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Curriculum Vitae
Nicholas
Phillip Powrie
Date of
Birth 18/11/54
Place of
Birth:
Bordertown, South Australia
Nationality
Australian
Education
Tertiary
1986 - 90
Adelaide
University
Bachelor of
Laws (LLB)
2001 - 02
Adelaide University (LLB, non-award)
2002- 03
University of South Australia
(Graduate Diploma Legal Practice)
Employment
2003-2004
AJU LANGAGE
INSTITUE
English Instructor
Over the second part of 1993 and throughout 1994 I have worked
for a private English Academy in South Korea
My client/student base included school students from the ages of
5 to 15, in academic English in:-
·
phonics;
·
grammar;
·
written
style;
2001-2003
HUME TAYLOR
AND CO, Barristers & Solicitors
Legal
assistant to partner
Hume Taylor,
Adelaide, is an established legal practice specializing in
personal injuries and industrial prosecutions and
commercial/property disputes and property Law
I was tasked
with assisting the partner responsible for plaintiff personal
injuries claims, mainly in specialized Tribunals, (Workers
Compensation Tribunal, Industrial Relations Tribunal (SA) / Dust
Diseases Tribunal (NSW) and on appeal, in the District and
Supreme Courts.
My duties
included:-
·
perusing and
analyzing medical and other expert witness evidence;
·
legal
research;
·
drafting
opinions;
·
formulating
claims;
·
preparing
correspondence to litigants, insurance companies, and other
court documents in common law and tribunal claims;
·
interviewing
clients;
·
taking and
recording instructions;
·
preparing
briefs to Counsel;
·
attending
chambers conferences, pre-trial and arbitration matters;
·
assisting
the partner and counsel in Tribunal and Court conferences and
trials;
From time to
time I was also tasked with research and drafting opinions in
property and commercial matters in respect of:-
·
commercial
leases;
·
common
law/Torrens Title Act tenure disputes;
·
pastoral
leases;
·
Residential
Tenancy Tribunal matters;
·
trusts and
bailment’s;
·
mineral
tenement matters.
2000-2001
CALDICOTT &
CO, Barristers & Solicitors
Legal assistant to partner
Caldicott &
Co is an established defendant/plaintiff legal practice in South
Australia respectively in criminal and civil litigation.
I was
employed to assist the principal in predominantly criminal
matters.
The court
duties given to me involved:-
·
bail
applications,
·
appearances;
·
pre-trial
conferences;
·
Youth Court
matters;
·
Summary
hearings;
·
support to
counsel in trials in the District and Supreme Courts, and
Coronial Inquests.
My office
duties (criminal matters) included:-
·
interviewing
and taking instructions;
·
legal
research;
·
drafting
court document (affidavits, bail applications, written
submissions, points of appeal);
·
preparation
of appeal books and lists of authorities
The civil
practice was focused on public/occupies liability and Motor
Vehicle Accident Claims, mainly in the Magistrates and District
Court.
My office
duties involved:-
·
taking
instructions;
·
preparing
briefs for counsel;
·
drafting
formulated claims;
·
drafting
correspondence;
·
interviewing
and proofing witnesses;
·
drafting
submissions, grounds of appeal, advice on evidence;
·
research;
·
preparation
of correspondence and other court documents, interviewing
clients and witnesses and recording their statements and
evidence.
1996-1999
WESTERN
DESERT CORPORATION (WDC)
Land
Tenure/Claims Officer
The Western Desert Corporation
is an NGO granted ‘Representative Body’ status under the
Commonwealth Native Title Act and tasked with the
investigation, preparation and prosecution of claims brought by
common law indigenous claimants.
The Native Title Act was
promulgated by Federal Parliament following a High Court
decision in Eddie Mabo v. the State of Queensland
having force in the States and Territories of the Commonwealth
of Australia with the purpose and design of facilitating and
identifying pre-settlement common law interests in un-alienated
crown land in advance of the grant of any tenure by the
respective crowns in right of the States and Commonwealth of
Australia.
WDC’s representative status was
over an area of approximately 500,000 square kilometers with 11
distinctive linguistic ethnic claimant/stakeholder groups.
