Members

Debbie Mortimer S.C., Chair

Debbie's specialist areas are administrative and public law (both merits and judicial review), refugee law, extradition law, anti-discrimination law, and indigenous legal issues. She appears at trial and appellate levels in these areas. She also undertakes regular pro bono work, principally in refugee law, but also in discrimination law and indigenous legal issues. She has appeared in the High Court and Federal Court as counsel for HREOC on several occasions.

Richard Wilson, Secretary

In addition to his role as Secretary of the Public Law Section, Richard is the Co-convenor of the Victorian Bar's Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Discussion Group. His strong interests are in constitutional and civil rights law, and has undertaken formal postgraduate study in each of these areas including, most recently, into comparative international human rights instruments.

Jason Pizer, Assistant Secretary

Author of Pizer's Annotated VCAT Act and editor of the Kyrou and Pizer Victorian Administrative Law looseleaf service, Jason is roundly regarded as one of the Victorian Bar's leading experts in administrative law and, in particular, freedom of information and in appeals from the VCAT.