Stephen Walsh KC

1973	Admitted barrister and solicitor, Supreme Court (since Admitted WA, NSW, VIC, NT, Tas) Employed Ward & Partners, barristers & solicitors
1975 – 1992	Partner, Ward & Partners, barristers & solicitors
1977 – 1987	Councillor, Kensington Park Ward – Burnside Council, 4 years Alderman – City of Burnside, 6 years Chaired Strategy Planning & Policy Committee
1988 – 1995	Elected to Council of Law Society of South Australia
1991	Appointed Queens Counsel
1992	Practising as independent barrister at Edmund Barton Chambers
1993	Qualified as a mediator
1993 – 1994	President, Law Society of South Australia Law Society Activity Past Chair, Civil Litigation Committee, Past Chair, Mock Trials Committee Past Chair, Law Week Committee Past Member, Executive Committee of Law Society Member, Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee Former Member, Professional Standards Committee Former member, Joint Rules Committee Supreme and District Courts to 2003 Past Member, Supreme Court Case Flow Management Committee Former Member, Advocacy Committee Past Member, Litigation Assistance Fund Board Past Member, Supreme Court Board of Examiners Past Member, Administrative Law Association Member, LEADR Member, Law Council of Australia Member, Federal Litigation Section Law Council of Australia Former Member, Justice Administration Foundation
1994 – 2003	Chair: Environment Protection Authority by S.A. Government
2003 – 2004	Board member – EPA
1998 – 2001	Chair, Community Consultation Forum – Olympic Dam (SA Govt and Federal Govt appointment)
1998 – 2007	President, Institute of Justice Studies, SA
1998	Completed – Advanced Course in Commercial Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution – University of Adelaide
2000 – 2001	Member Executive, Institute of Arbitrators and Mediators – SA Chapter
2003	Conferred Centenary Medal for services to the community through the law.
2003	Commenced practice – Garfield Barwick Chambers, Sydney and then Edmund Barton Chambers, Sydney from March 2008
2004	Appointed to list of mediators for referral of Supreme Court of New South Wales matters
2005	Appointed Presiding Member, Legal Practitioners Conduct Board

Current Areas of practice include:

Practising as a Barrister primarily, alternative dispute resolution processes in all Australian States and Territories.

Mediation
Accredited mediator having completed in excess of 1,700 mediations since 1993 in most areas of civil law, including commercial, insurance, building and construction, equity, common law, and professional and product liability, involving disputes in Federal and State courts either pending or anticipated.

Arbitration
Qualified Grade 1 Arbitrator after completing pilot university course in the 1990’s and has conducted numerous arbitrations since that time.

Other processes
Expert determinations and other ADR processes including neutral evaluations and facilitations, particularly in cases of continuing commercial relationships.

Facilitation to assist decision-making by corporations or other bodies against the background of legal issues that might impact on the decision or the process.

Also hybrid processes involving more than one of the above processes and on occasions comprising a panel with one or more experts from other disciplines.

Email contact: swalsh@ebchambers.com.au or clerk@ebchambers.com.au or clerk@ebc44.com