The claim area included some of
Australia’s largest/richest mining operations (Gold, Uranium,
Copper, Zinc, Nickel, Iron, Titanium, Tantalite, and Manganese)
A substantial portion of
existing and prospective crown grants dealt with under the
Native Title Act related to mineral and petroleum
exploration and mining tenements and government developments.
The function of my position as
Lands Officer included:-
·
interdisciplinary
research, collation and analysis of reports;
·
preparation of
land acquisition (Pastoral and special purpose Leases) and
attendant funding submissions under the Commonwealth and State
Law;
·
taking,
preparation and presentation of instructions at National Native
Title Tribunal conferences and hearings;
·
liaising with
government departments (State), Departments of Mineral
Resource Development/Planning/National Parks and
Conservation/ Regional Development/Highway and Roads/Local
Government/Pastoral Lands Management/ (Commonwealth)
Aboriginal Affairs (ATSIC)/Natural Recourses/Industry and
Development/Environment and Conservation.
·
co-ordination of
all professional consultant services involved in getting the
claim briefs and evidence to the point of trial;
·
facilitation of
process to resolve and determine disputes between claimants and
third parties, including the crown in right of Western
Australia;
·
liaising,
negotiating and drafting exploration and
production/compensation/access agreements mining and petroleum
companies, and pastoralists;
·
drafting corporate
constitutions and Articles of Association for ‘prescribed body
corporate’ (specialized Corporations incorporated/registered
under the Native Title Act);
·
negotiating and
acquiring real property and pastoral leases.
·
general office
administration.
The disciplines and consultants
I was tasked to retain, direct, supervise and instruct
included:-
·
Anthropologists;
·
Linguists;
·
Historians;
·
Geo-chemists;
·
Geologists;
·
Mining/civil
engineers;
·
Environmental
specialists;
·
Legal
practitioners (solicitors and counsel);
·
preparation and
follow-up on submissions relating to Environmental Impact
Statement process;
·
investigations of
applications for exploration and mining leases (with associated
infrastructure development);
·
liaising with
representatives in the Pastoral and Mining Industry;
I prepared submissions and
represented or retained counsel to represent the
claimants/stakeholders at:-
·
plenary
conferences;
·
Commonwealth
(Federal Senate) Inquiries);
·
other forums
(Pastoral Industry, mining industry, government).
·
Western Australian
Mine Warden’s Court;
·
Federal Court.
1994 - 1995
A.L.R.M. Inc
(NGO)
Legal
researcher
A.L.R.M. is a corporate entity
and legal practice in South Australia with “Representative”
status under the Native Title Act.
I was employed in the Native
Title Unit at ALRM in 1994 tasked with providing legal and
historical research and support in respect of land tenure in the
state of South Australia and the Northern Territory of Australia
from about 1840 onward in anticipation of two test cases brought
in the Federal Court.
My research duties primarily
involved:-
·
documentation and
indexing of archival material;
·
interviewing
clients and stake holders;
·
recording
instructions;
·
on instructions,
collating and drafting briefs on evidence;
·
liaison with
counsel;
·
liaison with
industry and third party stake holders;
·
convening meetings
with claimants under the Native Title Act process;
Other duties I performed
involved research and determination and reporting on all ‘future
act’ proposals and investigations in respect of mining proposals
and third party interests (matters, predominantly under the
Mining Act, Pastoral Lands Act, and Planning Act
and the drafting of submissions, policy documents and
correspondence.
1991 - 1993
GOVERNMENT
OF THE NORTHERN TERRITORY
Office of
the Solicitor for the Northern Territory
Law
Officer
Whilst in
the Attorney Generals Department I was located in the Civil and
Commercial section.
My duties
involved:-
·
drafting
legal advice to the Government Departmental clients on many and
varied matters.
·
negotiation,
certification and preparation of pastoral leases;
·
drafting
tenancy agreements;
·
drafting
land and stock mortgages;
·
drafting
guarantees;
·
drafting
Deeds;
·
drafting
contracts and service agreements;
·
due
diligence and certification of government process;
·
legal advice
on the operation of territory and Commonwealth Law and
Ministerial discretions/factums.
