MARK A ROBINSON SC

Summary Profile

Mark is a Senior Counsel based in Sydney practising in administrative law and general law.

He was a founding part-time Judicial Member of the Administrative Decisions Tribunal of New South Wales in the General Division - hearing matters on privacy and freedom of information. He served on that tribunal for seven years.

For sixteen years, Mark was an occasional part-time lecturer in undergraduate “Administrative Law” in the Law Faculties of the University of Sydney and the University of New South Wales.

He is lead author and editor of New South Wales Administrative Law, a two volume looseleaf service, published by Thomson Reuters since 1996 which covers Supreme Court judicial review, the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NCAT), statutory interpretation, freedom of information and privacy.

Mark is editor and an author of the book Judicial Review: The Laws of Australia published in July 2014 by Thomson Reuters. His new book on NCAT comes out in July 2015 (titled NCAT – Practice and Procedure, to be published by Thomson Reuters).

Mark is a member of the Council of Law Reporting for New South Wales, publishing the New South Wales Law Reports.

He also served on the Law Council of Australia's Administrative Law Committee for twenty years (ending in 2010).

Mark has appeared in a number of constitutional law cases and class actions.

He commenced tertiary studies at Sydney University in 1977 in economics and accounting. In 1980, he studied law and mass communications at Macquarie University.

He completed his degrees in 1985 and he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Laws with Honours from Macquarie University.

He also had 7 years post-graduate experience in commercial litigation and legal research prior to commencing full-time practice at the NSW Bar in February 1993.

Prior to coming to the Bar in Sydney, held the following positions:

- Law Reform Commission of New South Wales as a Legal Consultant and Legal Officer in 1985;

- High Court of Australia, Canberra, as Senior Legal Research Officer to the Justices of the Court for 2 years, from 1986 to 1987;

- Chambers of the Solicitor-General for New South Wales, Mr Keith Mason QC (as he was then) as Legal Assistant to the Solicitor-General in 1989; and

- Mallesons Stephen Jaques, Solicitors, as a commercial litigation solicitor in the Canberra office for 18 months from 1987 to 1989, and commercial litigation in the Sydney office for 3 years from 1990 to 1992.

Mark developed a large administrative law and commercial litigation practice at Mallesons Stephen Jaques in Sydney.

At the Sydney Bar, Mark has developed a practice in administrative law (State, Federal and Local Government) and in general commercial/equity law. He also undertakes work in tort and employment law.

16 June 2015