National Association of the Visual Arts

Member of Board of Directors (1998 – 2005)

(NAVA is the peak national body for Australian visual arts.)

Museums and Galleries NSW

Chairman (1999 – 2001)

Appointee of the Premier of NSW

(MGNSW is the peak service organisation for public museums and public galleries in NSW.)

Music Council of Australia

Member of Executive Board (1998–2002)

(MCA is the peak national body for Australian music.)

Copyright Agency Limited

Member of Board of Directors (1999 – 2004)

Appointee of the Australian Society of Authors

(CAL is the copyright collecting society responsible for administering statutory and voluntary licensing that enables the mechanical and digital reproduction of literary and artistic works in educational institutions, government, business and libraries.)

IPR Systems Pty Limited

Chairman

(IPR was a start–up developing software to facilitate trading of IP rights and IP materials on–line.)

The William Fletcher Trust

Trustee (1985 – 1999)

(The trust provides financial support to visual arts students attending university, who may not have sufficient funds to complete their studies.)

Visual Artists Benevolent Trust

Trustee (1986 – 99)

(A philanthropic trust providing financial support to Australian professional visual artists who suffer illness accident or calamity).

Australian Exhibitions Touring Agency Limited

Member of Board of Directors (1993 – 96)

(AETA was an agency funded by the Federal Government to tour art, craft and design, nationally and internationally.)

Arts Law Centre of Australia

Board member (1992 – 97)

(ALCA is a national organisation providing legal assistance to the arts community.)

Australian Contemporary Music Institute

Member of Board of Directors (1988 – 1993)

(ACMI at University of New England was the first institution in Australia to provide degree courses in contemporary/popular music.)

Crafts Council of Australia

Management Advisory Committee (1987– 89)

Member of Board of Directors (1989 – 92)

(CCA is the peak body for the crafts in Australia. Now called Craft Australia.)

Cultural Grants Advisory Council, Ministry of the Arts, NSW Government

Member of Council (appointment of the Premier) (1985 –1987)

Deputy Chairman of Council (1987)

Chairman of Community Arts Sub–committee (1985, 1986)

Chairman of Music Sub–committee (1987)

Member of Capital Grants, Music, and Visual Arts Sub–committees.

Council of Sydney College of the Arts

Member of Council (appointment of Minister of Education (1984 – 1987)

Chairperson of Rules and By–laws Committee

Member of Executive Committee

Entr–acte Theatre

Chairman (1984 – 1987)

(Entr–acte was the only corporeal mime company in Australia)

ArtSpace/Visual Arts Centre

Board member (1982 – 1983)

(ArtSpace is an artist run, government funded gallery with an extensive program of exhibitions, lectures, seminars and performances)

Australian Rock Company

President (1983 – 1985)

(The Australian Rock Company was a government funded company promoting young musicians and live popular music to children too young to enter licensed venues).

University of Western Sydney

Member of Music Department Advisory Panel (1993 – 7)

University of Wollongong

Member of the Visiting Committee, School of Information Technology and Computer Science (2001 – 2004)

OTHER MEMBERSHIPS

NSW Law Society

American Bar Association

International Bar Association

Australian Society of Authors

Copyright Society of Australia

Society for Computers and the Law

Museums Australia

ACADEMIC AND OTHER APPOINTMENTS

2001 –

Southwestern University, California. National Institute of Entertainment and Media Law, Member of International Advisory Board

2001 – 2004

University of Wollongong. Member of the Visiting Committee, School of Information Technology and Computer Science

1999 – 2001

Australian Research Council (Strategic Partnership with Industry) grant: “Visual Arts Industry Guidelines Research Project”: Industry partner and a Chief Investigator with National Association of Visual Arts, University of Sydney and Art Gallery of NSW: “Visual Arts: Useful Law for Changing Industry”.

