David Ford

David heads our Business Law Division and advises in relation to:

• Business contracts

• Corporate structures

• Corporations Law

• Employment issues

• Governance issues

• Taxation in all its forms

• Intellectual Property

David's knowledge of the law is matched by practical experience. He has been and is a director of many companies, both public and private.

David practises extensively for organisations in the not-for-profit sector. He is known for his expertise in education law. He acts for many independent schools and other educational institutions. He consults to the boards of schools and charities on governance issues and regularly presents seminars to school teachers and administrators on education law issues. David has presented at conferences in the United Kingdom, South Africa, Belgium, the Czech Republic, New Zealand and throughout Australia, and published numerous papers on topics as varied as student rights, teachers' liability, teachers/counsellors and confidentiality, bullying, outdoor education, discrimination, child protection and investigations. David also lectures counsellors and counselling students in the area of confidentiality and the law.

David also practises in our Estate Planning Division. His particular expertise is in trusts, wills and complex estate administration.

David is:

• a member of the Law Society of New South Wales
• a member of the Law Council of Australia (and its Business Law Section)
• a Fellow of the Taxation Institute of Australia
• a member of the Australian Taxation Office's Nonprofit Tax Advisors Forum
• President of the NSW Chapter of the Australia and New Zealand Education Law Association
• a member of the U.K., American and South African Education Law Associations
• a member of the Editorial Board of the CCH School Principals Legal Guide
• the editor of Education Law Notes, which keep schools throughout Australia up-to-date with education law developments
• a former Chairman of the Council of MLC School, an independent girls school in Sydney