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Name
  
Brian Preston

Role
  
Chief judge

Date appointed
  
November 14, 2005


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Interview with chief judge brian preston


Brian J. Preston (born 10 June 1958) is the Chief Judge of the Land and Environment Court of New South Wales. He was appointed on 14 November 2005.

Contents

Brian Preston Interview with Chief Judge Brian Preston YouTube

The hon justice brian preston lessons learned from environmental litigation part 1 2


Career

Preston graduated from Macquarie University in 1982. He practised as a solicitor from 1982 to 1987, and as a barrister from 1987 to 2005.

He began his career at Stephen Jaques & Stephen, in the firm’s resources group. Then became associate to Mr Justice O’Leary of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory.

Preston was Principal Solicitor at the NSW Environmental Defender's Office from March 1985, overseeing its official opening in May that year.

He received in 2010 an award from the Asian Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Network (AECEN) for his environmental work.

References

Brian Preston Wikipedia