The Honourable Sir Laurence Street, AC, KCMG, QC
Commercial Mediator and ADR Consultant


Judicial and ADR Career

   (Bachelor of Laws (Hons), University of Sydney;
Barrister, Queen's Counsel, practicing extensively in Maritime, Commercial, Banking and Insolvency Law)

1965 - 72  Judge, Equity Division, Supreme Court of NSW

1972 - 74  Judge of Appeal, Chief Judge in Equity

1974 - 88   Chief Justice, Lieutenant Governor of NSW

1989 -  Commercial Mediator and ADR Consultant



Academic and Professional Appointments

1964 - 65  Commander, Inaugural Senior Officer RAN Reserve Legal Branch

1971 - 74  President, Australian Courts Martial Appeal Tribunal

1984  Honorary Doctor of Laws, University of Sydney

1989  Honorary Fellow, Institute of Arbitrators Australia (Grade 1 Arbitrator)

1989  Honorary Doctor of Laws, Macquarie University

1990  Honorary Fellow, University of Technology, Sydney

1990 -   Chairman, Australian Government International Legal Services Advisory Council

1990 -   International Law Association: World President 1990 - 92; Life Vice-President 1992 -

1992  Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK)

1996  Honorary Doctor of Economics, University of New England

1997  Fellow, Australian Institute of Company Directors

1997 -   President of the Judiciary Appeals Committee and Chairman of the Drug Tribunal - National Rugby League

1998  Honorary Doctor of Laws, University of Technology, Sydney

2004  Honorary Fellow, Australian Institute of Building



Other Appointments

1974 -   President, St John Ambulance Australia (NSW)
1976   Knight of the Order of St John
1976   Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
1977   Grand Officer of Merit of the Order of Malta
1986 - 96   Honorary Colonel, 1st/15th Royal NSW Lancers
1989   Companion of the Order of Australia
1990 -   President, Sydney University Law School Foundation
1991 - 97   John Fairfax Holdings Limited; Director 1991 - 1994 Chairman 1994 - 97
1992 - 97   Director, Monte Paschi Australia Limited
2000 -   Chairman, Government Relations Australia Pty Limited


Alternative Dispute Resolution Activities

  • (1989 - ) Actively engaged as a commercial mediator and arbitrator in wide-ranging field of disputes (including well over 1,500 successful mediations, principally in major commercial disputes). Author of numerous articles and frequent speaker on dispute resolution and mediation

  • (1985 - 86) Chairman, Inaugural Planning Committee, Australian Commercial Disputes Centre

  • (1988 - 2003) Court Member, London Court of International Arbitration

  • (1989 - ) President, Asia Pacific Council, London Court of International Arbitration

  • (1989 - 99) Chairman, Advisory Board, Dispute Resolution Centre, Bond University

  • (1990 - ) Chief Editorial Consultant, Australian Disputes Resolution Journal

  • (1992 - ) Australian Member, Editorial Board, The Arbitration and Dispute Resolution Journal (UK)

  • (1994 - 2000) Chairman, Advisory Board, UTS Centre for Dispute Resolution

  • (1994 - 2002) Australian Member of the World Intellectual Property Organisation Arbitration Consultative Commission, Geneva

  • (1995 - ) Australian Government Designated Conciliator to the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), Washington

  • (1996) Inquiry and Report for NSW Government on a Conciliation scheme for NSW Workcover (Subsequently implemented by legislation)

  • (2000 - ) Mediator of the Court of Arbitration for Sport, Lausanne

  • (2000 - ) ADR Consultant, Defence Legal Office, Australian Department of Defence



 
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