Australian Government Solicitor No. 3

Welcome to the third issue of Australian Government Solicitor magazine.

This time we profile 2 of our professional leaders, our Chief General Counsel Guy Aitken QC and Chief Counsel Dispute Resolution Tom Howe PSM QC. As Commonwealth Queen's Counsel, their work has been recognised for its influence and excellence over many years, many cases and many matters.

We also asked former Chief General Counsel Robert Orr PSM QC if we could publish his excellent speech on the 25th anniversary of the Mabo decision that was so influential in recognising the native title rights of Indigenous Australians.

There was another anniversary this year and we are delighted that Sir Gerard Brennan AC KBE GBS agreed that we could publish his reflections on the founding of the Federal Court of Australia 40 years ago.

In the legal core of the magazine, our lawyers have written useful articles on class actions, unconditional bank securities and technology-assisted discovery, as well as some very interesting case studies from each of our practices, showing a wide variety of work across the Commonwealth.

We think there is something of interest for every government lawyer in this issue.

Please send your comments or feedback by email to ags@ags.gov.au

Michael Kingston
The Australian Government Solicitor

In this issue

Issue 3: 2017

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ISSN 2206-7388 (Print)

ISSN 2206-737X (Online)

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Editor and art director
David Whitbread

Guest writers
Robert Orr PSM QC
Sir Gerard Brennan AC KBE GBS

Writers
Sam Miley
Diana Icasate
David Whitbread

Designer
Mandy Orr

Illustrator
Tiff Brown

Web publisher
James Gergely

Photographers
Andrew Sikorski
Paul Chapman

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