1999 – 2001

Australian Research Council (Strategic Partnership with Industry) grant: “Visual Arts: Useful Law for Changing Industry” Industry partner with National Association of Visual Arts and University of Sydney

1994 – 96

Visiting Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Wollongong

1994

Visiting Fellow, Australian Graduate School of Management

1994

Consultant to Federal Government (Department of Communication and Arts, Attorney Generals Department): Review Into Copyright Collecting Societies

1989 – 91

Academic Adviser, School of Contemporary Arts, University of New England, Northern Rivers

1985 – 94

Lecturer (part–time), (responsible for post graduate Diploma and Masters programs in gallery and museum management), City Art Institute / Faculty of Arts, University of NSW):

1980–82

Lecturer (part–time), Faculty of Law University of NSW.

1980

Revising Examiner in Evidence, Barristers and Solicitors Admission Board, Supreme Court of New South Wales.

1978

Centre for Advanced Legal Studies, Russell Square, London (January – June)

1975–79

Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales – member of the Staff Selection Committee.

1974

Tutor, Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales.

BOOKS

The Visual Artist and the Law in Australia, Law Book Co., 1982

Discovery and Interrogatories, Butterworths, 1984 (with Bailey & Evans)

Music – The Business and the Law, The Law Book Company, 1986, (edited with G. Stevens)

Museums and Galleries – A Legal Primer, Museums Association of Australia and Redfern Centre Publishing, 1989

The Visual Artist and the Law in Australia (2nd edition), Law Book Co., 1989

Discovery and Interrogatories (2nd edition), Butterworths, 1990

Review of Australian Copyright Collecting Societies, Australian Government Publishing Service,1995

Music Business (3rd edition), Omnibus Press, 2006

BOOK IN PREPARATION

Legal Issues In Public Collecting Institutions (to be published by the Collections Council of Australia)

GOVERNMENT/INDUSTRY REPORTS

Review of Australian Copyright Collecting Societies, a report to the Minister of Communication and the Arts and the Minister for Justice, Government of Australia, 1995

Report As To The Establishment Of A “Centre For New Technologies”, Law And Management, a report to the Law Foundation of New South Wales and the Meat Research Corporation, 1993

BOOK/SERVICE EDITED

Camilleri’s High Court and Federal Court Practice (Butterworths, Assistant Editor, 1979 – 1980 (3 volumes)

ARTICLES IN BOOKS OR SERVICES EDITED BY OTHERS

Music, In An Interactive On–line World, Music Industry Intelligence Report, editor M. Alderson, Prospect Publishing, 1999

Music, Copyright and New Technologies, Music Industry Intelligence Report, editor M. Alderson, Prospect Publishing, 1999

Maoris and the Law, Law for the People, editors S. Ross and M. Weinberg., (Penguin Books), 1976, (with P. Burgess)

Discovery and Interrogatories in the High Court, High Court and Federal Court Practice, (CCH), 1979

What’s Left of Artist’s Rights?, Australian Art Revue, ed. L. Paroissien, Warner Publications, (July, 1982).

ARTICLES

The Characterisation of One’s Own Witnesses: for the Purpose of their Impeachment (1976) 50 Australian Law Journal 410.

Discovery before Commencement of the Action: (The Modern Action for Discovery) (1980) 4 UNSWLJ. 415 (with M. Orlov).

Fakes, Forgeries and Fees: the authentication of fine art, Australian Law Journal, (1988) Vol. 62 No. 10, Page 796; Vol. 62, No. 8 p 626

Merchandising and the Protection of Celebrity, Australian Law Journal, (1988) Vol. 62 No. 8 p 624,

Film Assistance Changes, Australian Law Journal, (1988)

Home Audio Taping Legalised and Protection of Performers and their Performances, Australian Law Journal, (1989) Vol. 63 No. 2 p 111

The Price of Fame Revisited, Australian Law Journal, (1989) Vol. 63 No. 4 p 281

Two Aspects of Sampling in the Music Industry, Australian Law Journal, (1989) Vol. 63 No. 11 p 771

AUSTRALIAN CURRENT LAW NOTES

Disputed Identification Evidence (1976) ACL DT 270

Limitation Periods: Public Authorities (1977) ACL DT 235

Workers Compensation and Limitation Periods (1977) ACL DT 279

Evidence Amendment Act (1979) (1977) ACL 87

Calls (1981) ACL DT 270

OTHER LEGAL PERIODICALS

Moving Towards Copyright Control On The Internet, Media and Arts Law Review, vol 1, December 1996, no. 4, p 198