The Civil
litigation work I was tasked with involved:-
·
tort claims
(MVA), perusing, drafting and settling non contested claims;
·
criminal
injury compensation claims, representation in courts and related
administrative action;
·
personal
injury claims, assisting the partner, drafting perusing
affidavits, formulated claims and pleadings, attending in court;
·
Public
Sector Employment matters (dismissal/disciplinary);
·
Work Health
Act (NT)
/ Superannuation Act (NT) matters
Department
of Mines and Energy
·
research and
provision of advice to/from government agencies as first point
of call within the DME, (policy and planning section);
·
drafting and
review of the Mine Safety Act (NT);
·
management
and administration of indenture agreements made pursuant to Part
IV of the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act;
·
determination and approval of mineral tenements granted to joint
venture agreements;
·
appraisal
and assessment of contested matters under the Mining Act
(NT);
·
review of
applications for mineral and exploration tenements;
·
review and
determination of terms and conditions for mining;
·
determination of environmental bonds;
·
evaluation
of mining development proposals and co-ordination of preliminary
investigations in determination of statutory requirements in
project/ tenement approvals,
·
drafting and
preparation of Ministerial correspondence;
·
instructions
to Parliamentary Counsel;
·
drafting
second reading speeches and other ministerial memos and minute;
·
responding
to stake holders and the mining industry matters;
·
instructions
to crown counsel on contentious matters;
·
drafting
interdepartmental and inter governmental correspondence;
·
research and
advice on opportunities for expanded resource development and
secondary processing.
1990-91
SUPREME
COURT OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Associate
My duties as
associate to a Judge of the Supreme Court involve:-
·
daily
attendance in court and chambers;
·
administrative duties in chambers;
·
liaising
with legal practitioners and counsel;
·
legal
research;
·
preparation
of draft legal opinions and judgments;
·
attending on
the Judge in chambers, court, and trial hearings;
·
maintenance
of case flow in chambers;
·
preparation
of cause lists and sitting dates;
·
maintenance
of statutes and research materials in chambers;
·
under
directions of the Judge, general administration of executive
functions of an office of a Justice of the Supreme Court of
South Australia.
1986-90
Adelaide
University (Bachelor of Laws)
Whilst an
undergraduate I was employed part time over 1998-99 at Kelly &
Co, a commercial Law firm in Adelaide where I assisted the
partners in:- commercial and civil litigation (property,
bankruptcy and commercial disputes);
·
research;
·
drafting and
preparation of opinions and advice;
·
drafting
court documents;
·
preparation
of briefs to counsel;
·
assisting in
litigation.
1983-85
BROMAGE
EARTH MOVERS
Contract
administrator
My
employment was with a small civil engineering company located in
the Northern Territory.
I was tasked
with duties involving:-
·
preparation,
supervision and discharge of contracts procured through the
Government tender process;
·
plant
operations;
·
examining
contract specifications and preparing tenders for contract;
·
determination of variations in contract specifications and
reporting;
·
supervision
of plant maintenance schedules;
·
general
office administration.
1975-1983
N.K.MINES NL
WINDARRA
NICKEL PROJECT (Joint Venture, WMC-BP)
PEKO
WALLSEND NL
Australian Development NL
For eight
years after my completion of secondary studies I worked in the
mining and construction industry in plant operations in the
Northern Territory and Western Australia including:-
development
and production (underground and open cut);
All of this
work involved plant operation and included:-
·
heavy
transport driving;
·
rotary
percussion and reverse cycle rock drills(Garden Denver), Atlas
Copco DHH;
·
heavy plant
(Caterpillar) 769 (haulage), 966980/88
(excavation),17K/120G/140G(grader), D6/7/8/9(dozer);
·
air-leg/panther (mining);
·
Jumbo ;
·
ring-fire
and charge up (explosive preparation, placement/detonation).
Office
Skills
In the
course of and after my under-graduate studies I have endeavored
to up-grade and maintain a higher level of office based skills.
Consequently
I have developed or advanced skills in computer related
technologies including:-
·
drafting and
editing skills in MS Word and similar programs;
·
an accurate
typing speed of about 70+ words per minute;
·
computer/internet research skills;
·
precedent
and spread sheet/graphic programs;
·
publishing/archival programs;
I am a quick
study on any/all new soft-wear technologies;
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