Course Presenters


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Professor David Denton Course director Graduate Diploma in Commercial Arbitration Professor Denton, SC, practises regularly in the commercial trial divisions of the Federal Court of Australia and the Supreme Courts in Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland. He conducts appeals in the Full Court of the Federal Court, the Court of Appeal and the High Court of Australia. He has a keen interest in company law and shareholder disputes and has appeared in many leading cases in these areas. He is a certified arbitrator and mediator.


Professor Peter Zablud Director of Notarial Studies, assessor Notarial Practice/Theory, Graduate Diploma in Notarial Practice Professor Peter Zablud has been a notary since 1990 and provides notarial services for many of Australia's largest and most significant public companies. Professor Zablud is a Fellow and councillor of the Society of Notaries of Victoria, and was president from 2003 to 2005. He was the first Australian individual member of the International Union of Latin Notaries. A highly regarded author, speaker and teacher, Professor Zablud has presented notarial practice courses and master classes throughout Australia and New Zealand. He has written extensively about notarial practice and is the author of A Notary's Forms and Precedents (2002) and Principles of Notarial Practice (2005).


Professor Phillip Hamilton Associate director, Notarial Studies Graduate Diploma in Notarial Practice Professor Hamilton has been a notary since 1983, is a past president of the Society of Notaries of Victoria and will soon be president-elect for 2006. He has an extensive notarial practice, and because he is fluent in Spanish and French, regularly prepares documents as a scrivener in those languages and also in Portuguese. He is the author of The Small Business Handbook and many articles on notarial practice and other areas of law. Professor Hamilton is an associate member of the Union Internacional del Notariado Latino and the Honorary Consul for the République du Mali for Eastern Australia. He is a qualified mediator.


Dr Bruno Zeller Assessor, private international law/conflict of law module, Graduate Diploma in Notarial Practice Dr Zeller is a senior lecturer in law at Victoria University. His teaching subjects include marketing law, commercial law, consumer protection, trade practices law and contract law. He has also worked in legal education. A special interest is preparing students for international mooting competitions. Dr Zeller's major research interests are international commecial law and comparative law. He is a member of the Australian Institute for Commercial arbitration.


Ms Rebecca Leshinsky Course presenter, Bodies Corporate Law Rebecca Leshinsky has been a Victorian barrister since 1999 and practices in the areas of property law, town planning law, bodies corporate law and alternative dispute resolution. Rebecca holds a Master of Laws degree and is the author of the loose-leaf legal service The ABC of Victorian Bodies Corporate (Hybrid Publishers) and is involved (with Rowan Ingpen) in updating the loose-leaf service Subdivisions with the Lot (Hybrid Publishers) by Simon Libbis. As an advocate, Rebecca appears regularly in all courts and at the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal. In possession of excellent communication and negotiation skills, Rebecca regularly represents parties in property related mediation and negotiation processes.


Andrew Levy, BA, LLB, M App Sc Course presenter, Plain English workshops Andrew is a lawyer and plain language consultant with Words and Beyond Pty Ltd. Words and Beyond is an internationally recognised expert consultancy in making business, legal, and related documents clear, accurate, and easy to use — and in training people to communicate clearly. Its clients include 4 government bodies, 8 public listed companies, 6 major national law firms, the Labour Organisation of the UN, and the European Central Bank. Andrew spent 10 years at a major national law firm and now provides plain language training, rewrites documents and advises on communication, cultural change programs.

Last reviewed: 23/02/2007