Solicitor – YM Lawyers, Sydney

Yega trained as a lawyer in England, studying law in Machester and Staffordshire and training as a barrister in London before spending a year in Malaysia training as a legal advocate. He also obtained a PhD in law focusing on psychiatry law from Macquarie University in 2004 before being admitted to practice as a solicitor in NSW in 2006. Yega was a legal member of the Mental Health Review Tribunal from 2007 to 2012 and has vast experience in dealing with mental health issues. Yega also has substantial experience in the areas of health, human rights, succession, personal injury and criminal law. Aside from litigating, Yega teaches Mental Health Law at Western Sydney University and is widely published in a variety of fields including mental health law and torts.