Stephen Walmsley SC was called to the Bar in 1981 and became a judge of the District Courtof NSW in 2001. He also tutored and lectured in the Law Faculty of the ANU. He was a member of the Bar Council of the ACT. He served on the Supreme Court Common Law Users Committee and was the Bar’s representative on the working party on medical negligence established by the Minister for Health. He also assisted the work of the Common Law Committee as well as serving on the Professional Conduct and Education Committees and assisted the advocacy training programme, including training aspiring advocates at the fledgling bars of Bangladesh and Tonga.