Droit de suite: The Artists’ Royalty, (1982) 6 Copyright Reporter 6

Work of Art or Indecent Matter, (June 1982), Legal Services Bulletin 148, (with N. Raeburn)

ARTICLES IN ARTS, ENTERTAINMENT & MUSEUM PERIODICALS

Legal Centre for the Visual Arts, (1982) 7 Art Network 59

Crafts and the Law, (1983) 152 Craft NSW 10

Starting in the Crafts – a Legal View, (1984) Craft Australia Autumn 1984/1 44.

Gallery Contracts, (1982) 6 Art Network 60.

The Loan of Artworks for Public Exhibition, (1983) 11 Art Network 27 Reprinted in Artists Newsletters (UK) May, 1984 24

Model Loan Agreement for Art Museums, Museums Australia December 1984 39.

Effect of Moral Rights on Conservators, Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Material, published conference papers, 1985

Contracts: Ego or Career Boost?, Musicians’ Union Band Guide (edited Les Wicks), Musicians Union of Australia, 14. Reproduced in "One More Time" September 1985 34.

Current Legal Issues in Australian Museums, Museums Australia 1986, 20.

Caveat Emptor: International Protection for Cultural Material, Art Monthly (Aust. and International) June 1987 No. 1

Mirror Mirror on the Wall: Museum Ethics, Art Monthly (Aust. & International) August 1987 No. 3

Sponsorship, Art Monthly (Aust. and International), November 1987

Copyright v Contemporary Art Practice, Art Monthly (Aust. and International) March 1988, No. 8

Snitched! the Immorality of Not Getting Classified, Art Monthly (Aust. and International) July 1988, No. 12

Professionalising Boards of Managements of Museums, Museum News December 1989 – January 1990 p11; February – March 1990 p8

Moving Towards Copyright Control on the Internet, Music Forum; vol. 3; no.3 p 22

You and the Internet, 2004 Music Forum; vol. 4; no.3 p 18

RADIO LECTURES

Arts and the Law, A series of six radio lectures presented for the Centre for Continuing Education, University of Sydney (1983)

Business and Law in the Music Industry, A prize winning series of ten one hour lectures, produced by Northern Rivers CAE/University of New England and broadcast nationally and available on cassette

PUBLIC LECTURES, SEMINARS AND CONFERENCES

2004 SEMINARS AND CONFERENCE PAPERS

Contracts For Licit International Sale Of Art And Antiquities, International Bar Association Annual Conference; Committee on Art, Cultural Institutions and Heritage Law, Auckland, New Zealand

2003 SEMINARS AND CONFERENCE PAPERS

Recording Agreements, Masters class, Faculty of Law, University of NSW

2002 SEMINARS AND CONFERENCE PAPERS

Legalities and Realities, a series of music industry seminars presented in Sydney, Adelaide, Melbourne, Brisbane and Auckland

Recording Agreements, Masters class, Faculty of Law, University of NSW

2001 SEMINARS AND CONFERENCE PAPERS

Practical Implications of Moral Rights Legislation, Biennial Copyright Symposium, New Rights–New Obligations–New Relationships, Australian Copyright Council, Centre For Copyright Studies & Copyright Society of Australia, Sydney

Legal Issues in Managing Regional Museums and Galleries, Cowra Regional Gallery, Cowra NSW

Getting Overseas Success, Arts Law Referral Service, Melbourne

Copyright Ownership: The Balance Of Freedom And Protection In The Process Of Change, IES Conferences, Sydney

Findings of the Visual Arts Industry Enquiry, A Fairer Deal, Visual Arts Industry Guidelines Research Project, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

Recording Agreements, Masters class, Faculty of Law, University of NSW

2000 SEMINARS AND CONFERENCE PAPERS

Copyright Ownership – Understanding the Extent of Freedom and Protection, Intellectual Property and Commercialisation, IES Conferences, Sydney

