Allan Anforth's CV outlines his extensive qualifications and experience in law, including multiple masters degrees and positions held. He has worked as a barrister, lecturer, and member of numerous tribunals, focusing on areas like administrative law, welfare law, and human rights. The CV also lists his publications, awards, and over 40 years of experience in legal practice, education, and public service positions.

1. CURRICULUM VITAE
Name: Allan Anforth
D.O.B: 15 June 1955
Qualifications:
1. Master of Laws (UC)
2. Graduate Diploma in Public Law (ANU)
3. Diploma (S.A.B) Law- Supreme Court of NSW
4. Bachelor of Science (UNSW)
5. Master of Science (Astronomy) (Swin)
6. Patent Examiner and Patent Attorney exams
Informal qualifications:
Over the years I have attended and completed a range of short courses not all of which
now recall:
1. Veterans law training course (1 week full time)
2. Refugee law training course
3. Conflict Resolution training course
4. NSW Public Service Regulation 127 exams on court processes
Membership of Associations & Institutions:
1. Solicitor and Barrister of Supreme Court of ACT, High Court and N.T.
2. A.C.T. Bar Association
3. Canberra Astronomical Society
Positions Presently Held:
1. Barrister in practice at the ACT bar and nationally
2. Part time senior member of the ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal
3. Part time lecturer law University of NSW
4. Honorary Ambassador of the ACT
Public Positions Previous Held:
1. Part time member of the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal
2. Part time President of the ACT Consumer and Trader Tribunal
3. Part time member of the ACT Residential Tenancies Tribunal
4. Part time member of the NSW Consumer Trader and Tenancy Tribunal
5. Merits Reviewer under the Refugee Convention
6. Part time member Veterans Review Board
7. Part time member of the ACT Essential Services Consumer Council
8. Part time member of the ACT Credit Tribunal
9. Part time lecturer in law at the University of Canberra

2. 10. Foundation member of Administrative Law Institute of Australia
11. Part time member of the Commonwealth Administrative Appeals
Tribunal
12. Director ACT Council of Social Services
13. Foundation member of the Conflict Resolution Service of ACT
14. Chair and Deputy Chair of Agents Board of A.C.T.
15. Part time member of the Drugs of Dependence Board of A.C.T.
16. Member of Ministerial Advisory Committee for fixing costs in federal
jurisdictions.
17. Chair person of People First Inc, an advocacy organisation for people
with disabilities.
18. Member of Ministerial Consumer Affairs Advisory Committee of
A.C.T
19. Part time lecturer in welfare law at Canberra TAFE.
20. Board member of Welfare Rights and Legal Centre (April 1993-Nov
1996)
21. Member of Ministerial Access to Justice Advisory Committee of
A.C.T.
22. Member of Ministerial Ethnic Aged Care Advisory Committee (ACT)
23. Chair, Community Services & Health Industry Training and Advisory
Board of ACT
24. Member of Ministerial Mental Health Steering Committee of ACT
25. Member of Ministerial National Drugs Strategy Shared Costs Advisory
Committee
26. Member of Ministerial Emergency Relief Advisory Committee
27. Member Ministerial Drug and Alcohol Steering Committee of ACT
28. President of Tumut Neighbourhood Centre
Publications:
1. Co-author “Residential Tenancies Law and Practice in NSW” 6th ed
2014 Federation Press;
2. Co-author “Social Security and Family Assistance Law” 4rd ed 2014
Federation Press;
3. Co-author “Annotated Commonwealth Employee Rehabilitation and
Compensation Act 1988” 11th Ed 2014 Federation Press (Comcare);
4. “Legal Aspects of Managing Community Sector Organisations”
ACTCOSS
5. Various articles in law journals and seminar papers
6. In 1997 I received the ACT Law Society’s award for the legal writer of
the year.
7. Headnotes for Lexis Nexus in the Administrative Law Decisions.
Work Experience:
1. February 2009- present
Practice as a barrister with a focus on welfare law, administrative law,
employment law, human rights law and health law.

3. Part time senior member of the ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal
dealing with administrative law, tenancy, discrimination, building,
consumer claims and other civil law disputes.
Part time member of the NSW Consumer, Trader and Tenancy
Tribunal and now the Civil and Administrative Tribunal dealing with
consumer claims, public housing, private housing, strata disputes,
building and retirement villages disputes (until 1 January 2015)
Part time reviewer of ‘boat people’ refugee claims from March 2011-
March 2012.
Part time member of Veterans Review Board until March 2012.
2. November 1996- February 2009
Practice as a barrister with a focus on welfare law, administrative law,
employment law, human rights law and health law.
Part time member of the NSW Consumer, Trader and Tenancy
Tribunal dealing with fair trading, consumer claims, public housing,
private housing and retirement village disputes.
Part time member of the ACT Residential Tenancies Tribunal (since
2001).
President of the ACT Consumer and Trader Tribunal.
Part time Member of the ACT Essential Services Consumer Council
(since mid 2004)
Part time Member of the ACT Credit Tribunal
Part time lecturer in property law at University of Canberra
3. July 1995- Nov 1996
Practice as a barrister with a focus on welfare law, administrative law,
employment law, human rights law and health law..
Part time member of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (Cwth).
4. April 1993- July 1995
Director of ACT Council of Social Services ACTCoSS and board
member of Australian Council of Social Services. ACTCOSS is the
peak body for the community sector in the ACT. The position involved
researching and promoting the interests of the community sector and in
particular the non-government welfare sector including negotiating
awards and resolving industrial issues for the sector.

4. Part time practice as a barrister with a focus on welfare law,
administrative law, employment law, human rights and health law.
5. 1990- April 1993
A solicitor in private legal practice practicing in employment, welfare
law, administrative law, human rights, criminal law and the
community/non-government sector. I was a part time duty solicitor for
the NSW Legal Aid Commission in Tumut and Gundagai region.
Part time lecturer in welfare law at Canberra and Tumut TAFEs.
6. 1988- 1990
Senior Solicitor of the Welfare Rights and Legal Centre, Canberra.
This is a community legal centre specialising in social security,
consumer credit, discrimination and tenancy matters.
7. 1986-1988
Solicitor in private legal practice- administrative and employment law.
8. 1985-1986
Commonwealth Public Service. I held the substantive position of class
11 Director in the Legal Branch in the office of the Commissioner for
Superannuation, acting SES Level 1 Assistant Secretary, conducting
civilian and military superannuation litigation in the AAT and Federal
Court.
8. 1983-85
I held the position class 9 Assistant Director Legal Branch,
Commonwealth Department of Health conducting litigation on behalf
of the Department in the AAT and Federal Court.
9. 1980-83
I was an examiner of patents at the Patents Office of the
Commonwealth. In this capacity I undertook a 6 months intensive
course in patents law and thereafter examined and reported on patent
applications in the electrical discipline.
10. 1975-1980
NSW Public Service. During this time I worked as a clerk in the
Magistrates Courts Administration throughout NSW and studied law
part time.

5. 11. 1972-75
University studying science (mathematics and physics) and working at
the Anglo-Australian Observatory..