LEGAL EDUCATION:
Bachelor of Laws with Honours
5 August 1964
University of Melbourne


MILITARY SERVICE:
Commissioned Officer in RAAF
Served on Full Time Appointment as Legal Officer 3
Permanent Air Force - 1964 to 1965 engaged in prosecutions at Courts Martial, sat as Court of Inquiry, and advising the Air Officer Commanding Support Command.


ARTICLES:
Bryan Joseph Morrissey of Field Morrissey & Co.


HISTORY IN PRACTICE:
Partner in Hardy & Yunghanns
Partner in Morrissey & Hardy
Principal of G.A. Hardy & Co. until September 1984.


MENTOR:
Henry Jolsen Q.C. of Owen Dixon Chambers West.


AREAS OF PRACTICE:
Principally:

Statutory Interpretation/Appeals
Property/ Securities/ Probate/ Defamation


and also

Priorities
Execution
Flying related fatalities
Equine, bovine and agricultural matters
and serious traffic offences.


OTHER AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
Pilot with extensive experience in related matters and coronial inquiries.
Previously breeder of racehorses with hands on experience in equine, bovine and rural matters including an understanding of veterinary practices.


APPOINTMENTS HELD:
Life Governor, Dandenong & District Hospital (1971)
Committee, Cranbourne Turf Club - 1972 to 1988
Solicitor for County Court Bailiff - 1972 to 1984
Honorary Solicitor to The Melbourne Hunt until 1984.


REPORTED CASES:
Wright v. Baston (1978) VR 609
Wright v. Baston (No.2) (1979) VR 329
Roberts v. Beet (1998) VR 118
Bracken v. O'Sullivan (1991) 2 VR 573 - Full Court
Kerr v. Hanon (1992) 1 VR 43
Henderson v. Read (1993) 1 VR 537
Director of Public Prosecutions v. Phung (1993) 2 VR 337
Hamerhaven Pty Ltd v. Ogge (1996) 2 VR 488 - CA
Bass Coast Shire Council v. King (1997) 2 VR 5 - CA
Farrow Finance Company Limited v. ANZ Executors and Trustee Company Limited (1998) 1 VR 50
Wright v. Morton (1998) 3 VR 316 - CA
Raul Amon International Pty Ltd v. Telstra Corporation Limited (1998) 4 VR 798
Begbie v. Ballarat District Nursing Society (2001) VSC p. 40
Regazzi v. Kilby (1996) 25 MVR 285
Matthews v. Currie & Associates Pty Ltd (1994) 8 ANZ Ins Cas 61-210
O'Connor v. Dogru; Lockwood v. Bailey (1991) 14 MVR 140
Verbaken v. Dowie (1992) 16 MVR 461
Pickens Echuca Equipment Pty Ltd v. Echuca Insured Housing Loans Pty Ltd (1992) ANZ ConvR 243, (1993) ANZ ConvR 548, (1994) ANZ ConvR 449
Evans v. Athedim Vic Pty Ltd (2000) V ConvR 54-613
Findlay v. Commissioner of Taxation (1998) 88 FCR 300, (1998) ATC 4623, 39 ATR 266
Fitzgerald v. Howie (1996) 24 MVR 369
Henderson v. Reid 1 VR 537
Kislinsky v. Spence (1989) 10 MVR 163
Lisiecki v. Grigg (1990) 10 MVR 336
Loges v. Martin (1991) 13 MVR 405
Director of Public Prosecutions v. Paul (1990) 90 CR. App. Rep 173, (1992) 16 MVR 435
Perry v. Van Maanen (1998) 27 MVR 299
Scilley v. Potter (1991) 13 MVR 23
Director of Public Prosecutions v. Sher (No.2) (2000) 116 A CrimR 458
Sutton v. Bradshaw, Rifle and Fox (1998) VR 920, (1987) 6 MVR 257
Hardy (Police) v. Willis (1987) 6 MVR 85

From 24/07/2008,
Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards Legislation