2000 GUEST LECTURES IN ARTS LAW

University of Western Sydney (Nepean), three day Professional Practice course in School of Contemporary Arts – Music

1999 SEMINARS AND CONFERENCE PAPERS

The Digital Agenda Bill, College of Law, Continuing Legal Education, Sydney

Implications of GST on the Arts & Entertainment Industries, Managing Legal and Financial Risk During the Transition To The GST, IIR Conferences, Sydney & Melbourne

Chair, two–day National Forum of State Youth Orchestras

Chair, two–day National Forum of Jazz Co–ordinators

1999 GUEST LECTURES IN ARTS LAW

University of Western Sydney (Nepean), three day Professional Practice course in School of Contemporary Arts – Music

1998 SEMINARS AND CONFERENCE PAPERS

Digitisation Of Museum Collections – A Management Issue, Australia Registrars Committee, Museums Australia, Sydney

Name And Reputation In The Fourth Dimension – Trademarks In Cyberspace, Cyberlaw Conference, Sydney

Propagate Forum – co–chair (First national forum to facilitate international on–line trading in intellectual property)

1998 GUEST LECTURES IN ARTS LAW

University of Western Sydney (Nepean), three day Professional Practice course in School of Contemporary Arts – Music

1997 SEMINARS AND CONFERENCE PAPERS

The Art Of Deal–making, National Entertainment Industry Conference, Sydney

Entertainment Law – Advanced, Screen Producers’ Association of Australia, Sydney

The Effect of the Internet on the Arts and Copyright Industries, Sydney Arts Management Advisory Group, Sydney

When Too Much Is Barely Enough – Multimedia, Interactivity And Sport, 7th Annual Conference, Australian and New Zealand Sports Law Association, Newcastle

1997 GUEST LECTURES IN ARTS LAW

University of Western Sydney (Nepean), three day Professional Practice course in School of Contemporary Arts – Music

1996 SEMINARS AND CONFERENCE PAPERS

Managing Risks In The Global Information Infrastructure: Corporate Information – Confidential Asset Or Leveraged Resource, Joint Australian Government/OECD conference; Security, Privacy & Intellectual Property In The GII; Parliament House, Canberra

Role of Copyright in the Present and Future of Copyright, Strategic Information & IT Unit, Public Sector Management Office, Ministry of The Premier and Cabinet, Perth

Government Service Delivery In Cyber–world: Practical Risk Management, Strategic Information & IT Unit, Public Sector Management Office, Ministry of The Premier and Cabinet, Perth

WALIS Forum Lecture, Corporate Information – Confidential Asset Or Leveraged Resource, WALIS Annual Proceedings, Burswood Conference Centre, Perth

Effects Of New Technologies On Copyright–Based Income, International Council of Concert Agents, Sydney

Moving Towards Copyright Control On The Internet, 3rd Assembly, Music Council of Australia, Canberra

Liability And Security Risk Management In New IT Environments, Information Technology Dependency, The Risks, The Costs, & Their Management, The National Risk Management Education Centre, Sydney

The Virtualisation Of Objects, Australia Registrars Committee, Museums Australia, Sydney

1995 SEMINARS AND CONFERENCE PAPERS

Issues Affecting Convergence, Multimedia and Copyright Reform, New Technologies, New Challenges Conference, Faculty of Law, University of Wollongong, Wollongong

Multimedia And The Hunger For Rights, LAWASIA Intellectual Property Conference, Adelaide

Complaints Mechanisms And The Collective Administration Of Copyright, The Copyright Tribunal Conference, Commonwealth Attorney General’s Department, Copyright Society of Australia, Australian Copyright Council, Sydney

Expanding The Copyright Tribunal’s Jurisdiction, The Copyright Tribunal Conference, Commonwealth Attorney General’s Department, Copyright Society of Australia, Australian Copyright Council, Sydney

Review Of Australian Copyright Collecting Societies, Launch of Report, Attorney General’s Dept., State Library of NSW

Major Legal Challenges From The New World of Broadband Services, Delivering The Digital Future: Radio 2000, ABC Conference, Sydney

Copyright And Competition Law, And The Position Of Collecting Societies, Copyright Society Of Australia, Sydney

