PeoPLe, PoLicieS And PLebiSciteS: reforming the conStitution

ALUMNI and student news
ALUMNI and student news
60 Year Reunion — Class of 1953
Sydney Law School recently hosted its first 60-year reunion,
for the graduating class of 1953. Fifteen graduates
attended a lunch at Sydney Law School.
The event was organised by the Hon Eric Baker,
Mr Neville Head and Mr Geoffrey Biggers in conjunction
with Sydney Law School.
Mr Neville Head acted as Master of Ceremonies for
the occasion and Mr Michael Foster, QC contributed
by making a humorous speech in which he recorded
anecdotes of events that occurred during the
undergraduate years of those present.
Alumni Officer, Greg Sherington, took the group on a tour of
the new facilities at Camperdown, before the Dean,
Professor Joellen Riley, addressed the gathering on
teaching law in the 21 st century.
Those that attended were the Hon Eric Baker (LLB 1953),
Mr Bruce Brown (BA 1950, LLB 1953), Mr Ken Cato (LLB 1953),
Mr Samuel Cook (LLB 1953), the Hon Harvey Cooper, AM
(LLB 1953), Mr Ian Curlewis (LLB 1953), the Hon Michael
Foster QC (BA 1949, LLB 1953, LLM 1975), Mr Neville Head
(BA 1950, LLB 1953), Mr Geoffrey Kolts QBC QC (BA 1950, LLB 1953),
Mr Constantine Limbers (BA 1950, LLB 1953), Mr Thomas
Magney (LLB 1953, LLM 1974), the Hon Clement Mitchelmore
(BA 1950, LLB 1953), Mr David Panckhurst (LLB 1953),
Mr John Parnell OAM (LLB 1953, LLM 1969),
the Hon James Staples (BA 1950, LLB 1953).
Alumni and Student News
Photo: Gillianne Tedder
Dr Mark Leeming SC
appointed to Supreme
Court of NSW
Sydney Law School congratulates
Dr Mark Leeming SC (BA 1991, LLB
1993, PhD 1997) on his appointment
as a Judge of the Supreme Court
of NSW and a Judge of Appeal.
Dr Leeming has taught equity parttime
at the Sydney Law School since
1995 and has been its Challis Lecturer
in Equity for the past nine years.
Sydney Law School Alumni
Queen’s Birthday Honours
Alumni and friends of Sydney Law School were recognised in
this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours.
Mr Christopher Herbert Brown OAM (LLB 1972, LLM 1978):
for service to the community, particularly to people with a
disability.
Dr Elwyn Edgar Ernest Elms OAM (LLB 1967, DipCrim 1990):
for service to the law in New South Wales, and to the
community.
Mr James Herbert Marsden OAM (LLB 1973):
for service to the community of Campbelltown.
Mr Gambhir Watts OAM (MALP 1999):
for service to multicultural relations in New South Wales.
The Hon Paul Robert Andrew Munro AM (LLB 1961):
for significant service to workplace relations, the trade
union movement, and to industrial law.
Mr Kenneth Reginald Reed AM (BA 1957, LLB 1960):
for significant service to the performing and visual arts as a
supporter and philanthropist.
Mr Nigel Richard Ray PSM (BEc 1982, LLB 1984, MEc 1987):
for outstanding public service through contributing to
economic policy and the Australian Government’s fiscal
strategy in response to the Global Financial Crisis.
Mr James Lindsay Glissan ESM QC (BA LLB 1971, LLM 1976).
Alumnus wins Viet Nam National
Environment Award
Sydney Law School congratulates Nguyen Van Duyen
(MEL 2001) on winning the Viet Nam National Environment
Award.
The Viet Nam National Environment Award is the only official
award conferred by the Minister for Natural Resources and
Environment of Viet Nam for organisations, communities or
individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the
cause of environment protection in Viet Nam.
Every second year the award is announced and awarded
on the occasion of World Environment Day (5 June).
The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Natural Resources
and Environment, Nguyen Thien Nhan, attended and
presented the awards.
