Awards and
Prizes
Visiting Academic Appointments
Honorary Appointments
(non-academic)
Professional Associations
and NGO
positions
Editorial Positions
Honorary Appointment to
Editorial
Boards
Grants (Academic)
Commercial
consultancies
Awards and prizes
- 2010 – Member
of
the Order of Australia (AM) (Awarded by the
Governor-General of
Australia on the recommendation of the Council for the Order
of
Australia). Citation:
"For service to the law through the development of free
electronic
access to legal information, and as a leader in the protection
of
privacy."
- 2008 – Joint Recipient
(with
Co-Directors A Mowbray and P Chung) of the International Association of
Law
Librarians (IALL) 2008 Website
Award for the World Legal Information
Institute (WorldLII)
website
- 2007 – Dieter
Meurer
Prize for Legal Informatics (Dieter Meurer Förderpreis
Rechtsinformatik, 'für den Aufbau des World Legal
Information Institute'),
awarded at the University of the
Saarland, Germany
Visiting
academic appointments
- 2012 (Sept-Dec
) - JSPS Visiting Fellow at the Centre
for Business Information Ethics, Meiji University, Tokyo
- 2012 (Jan) –
Visiting Fellow, Centre
for
Commercial
Law
Studies (CCLS), Queen Mary, London
- 2011/12 – Inagural CommonLII Fellow, Institute
of Advanced Legal Studies
(IALS), London
- 2011/12 – Global Faculty, Global Internet Governance &
Advocacy (GIGA)
Institute, NALSAR
University of Law,
Hyderabad,
India
- 2011 – Visiting Fellow, AHRC/SCRIPT
Centre,
University of Edinburgh Faculty of Law
- 2011 – International Scholar, Kyung-Hee
Law School, Seoul, Korea
- 2011 – Visiting
Scholar, L'Istituto di Teoria e Tecniche
dell'Informazione Giuridica (ITTIG), Florence
- 2008-10 – International Scholar, Kyung-Hee
Law School, Seoul, Korea
- 2007 – Visiting Fellow, AHRC/SCRIPT
Centre,
University of Edinburgh Faculty of Law
- 2001-02 – Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of
Hong
Kong Faculty of Law
Honorary
appointments (non-academic)
- 2007 Member, Advisory Group on New Technologies, Australian
Law
Reform Commission (ALRC) Reference
on
Privacy
- 2004 Member, Core Consultative Group on Privacy Legislation,
Australian Attorney-General's Department
- 1999-2001 - Member, Communications Network of the UNESCO
National Commission (Australia)
- 2000 Member, Core Consultative Group on Privacy Legislation,
Australian Attorney-General's Department
- 1997- Member on advisory committee on use of court
technologies, Australian Law
Reform Commission,
Reference on the adversarial process
- 1999 - Member, Core Consultative Group (CCG) on privacy
legislation, appointed by the Cth Attorney-General, representing
Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA)
- 1998-9 - Member (representing consumer and privacy interests)
Government Public Key Authority (GPKA), overseeing use of
digital
signatures and related technologies by Federal Government
agencies.
- 1995-6 Member, NSW Privacy
Committee, pursuant to the Privacy
Committee Act 1975 (NSW)
- 1995-2000 Member of advisory committee on legal
computerisation, Australian
Institute of Judicial
Administration
- 1991- Australian Institute
of
Judicial Administration - member of Working Party to
develop
Guide to Uniform Production of Judgments (AIJA, 1992)
- 1987-90 Member, NSW
Privacy
Committee, pursuant to the Privacy
Committee Act 1975 (NSW).
- 1985-7 Consultant, Australian
Law
Reform Commission, Reference on Expungement of Criminal
Records.