Building Firewalls To Limit Your Company’s Liability On The Internet, Internet World 95 [Australia Asia Pacific], Mecklermedia, Sydney

Investments And Technology – Issues For The Future, Institute For Fiduciary Education Australasia, Sydney

1994 SEMINARS AND CONFERENCE PAPERS

New Technology And Music: Evolution To Revolution, Reaching Youth Through Music, Office of Government Information and Advertising, Department of Administrative Services (Clth), National Convention Centre, Canberra

Copyright Collecting Societies, Music Managers Forum, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney

Film Production and Investment Agreements, Australian Film Commission, Sydney

Music Management, Ausmusic Master class, Sydney

Multimedia and the Law, chairman, Arts Law Centre of Australia, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney

Theatre Law Master Class, Newcastle University, Department of Drama, Newcastle

The Business Of Country Music, Country Music Association, Tamworth

Museum Law Workshop, Museums Association of the Central West, Forbes

1993 SEMINARS AND CONFERENCE PAPERS

Stiff as a board: Company Boards In Rigor Mortis, Fundraising Institute of Australia, Melbourne

Museum Copyright, Museums Association (Victorian Branch), Melbourne

Negotiating Your Rights, APRA/Australian Guild of Screen Composers, seminar (key–note speaker), Sydney

Professional Practice and Ethics, Regional Galleries Association of New South Wales, Newcastle

Legal Aspects Of Touring Exhibitions, Museums Association (Victorian Branch), Melbourne

Train the Trainers, Arts Law Centre of Queensland, seminar, Brisbane

1992 SEMINARS AND CONFERENCE PAPERS

Theatre Law Master Class, Newcastle University, Department of Drama, Newcastle

Working Together – The Artist The Gallery And Local Government, Regional Galleries Assoc. of NSW and Regional Galleries Assoc. of Queensland

1991 SEMINARS AND CONFERENCE PAPERS

Accessioning and Deaccessioning, Museums Association of Victoria, Melbourne

Deaccessioning and Disposal – Practice and Procedure, Museums Association of Victoria, Melbourne, Museums and Legal Issues Seminar, Melbourne

The Use of Artworks in Book Publishing, Australian Book Publishers Association, Artwork Law Seminar, , Sydney and Melbourne

Theatre Law Master Class, Newcastle University, Department of Drama, Newcastle

Recent Developments in Management, The Music.The Media. The Market, Music Industry Conference, Sydney

1990 SEMINARS AND CONFERENCE PAPERS

Tax Responsibilities and Traps, Association of Theatrical Agents and Employers, Law Foundation of New South Wales, Legal Education Colloquium, Employers’ Representative, Sydney

Music and Copyright, Ausmusic, Master class Series, Sydney

1989 SEMINARS AND CONFERENCE PAPERS

Legal Issues In Collection Management, Collection Research Seminar, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney

Roles, Rights and Responsibilities of Boards of Arts Organisations, Crafts Council of Australia and the National Arts Industry Training Council, (a national seminar for senior visual arts and crafts administrators and board members)

Insurance Problems in Museums, Arts Public Gallery and Museum Services Unit, Victorian Ministry for the Arts, professional development seminar

Survival Tactics: Contract and Copyright, Australian Graphic Designers Association, Sydney

Exploiting Copyright in the Music Industry, Ausmusic’s "Spring Master class Series", Sydney

Professionalising the Museums Community, Museum Studies Symposium, Victoria College, Melbourne

1987 SEMINARS AND CONFERENCE PAPERS

Museum of Ethics – Conflicts of Interest, Confederation of Australian Museums Association, annual conference, Art Gallery of Queensland, Brisbane

1986 SEMINARS AND CONFERENCE PAPERS

Performing Arts and the Law, National Seminar For Senior Performing Arts Administrators, Opera House, Sydney

Performance Collectives, Arts Law Centre Annual Conference, Sydney

1986 GUEST LECTURES IN ARTS LAW

NSW Institute of Technology, Faculty of Law; Nepean College of Advanced Education; University of New South Wales, Faculty of Law

