Barrister, Denman Chambers
Ian specialises in in industrial and employment law, Occupational Health and Safety, Criminal, Appellate, Mediation and Alternative Dispute Resolution, Inquests/Specialist Tribunals, Payroll Tax Law.

Ian was admitted as a solicitor in 1986. He was admitted to the Bar in 1997.
He has appeared in a number of important industrial cases including the Tristar litigation, the first case about the Independent Contractors Act, the first case about the sham contractor provisions and a major case about accessorial liability. Ian writes for the Butterworths Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) and NSW Industrial Relations Act, 1996 loose leaf services. Ian also writes articles and on industrial and employment law and Australian Rules football.

His current projects include Fair Work Act Annotated, Registered organisations lecture, NSW Industrial Relations Act Annotated, Rejecting a settlement offer in an unfair dismissal case: the risk of costs, (2015) 21(3) ELB at 35, Practical Applications of Statutory Interpretation, Legalwise CPD 1 September 2015, Workplace Law: Legal Issues Involving Challenging Employees which he began in November 2015.
He also speaks French.

Ian was admitted to the Bar in 1997. He specialises in Industrial and Employment Law and also practices in Occupational Health and Safety, Criminal, Appellate, Mediation and Alternative Dispute Resolution, Inquests/Specialist Tribunals and Payroll Tax areas. He writes for the Butterworths Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) and NSW Industrial Relations Act, 1996, as well as regular articles on Industrial and Employment Law.