Professional
Association
and NGO positions
Editorial
Positions
Honorary
Appointment
to Editorial Boards
- Indian Journal of Law &
Technology (IJLT), National Law University, Bangalore,
India (2006-)
- International
Journal
of Technology Policy and Law (IJTPL) (formerlyInternational Journal of
Information
Policy and Law), Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, Geneva,
Switzerland (2005-)
- Script-ED
, University of Edinburg, UK (2001-)
- Journal
of
Law & Information Technology (JILT), University of
Warwick,
UK (1996- )
- Artificial
Intelligence
and Law, Springer, Netherlands (formerly Kluwer,
Deventer) (1994 - )
- Transnational Data and
Communications Report (TDR), Amsterdam (1991 -)
- Yearbook of Law Computers
&
Technology, Butterworths (UK) (1990 - )
- Computer/Law Series
Kluwer Law & Taxation Publishers, Deventer (Netherlands)
(1987 - )
- The
Computer
Law and Security Report Elsevier, Netherlands Eclipse
Publications, London (1986-)
- International Review of
Computers Technology & the Law Prospect Publishing
(1985-6)
- Journal of Law
&
Information Science University of Tasmania Faculty of Law
(1983- )
Grants
(Academic)
- 2012-13 – $330,000 – 'The
Australasian
Legal
History
Library' (with
Prof
A Mowbray and 28 other CIs - see link for details) – Australian
Research Council Linkage Infrastructure,
Equipment &
Facilities (LIEF) grant
- 2012 – S30,000 – UNSW International Contestable Funding
Grant 'Using development of
the Legal Information Institute of India
to build relationships with key Indian Law Schools' (with
D
Dixon and P Chung)
- 2012 – $100,00 – UNSW MREII grant to improve
AustLII's storage capacity (with P Chung)
- 2011-12
– $200,000 – ‘European law for
Australian researchers’ – Australian Research Council Linkage
Infrastructure,
Equipment
& Facilities (LIEF) grant (with Prof A Mowbray
and others)
- 2010-11
– $189,410 – 'Completing CommonLII' – Australian
Research
Council Linkage
Infrastructure, Equipment & Facilities (LIEF) grant (with
Prof A
Mowbray
and others)
- 2010-11
– $164,002 – 'Improving AustLII's legislation' –
Australian
Research
Council Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment &
Facilities
(LIEF)
grant (with Prof A Mowbray and others)
- 2010-11
– $300,000 – Australian National Data Service (ANDS)
grant
for
provision of AustLII metadata and expansion of AustLII
databases
- 2010
– $20,000 – Commonwealth Attorney-General's Department for
project
'Adding
value to the content of AsianLII, CommonLII and WorldLII'
- 2010
– $50,000 – University of New South Wales/Major
Equipment &
Infrastructure Scheme for 'Large-scale legal database of
global scope
(located
on WorldLII)'
- 2009-11 – A$200,000 AusAID Public Sector Linkages
(PSLP)
Grant (with
P Chung and Prof A Mowbray) for the Asian Legal
Information
Institute
(AsianLII) - Development of free access to law in India and
South Asia
Project
- 2009-10
– A$20,000 GAOP grant (Grants to Australian Organisations
Program)
from
Commonwealth Attorney-General’s Department (with P Chung and
Prof A
Mowbray)
for Development of Virtual Libraries on
WorldLII
- 2009-10
– $150,000 ARC Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment &
Facilities grant– The International &
Humanitarian Law
Library - A global dimension in Australian legal research
infrastructure (with Prof A
Byrnes, Prof R Rayfuse, R,
Prof
AS Mowbray; Prof SK Blay; Prof MA Adams; Prof DR Rothwell;
Prof K
Rubenstein;
Prof GD Triggs)
- 2009-11
– $840,000 Victorian Legal Services Board Major Grants–
'Making
Victoria
the model jurisdiction for free access to law' (with Mowbray,
A, &
Chung,
P)
- 2008-09– $150,000 ARC Linkage
Infrastructure, Equipment & Facilities grant
$150,000 – The Australian Legal
Scholarship Library- enhancing research infrastructure for
Australian
Law
–(with Prof AS Mowbray; Prof T Carlin; Dr F Wheeler; Mrs H
Culshaw;
A/Prof AT
Kenyon; Prof MA Adams)
- 2008-10 – ‘ $3000,000 ARC
Linkage grant – ‘Improving online case law within the
constraints of
free
access through heuristic linking and resulting discovery
mechanisms
(with
Mowbray, A, & Chung, P)
- 2008-09 – $275,000 AusAID PSLP
Grant – AsianLII (APEC and East Asia) (with A Mowbray and P
Chung)
- 2006-08 – $300,000 ARC
Discovery Grant ‘Creating more consistent privacy principles
through
better
interpretation and law reform’ (with L Bygrave and P Roth)
- 2006-07 – $201,000 - AusAID
PSLP Grant – AsianLII (APEC and East Asia) (with A Mowbray and
P Chung)
- 2006 – $611,000 ARC LIEF Grant
- ‘AustLII's expanding legal research facilities: the
innovation engine
(etc)’
(with A Mowbray)
- 2005-08 – ARC Linkage grant –
‘Unlocking IP – Expanding public rights and the public domain
in
Australian
copyright’ (with 11 others)
- 2005 – ARC eResearch Grant -
‘Improving a global research network of free access providers
of legal
information’ (with A Mowbray)
- 2005- $611,000 ARC LIEF Grant -
WorldLII (YR 3) (with A Mowbray)
- 2004 - $670,000 ARC LIEF Grant
- WorldLII (YR 2) ( with A Mowbray)
- 2003 -$273,000 ARC LIEF Grant -
WorldLII: Australia's lead role in creating global legal
research
infrastructure (YR 1) (with A Mowbray)
- 2000-02 $500,000 ARC RIEF/
Linkage-Infrastructure Grant - AustLII as national/regional
legal
research
infrastructure (YRS 1-3) (with A
Mowbray)
- 2000-02 $160,000 ARC SPIRT
Grant - Automating improved legislation-like instruments (with
A
Mowbray and P
Chung)
- 1999-2002
$360,000
Asian Development Bank RETA (Regional Technical Assistance)
– Project
DIAL (with Mowbray, A, &
Chung, P)
- 1997
$170,000 ARC Major Research
Grant (with T Gedeon and A Mowbray) for AustLII research
(1997-99) on
legal
inferencing systems to develop new legal services over the
internet;
- 1997
$200,000 ARC Collaborative
Research Grant (with A Mowbray) in collaboration with the
Council for
Aboriginal Reconciliation, for AustLII research on using the
internet
to
advance the goals of reconciliation;
- 1997/8/9
$21,000
ARC Small Grants - Internet indexing of law;
- 1996
$178,000 ARC Major Research
Grant (with T Gedeon and A Mowbray) for AustLII research
(1996-98) into
innovative approaches to legal retrieval utilising user
feedback;
- 1996
$7,500 ARC Small Grant -
Legal inferencing via internet (Preliminary study)
- 1995
$110,000 ARC/DEET Mechanism C
(‘Research Infrastructure’) grant to establish AustLII (plus
$50,000
contribution from host Universities)
- 1994
$50,000 CAUT grant to
redevelop Legal Research & Writing subjects;
- 1992
$11,000 ARC Small Grant -
Integrated computerisation of law explored through privacy law
(Privacy
WorkStation)
Commercial
consultancies
- 2010 - European Commission (via CRID, Belgium) – Member of
team
with three year consultancy to provide expert reports on
adequacy
assessments to the Commission.
