Barrister, Owen Dixon Chambers East, Melbourne

Matthew Townsend has been a barrister for more than 20 years and practises exclusively in planning and environment and property law. In 2000 Matthew was awarded the Public Interest Law Clearing House Pro Bono Award by the Governor of Victoria for his work in environmental litigation. He was Dux of International Environmental Law at Leiden University in Holland in 1992 and the inaugural winner of the JF Kearney QC prize in environmental law in 1991.