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Chairman
Claude R. Thomson, Q.C., FCIArb.

President
L. Yves Fortier, C.C., Q.C.

Executive Director
Brian H. Wheatley, Q.C.

Registrar
Marjorie Coe

International Arbitration

Mediation

Conciliation

The Honourable Gerald Edward (Tony) Fitzgerald, A.C., Q.C.

Mediator
Arbitrator

Based in Sydney and Brisbane, Australia

Commercial, Employment, Insurance, Media, Property and Public Law

Former Judicial Offices:

• Judge, Federal Court of Australia and Supreme Court of Australian Capital Territory, 1981-1984.
• Inaugural President, Queensland Court of Appeal, 1991-1998.
• Judge of Appeal, New South Court of Appeal, 1998-2001.

Public Inquiries Chaired:

• Commission of Inquiry into Official Corruption in Queensland, 1987-1989
• Commission of Inquiry into the Conservation, Management and Use of Fraser Island* and the Great Sandy Region (*subsequently listed on World Heritage Register), 1990-1991.
• Cape York Justice Study, 2001.

Current Offices

• Chairperson, Law and Justice Foundation of NSW.
• Professorial Fellow, University of Melbourne Law School.
• Director, Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth.

Former Public Offices:

• Presidential Member, Administrative Appeals Tribunal, 1981-1984.
• Member, Australian Law Reform Commission, 1981-1984.
• Chairman, Australian Heritage Commission 1990-1991.
• Inaugural Chairman, Queensland Litigation Reform Commission, 1991-1992.
• Honorary Mediator and Consultant to Queensland Department of Premier and Cabinet, Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, 2001-2002.

Other Former Offices:

• Chairman, National Institute for Law, Ethics and Public Affairs, 1992-1995.
• Inaugural Chancellor, Sunshine Coast University, 1994-1998.
• Deputy Chairman, Mater Health Services Governing Board, Brisbane, 1995-1998.
• Chairperson, Advisory Board, Key Centre for Ethics, Law, Justice & Governance, 1998-2002.

Education and Professional Career:

• Graduated LL.B., University of Queensland, 1964.
• Admitted to Queensland Bar, 1964.
• Appointed Queen's Counsel, Queensland, 1975, New South Wales and Victoria.
• Visiting Scholar, New York University School of Law, 1997.
• Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.
• Member, ADR Chambers International, United Kingdom and Hong Kong Mediation and Arbitration panels.

Awards:

• Companion of the Order of Australia, 1991.
• D Univ., Queensland University of Technology, 1995.
• D Univ., Sunshine Coast University, 1999.

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