ABOUT US
Personal Details of Michael Joseph Eastwood
| Postal Address: | PO Box 2885
SOUTHPORT QLD 4215 |
| Business Address: | Barristers Chambers
Level 1, 52 Davenport Street SOUTHPORT QLD 4215 |
| Phone: | Chambers 07-55312113
Mobile 0412-768896 |
| Academic Qualifications: | 1985
Admitted to Bachelor of Laws 2008 Bond University Basic Mediation Course 2009 Bond University Assessment in process and skills of mediation 2009 Nationally Accredited as Mediator in accordance with the National Mediator Accreditation System 2014 Diplôme d’études en langue française A1 2016 Admitted to Master of Laws (Dispute Resolution) awarded with High Distinction 2021 2021 enrolled as a PhD student in the Faculty of Law, Bond University |
Professional Activities: |
2001 - 2003 Secretary of the Gold Coast Bar Association 2009 - 2011 President of the Gold Coast Bar Association 2014 - to date Member of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee of the Bar Association of Queensland. 2017 - to 2019 Vice-President Gold Coast Bar Association 2019 to 2021 President of the Gold Coast Bar Association |
Work History: |
1978 to 1983 Articled Law Clerk to Austin William Lennon, Solicitor of Messrs McLaughlin Gordon and Lennon Solicitors, Surfers Paradise (now Messrs McLaughlins, Southport). 1983 to 1985 Law Clerk to John Stephen McCaughan, Solicitor of Messrs J. McCaughan & Co Solicitors, Bundall. 1985 Admitted as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of Queensland. 1985 to 1987 Employed solicitor at Messrs J. McCaughan & Co. 1987 to 1993 Entered into partnership with John Stephen McCaughan, Solicitor trading as Messrs J. McCaughan & Eastwood. 1988 Admitted as a Solicitor of the High Court of Australia. 1993 to 1995 Practised on my own account as a Solicitor trading as M J Eastwood & Associates. 1996 Called to the Queensland Bar. Admitted as a Barrister of the High Court of Australia. 1996 to date Practising at the private Bar in Chambers at Southport. 2014 Appointed Costs Assessor by the Registrar of the Supreme Court of Queensland. 2017 Appointed to the Panel of Mediators of the Office of Franchising Mediation Adviser. |
Areas of Practice: |
Commercial Law Trade Practices Succession Contractual Disputes Real Property Disputes Prosecuting Local Government Offences Mediation as both advocate and Mediator Costs |
Special Interests: |
Ethics Evidence Pleading Civil and Criminal Procedure Mediation Costs |
Academic Involvement: |
2000 to date Moot Judge at Bond University for both undergraduate and professional legal training. 2003 to 2008 Moot Judge at Griffith University to undergraduates. 2009 Adjunct Tutor in Evidence Bond University 2010 to 2011 Adjunct tutor in Civil Procedure Bond University 2011 to date Mediator Coach at Dispute Resolution Centre Bond University 2012 Criminal Law and Procedure and Civil Procedure Bond University Tutor 2013 Adjunct Tutor in Property Law Bond University 2013 to date National Mediator Accreditation Assessor Dispute Resolution Centre Bond University 2014 Adjunct tutor in Personal Property Transactions, Evidence and Land Law Bond University Assistant Professor Professional Legal Training Bond University in Property Law and Wills and Estates 2015 Adjunct tutor in Property Law, Land Law and Torts Assistant Professor Practical Legal Training in Wills and Estates - Bond University 2016 Adjunct Tutor in Land Law, Torts, Legal Professional Ethics – Bond University Assistant Professor Practical Legal Training Bond University in Criminal Law Practice and Banking and Finance 2017 Adjunct Tutor in Land Law and Property Law Assistant Professor Practical Legal Training, Bond University in Criminal Law Practice Assistant Professor lecturing in Common Law and Legal Skills 2017 to date National Mediation Accreditation Trainer, Dispute Resolution Centre, Bond University 2018 Adjunct Tutor in Property Law Assistant Professor Practical Legal Training, Bond University lecturing in Criminal Law Practice Assistant Professor lecturing in Common Law and Legal Skills National Mediation Accreditation Coach and Assessor, Queensland University of Technology 2019 Assistant Professor, Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice lecturing in Criminal Law Practice, Assistant Professor lecturing in Common Law and Legal Skills, National Mediation and Accreditation Coach and Assessor, Queensland University of Technology, College of Law and Australian Mediation Association. Assistant Professor lecturing in Legal, Ethics and Professional Conduct 2020 Assistant Professor, Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice lecturing in Criminal Law Practice, Assistant Professor lecturing in Common Law and Legal Skills, National Mediation and Accreditation Coach and Assessor, Queensland University of Technology, College of Law and Australian Mediation Association. Assistant Professor lecturing in Legal, Ethics and Professional Conduct 2021 Assistant Professor, the Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice lecturing in Criminal Law Practice, Queensland University of Technology, College of Law and Australian Mediation Association. Appointed to Bond University Law Advisory Board |
Languages: |
French |
Extra-curricular Activities: |
1980 Appointed a Justice of the Peace for the State of Queensland 1980s and 1990s Honorary Solicitor to (i) Queen's Cricket Club Southport (ii) Gold Coast and District Cricket Association (iii) Gold Coast and District Rugby Union 1979 to date Active Rugby Referee 1981 - 1996 Executive Member Gold Coast and District Rugby Referees Association 1990 Admitted as Life Member Gold Coast Rugby Union Referees' Association 1987 - 1992 Member Queensland Rugby Referees' Association and past executive member 2001 to 2010 Ad hoc Chairman of Gold Coast & District Rugby Union Appeals Judiciary 1991 to 1995 and 2007 to 2011 Ad hoc Chairman Cricket Gold Coast Code of Conduct Committee 2017 to date Chairman, Gold Coast District Rugby Union Judiciary and Code of Conduct Committee |