Nguyen has donated all the money from the award to
contribute to installing a clean water system for a school for
ethnic minority students in the mountainous district of Bac
Ha, Lao Cai province.
In 2011, Nguyen was awarded the Australian Alumni Award
for sustainable community development for his work in
sustainable land management to combat desertification
due to climate change in Viet Nam.
Neha Kasbekar Wins Governor-General’s
Undergraduate Essay Competition
Congratulations to the
winner of the Governor-
General’s Undergraduate
Essay Competition, Neha
Kasbekar. Now in its 10 th year,
the competition, organised by
the Constitution Education Fund
Australia, is one of Australia’s most
prestigious, providing students
with the opportunity to be
recognised for their academic
skill, talent and research.
Finalists this year were interviewed by an eminent
panel chaired by the Hon Justice Kenneth Hayne AC
of the High Court of Australia.
The panel included the Hon Justice Pamela Tate of the
Court of Appeal, Supreme Court of Victoria, Professor Peter
Gerangelos (The University of Sydney), Mr George Harris
(Partner, Baker & McKenzie), Dr Peter Johnston (Senior
Barrister and Lecturer in Constitutional Law) and Professor
HP Lee (Sir John Latham Chair of Law at Monash University).
Neha’s essay discussed the ‘yes’ and ‘no’ cases in the
current push for recognition of the Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islanders in the Australian Constitution. The judges
were highly impressed with Neha’s extensive research
and her written and verbal critical analysis of the topic,
awarding her the Professor George Winterton Prize.
Written by Tony Damian and Andrew Rich, Schemes, Takeovers and
Himalayan Peaks is the leading Australian book on the use of schemes of
arrangement to effect changes of control of listed and widely held Australian
companies.
The third edition provides a comprehensive review of the law and practice of
schemes of arrangement as well as a detailed examination of the policy and
regulatory issues relevant to this dynamic area.
Schemes, Takeovers and Himalayan Peaks is an essential companion for
corporate lawyers, barristers, investment bankers, company executives and
others involved in change of control transactions. It is also useful for students
and those interested in the policies that underpin the regulatory framework
surrounding change of control transactions in Australia.
Copies can be ordered at: sydney.edu.au/law/news/schemesofarrangement/
ROSS PARSONS
CENTRE OF
COMMERCIAL,
CORPORATE &
TAXATION LAW
SYDNEY LAW
SCHOOL
Vale Penny Pether
Staff and alumni of Sydney Law School
were saddened to learn of the death
of esteemed alumna and longstanding
colleague, Professor Penelope ‘Penny’
Pether, aged 55.
Professor Pether completed her studies
at the University of Sydney (BA 1980,
LLB 1982) and practised as a solicitor at Freehill, Hollingdale
& Page (now Herbert Smith Freehills). She later worked at the
Ombudsman’s Office, investigating alleged police misconduct.
Keenly interested in English Literature, she completed her
Master of Letters at the University of New England and became
an assistant lecturer at the University of Sydney, where she
completed her PhD, focussing on the authors E M Forster and
Virginia Woolf.
Professor Pether’s colleagues at Sydney Law School knew
her as an incisive scholar, and welcomed her generosity and
humour. She had a profound passion for education.
After meeting Professor David Caudill (who was to be her husband)
at a conference in California in 1996, Professor Pether moved to
the United States to pursue her career in academic education.
She taught at the University of California-Irvine, Southern Illinois
University, American University and Yeshiva University’s Cardozo
Law School. With her husband, Professor Pether joined the
faculty at Villanova University School of Law in 2005.
Professor Pether wrote on comparative constitutional law and
government power and was known as one of the leading lights
of the discipline often loosely described as ‘law and literature’.
Sydney Law School offers its most sincere condolences to
Professor Pether’s family.
Schemes_and_Takeovers.indd 1
26 Jurist·Diction {Spring 2013} Jurist·Diction {Spring 2013} 27
21/05/2013 9:13:23 AM