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Ethics Committee

Chair - Craig Lenehan SC

The role of the Ethics Committee is to assist the Council of the ABA (Council) and Executive of the ABA (Executive) by advising on matters of policy and education relating to legal ethics, including:

whether professional standards for barristers meet community expectations;

proposed amendments to the Legal Profession Uniform Continuing Professional Development (Barristers) Rules 2015; and

suggestions for improved training about legal ethics.

The Ethics Committee does not make rulings or advise individual lawyers about how to handle specific ethical issues that they are dealing with in legal practice.

Members

Craig Lenehan (NSW)

Michael Rush KC (Vic)

Anna Mitchelmore SC (Sydney)

Nicholas Andreatidis KC (Qld)

Saul Holt KC (Qld)

Julie Taylor (WA)

Pat Doyle (Vic)

Maree Norton (Vic)

Johnny Selfridge (Qld)

Angela Petrie (NSW)

Maya Narayan (Vic)

Heather Millar (WA)

Dearne Firth (Qld)

Arron Hartnett (Qld)

Edwina Smith (Secretary)

Stephen McDonald

Josie Dempster

Mary Anne Ryan (Tasmania)

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