- 2009 - European Commission (via CRID, Belgium) – Provided
expert
report to Commission on state of privacy protection in India
- 2009 – European Commission – As part of a consultancy team, to
provide reports to the Commission on the state of data privacy
protection in Japan, India, Hong Kong and Australia
- 2009 - European Commission (via CRID, Belgium) – Member of
team
led by Prof Paul Roth to provide report to Commission on state
of
privacy protection in New Zealand
- 2007 - European Commission (via CRID, Belgium) – Member of
team
with
three year consultancy to provide expert reports on adequacy
assessments to the Commission.
- 2006 - European Commission (via CRID, Belgium) - Consultancy
to
update an advisory report on the adequacy of Australia's privacy
laws
(with Dr Lee Bygrave)
- 2005 European Commission (via CRID, Belgium) - Consultancy to
provide an advisory report on the adequacy of Australia's
privacy laws
(with Dr Lee Bygrave)
- 2003 National Office for the Information Economy (NOIE) -
Consultancy on legal aspects of proposed national authentication
framework (as part of Convergence P/L team)
- 1997-2002 Asian Development Bank - International Consultant
(team leader, with other colleagues) on Project DIAL
(Development of
the Internet for Asian Law), SSTA feasibility study (1997-98)
and RETA
(1999-2002)
- 2000 Gilbert + Tobin, Lawyers - consultancy on Australian
private sector privacy laws
- 1996 Federal Bureau of Road Safety / Keatsdale Pty Ltd -
consultancy on privacy aspects of red light and speed cameras;
- 1995-6 NSW Law Foundation - consultancy for development of
the
'Foundation Law' internet service (with A Mowbray and G King);
- 1995 Bar Association of NSW and NSW Law Society - developed
internet resources (with A Mowbray and G King)
- 1995 Info-One International - consultancy on development of
Info-One's computerised legal products (with A Mowbray and P van
Dijk);
- 1993 Commonwealth Attorney-General's Department - consultancy
on
re-development of the SCALE legal information retrieval system
(with A
Mowbray and P van Dijk)
- 1993 Australian Securities Commission - consultancy on ASC's
development of litigation support systems, and preparation of
consultant's report (with A Mowbray).
- 1992 Mallesons Solicitors - consultancy and development of
prototype information system in an area of law (with A Mowbray);
- 1992 Australian Institute of Judicial Administration and the
National Crime Authority - to prepare a Report on the use of
information technology to assist in the conduct of complex
criminal
trials (with A Mowbray).
- 1991 Info-One International Pty Ltd - consultancy and
development of a prototype for the replacement of the Info-One
on-line
legal information system (with A Mowbray).
- 1990 Privacy Commissioner (Commonwealth) - consultancy to
develop a prototype computerised information system on
Commonwealth
privacy law (with A Mowbray).
- 1990 Freehills Solicitors, Sydney - consultancy advice on
development of a legal expert system (with A Mowbray and A
Tyree).
- 1990 NSW Judicial Commission - consultancy advice, and
development of a hypertext/ free-text retrieval prototype of the
Sentencing Law Advisory System (with A Mowbray).
- 1989 The Laws of Australia (Law Book Co Ltd) - development of
a
prototype hypertext / free-text retrieval representation of a
loose-leaf law reporting service, and presentation of the system
at the
Laws of Australian Convention (with A Mowbray and A Tyree). 1989
Privacy Commissioner (Commonwealth) - Special Adviser on Data
Protection Policy to the Privacy Commissioner (one year
part-time
consultancy in Commissioner's initial year of office)