Ian George
 

Admission date as a Barrister: 6 May 1983

Education

Construction experience

Water Board, Land and Engineering Survey Draftsman 1962 –1970

Civil & Civic Project and Site Engineer 1970- 1974

Ralph M. Parsons Project Engineer 1974- 1975

Ian Turner & Partners, Project Engineer 1975 – 1976

Dept. of Health, Project Director, Sydney Hospital Redevelopment
St. Vincent’s Hospital redevelopment
1976- 1983

Legal Practice areas and experience.

I am a practicing Barrister in my 26th year of admission; my practice is primarily in the areas of Commercial litigation particularly matters involving Construction and Engineering Disputes to $100m, Arbitration as Counsel and Arbitrator and Mediator with some crime to Supreme Court level.

During this time I also spent 3 years [1996–1999] as an acting District Court Judge where I had control of the Building List for considerable periods of time and conduct of the Motions list.

I was also a part time Member of the Consumer Trader and Tenancy Tribunal sitting primarily on Residential Construction disputes. While on the Tribunal I gained considerable experience with litigants in person.

Appointments

Acting Judge District Court 1996-1997
Re-appointed Acting Judge District Court 1997-1998
Re-appointed Acting Judge District Court 1998-1999

Member, Consumer Trader and Tenancy Tribunal
[Part Time] March 2002 to 31 December 2005

Arbitrator District Court [January 2003 – December 2004]
Arbitrator Local Court [January – December 2003]

Probity Auditor, Leighton Contractors, 2 July 2004 and continuing.