1985 SEMINARS AND CONFERENCE PAPERS

Australian ’85 Conference, Melbourne

Rock ’n Roll and the Law, Youth Wave Festival, Bondi Pavilion, Sydney

Arts Action Conference, Newcastle

Professional Standards and Requirements of Code of Ethics, Institute for Conservation of Cultural Material, Canberra

The Laws of Oral History, Australian Oral History Conference, University of Melbourne

The Forum Lecture, Hobart

Visual Arts Law and the Librarian, Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

Arts Law and Professional Practice, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane

Professional Practice in the Crafts, Crafts Council of Queensland, Brisbane

National Management Course for Senior Arts Executives, Australia Council, Sydney

Rock ’n Roll and the Law, Canberra Youth Arts Festival

Artlaw, Confederation of Australian Art Associations, Sydney

Law For Arts Managers, Arts Administration Course, New South Wales Technical Institute

1985 GUEST LECTURES IN ARTS LAW

Sydney College of the Arts; New South Wales Institute of Technology; University of Tasmania, Faculty of Law; University of Tasmania, School of Art; Randwick Technical College; Brisbane College of Advanced Education; University of New South Wales, Faculty of Law.

1984 SEMINARS AND CONFERENCE PAPERS

Crafts Law and Practice, Presenting Metal 1984, Jewellers and Metalsmiths Australia, Melbourne

The Need For Contracts Between Gallery And Artist, Commercial Galleries Association, Sydney

Legal Aspects of Community Arts and Drama, Applied Management in the Arts Conference, Arts Council of Australia administrator training courses, Sydney

The Effect of Moral Rights on Art Conservation, Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Material, Sydney

Chairman, The Music Industry Conference – co–hosted by the New South Wales Law Society, the Victorian Ministry for the Arts, Law Institute of Victoria

Moral Rights and Visual Artists, Arts Council of Australian Capital Territory

Moral Rights and Visual Artists, Arts Law Centre seminar, Sydney

The Forum Lecture, University of Tasmania, Hobart

Law For Arts Managers, Arts Research Training and Support Limited, Sydney

Law For Arts Managers, Arts Council of Australia, Sydney

1984 GUEST LECTURES IN ARTS LAW

University of Tasmania; Sydney College of the Arts; New South Wales Institute of Technology; City Art Institute.

1983 SEMINARS AND CONFERENCE PAPERS

Law For Arts Managers, Arts Council of Australia, Sydney

Visual Arts and the Law, public lecture, Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide

Visual Arts and the Law, public lecture, Praxis, Perth

Classical Music and the Law, Australian Music Centre, Sydney

Law For Arts Managers, Art Research Training and Support Limited management courses, Sydney

Commissioning Craft, Parliament House Authority, Canberra

Law and Professional Art Practice, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane

Legal Services For Australian Artists, Victoria Ministry for the Arts, Melbourne

Legal Issues And Services For Crafts Practitioners, Crafts Convention: Crafts The Country and the City, Crafts Council of Australia, Sydney

1983 GUEST LECTURES IN ARTS LAW

Macquarie University; University of Tasmania; Chisholm Institute, Melbourne; Sydney College of the Arts; East Sydney Technical College; Canberra School of Art; Meadowbank Technical College; University of Queensland; Power Institute – University of Sydney; Newcastle CAE; City Art Institute; Gymea College of TAFE; St. George College of TAFE

1982 SEMINARS AND CONFERENCE PAPERS

Commissioning Public Art, Tasmanian Arts Advisory Board, Hobart

Law and the Arts, Art Practice and Society Conference, PRAXIS, Perth

The Law and Professional Art Practice, Art Workers Union, Melbourne

The Need For Lawyers In The Arts, Law Institute of Victoria, Melbourne

Artlaw, Ministry for the Arts, Victoria, Melbourne

An Artlaw Centre For Australia, Visual Arts Board, Australia Council

Arts and the Law Conference, Organiser and Chairman, the first conference on the subject in Australia, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

1982 GUEST LECTURES IN ARTS LAW

University of Tasmania; University of South Australia; Sydney College of the Arts; City Art Institute.