Specialising in Family Law and mediations.
Barrister at Law (NSW), Lachlan Macquarie Chambers, Sydney
Accredited Mediator (NMAS)
Accredited Arbitrator (AIFLAM)
Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner
Workplace Investigations and consultant
Mary was admitted as a Solicitor in 1993 and called to the Bar in 2013. She is an experienced accredited Mediator in Family Law and Workplace disputes. Prior to being called to the Bar, Mary had been Conference Registrar of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal for three years, a Family Law solicitor at Legal Aid in Parramatta appearing as the Separate Representative (as ICL was then known) and held a number of senior positions in the public sector. She is an accredited Family Dispute Resolution practitioner, a Chairperson on the Legal Aid Commission’s Family Law and Care and Protection Dispute Resolution Panels, and regularly conducts the Court ordered mediations at the Family Court. Mary serves on the NSW Bar Association ADR Committee and the New Barristers’ Committee.
Key Publications & Papers:
‘Family Violence training for Barristers’ March 2022, Bar Association Regional Conference
‘The new FCFCOA procedures and rules’ 2022, Legalwise Conferences
‘ADR in Family Law’ March 2021, Bar Association Regional Conference, Ballina
‘Resolving Workplace Disputes-top ten tips’ March 2016, Government Lawyers conference, and
LegalWise annual CLE day
‘The Model Litigants Policy- the ethical framework for Government as litigant’ March 2015
Government Lawyers Conference, Legal Wise
‘Making and defending sound administrative decisions’, 25 June 2014, Current Legal Issues in
the Public Sector, Legalwise Seminars
‘The Professionalisation of Government lawyers’ NSW Law Society Government Lawyers
Newsletter, 2010