The Hon. Chief Justice Diana Bryant QC, Family Court of Australia, Joint Director of Studies

The Hon. Joseph Kay, former Judge, Family Court of Australia, Joint Director of Studies
 

Assisted by:

The Hon. Justice Rodney Burr AM, Family Court of Australia
The Hon. Justice Stuart Fowler AM, Family Court of Australia
Justice Robert J. Williams, Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, Canada
Ms Leisha Lister, Executive Advisor, Family Court of Australia
Ms Sally Nicholes, Principal, Nicholes Family Lawyers, Melbourne, Australia
The Hon. Professor Richard Chisholm, University of Sydney, Australia
Ms Lucy Daniel, Program Co-ordinator, World Congress on Family Law and Children's Rights Inc.

International Consultants

Ms Sharon Ser, Partner, Hampton Winter and Glynn, Hong Kong
HH Judge Maureen Roddy, United Kingdom
HH Judge David Harris, United Kingdom
Mr David Truex, Partner, International Family Law Chambers, London
Justice Robert J. Williams, Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, Canada
Mr Justice Emile Kruzick (SCJ), Canada
Mr Justice George Czutrin (SCJ), Canada
Professor Tomiyuki Ogawa, Kindai University, Japan

Advisory Board

The Board of the World Congress has set up an Advisory Board to assist it in its deliberations.

The Advisory Board is chaired by Ms Sally Nicholes and consists of the following:-

Chair

Ms Sally Nicholes – Board Member World Congress on Family Law & Children’s Rights

Members

Ms Louise Bedson – Consultant TressCox Lawyers, Sydney, NSW

Ms Sarah Bastian-Jordan – Associate Murdoch Lawyers, Brisbane, Qld Federal Magistrate

Paul Howard – Federal Magistrates Court, Brisbane, Qld

Ms Leisha Lister – Advisor to CEO, Family Court of Australia, Canberra, ACT

The Hon. Justice Peter Murphy SC – Family Court of Australia, Brisbane, Qld

Justice Murphy began his legal career as a solicitor in 1978 and between 1990 and 2004 practised as a barrister. He was appointed as senior counsel in 2004 and is also an accredited mediator and arbitrator. On 11 October 2007 he was appointed as a judge of the Family Court of Australia.

Justice Murphy has contributed articles to family law in Australia as well as writing and presenting many papers on family law throughout Australia over the last decade. Before his appointment, he was a member of the Executive of the Family Law Section of the Law Council of Australia and a member of the Australian Institute of Family Law Arbitrators and Mediators.

Ms Zoe Rathus – Senior Lecturer and Director Clinical Programme, Griffith Law School, Qld

Mr Geoff Sinclair, Partner Barry & Nilsson Solicitors, Brisbane, Deputy Chair Family Law Section of the Law Council of Australia, Accredited Family Law Specialist (Qld).

In addition, the former Chief Justice of the Family Court of Australia the Hon. Alastair Nicholson AO RFD QC has an ongoing role as an Advisor to the Board of World Congress and is the Patron of and a Board Member of Children’s Rights International.