New BAQ Committee System

BY Hearsay

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The Association’s Committees regularly advise and assist the Bar Council in the preparation of detailed submissions regarding draft legislation, law reform matters and current issues in the administration of justice. The expert commentaries of Bar Association Committees are sought by the Courts, the Parliament, governments as well as law reform agencies.

A list of the new Committees is below listing each Committee and the names of the relevant convenors.

Any member wishing to express an interest in being appointed to one or more of the Committees should send an email to the Chief Executive at chiefexec@qldbar.asn.au identifying the Committee on which they wish to serve and clearly setting out their contact details.

I encourage members to express an interest in participating in the Association’s work by nominating for inclusion on one of the Committee panels.

Richard Douglas S.C.

President

Standing Committees of BAQ

Committee Name	Convenor/s	C CS Ex-officio Member
Access to Justice	Long S.C.	Dollar
Administrative Law & Public Law	Hinson SC	Plunkett
Alternative Dispute Resolution	Hanger QC/DOJ North S.C.	Crow
Bar Care Implementation Committee	Bell QC	Carew
Bar Practice Course	Bain QC	Brown
Charitable Fund Raising Committee	Cameron/Kirkman-Scroope	Heaton
Collegiality Committee	Gunn/ Kate Heyworth-Smith	Plunkett
Continuing Professional Development	The Hon Justice JA Logan RFD / The Hon Justice GC Martin/ Boddice S.C., Diehm S.C.	Davis S.C.
Commercial Law	Doyle SC/Derrington S.C.	Traves SC/Wilson
Criminal Law	Glynn SC, Devlin S.C./ Callaghan SC/ Davis S.C.	Collins/Dollar/Wilson/Courtney
Environmental Law	Keim S.C./Hay	O’Gorman S.C.
Ethics Counsellors Panel	Gotterson QC	Davis S.C.
Family Law	T. North S.C./Kent S.C.	Carew
General Litigation and Law Reform	D.J.S. Jackson QC	Brown
Human Rights and Equal Opportunities	Perkiss	Wilson
Industrial Law	Murdoch S.C.	Crow
Planning and Environment	Gallagher QC/ Gore QC	Holland
Practice and Procedure	McKenna S.C./ Charrington	Shah
Practice Structure Reform Committee	Coulsen	Amerena
Professional Conduct	Traves S.C.	Traves S.C.
Professional Indemnity/ Professional Standards Committee	Gibson QC/Carrigan	Murphy
Pupillage/ Junior	DJ Campbell S.C.	Holland
Resourcing of Justice Committee	Morris QC	Amerena
Succession	Mullins S.C.	Shah
Technology	Morris QC	Heaton
University Liaison	D O’Sullivan	Holland

Single Issues Committees of BAQ

WorkCover Inquiry Committee	Dominic Murphy	Murphy
Valuation Legislation Review Committee*	Grant Allan	Traves S.C.