Prof. Edmund ( Ted ) Wright

Biography

Professor Wright is Dean of Law and Head of the School of Law at the University of Newcastle. He was appointed Law Reform Commissioner of Victoria in 1991 and 1992, and was appointed as a member of the Commonwealth Access to Justice Advisory Committee in 1993 and 1994. He has undertaken research on behalf of the Law Council of Australia, the Attorney-General's departments of the Commonwealth, NSW, Queensland and Victoria, the Legal Aid Commission of NSW, the Queensland Criminal Justice Commission (now the Crime and Misconduct Commission), Queensland Legal Services Commissioner, Motor Accidents Authority of NSW, County Court of Victoria, and NRMA Insurance (now IAG).

Qualifications

• Master of Arts, University of Cambridge - UK
• Bachelor of Law, Dalhousie University - Canada
• Bachelor of Science, University of Toronto

Research

Research keywords

• CIVIL LITIGATION
• CONTRACT LAW
• LAW
• LEGAL AID
• LEGAL NEGOTIATION
• MOTOR ACCIDENTS SCHEME

Research expertise

Contract Law, Legal Profession, Courts and Procedure

Collaboration

Legal Profession, Courts and Procedure, Contract Law

Fields of Research

Centres and Groups

Centre

Memberships

Committee/Associations (relevant to research).

• member (by nomination of Fellows only) - International Association of Procedural Law

Appointments

Commissioner Law Reform Commission of Victoria (Australia)	01/04/1991 - 01/11/1992
Member Access to Justice Advisory Committee (Keating gov't appointment) (Australia)	01/11/1993 - 01/05/1994
Adviser Australian Law Reform Commission (reference on reform of the costs indemnity rules) (Australia)	01/09/1994 - 01/09/1995
Research Consultant Motor Accidents Authority of NSW (Australia)	01/01/2001
'OzReader' Australian Research Council (Australia)	01/01/2003
Research Consultant Law Council of Australia (Australia)	01/01/2005 - 01/05/2006

Invitations

Understanding Civil Justice Reform in Anglo-American Legal Systems National Center for State Courts (USA) / Rockefeller Foundation, Italy (Conference Presentation - non published.)	1997
Workshop: Litigation - Past and Present Academy of Social Sciences, Australia (Conference Presentation - non published.)	2001

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Administrative

Administrative expertise

University of Newcastle: I became the Dean of Law (Head, School of Law) in January 2002, and in that capacity serve as a member of the Faculty of Business & Law Executive. During 2001 I served as Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Law and The Acting Dean (Nov - Dec 2001). I have also served on the University's discipline Committee.

I served as Acting Pro Vice- Chancellor of the Faculty of Business & Law between

1 Dec 2005 and 15 Mar 2006, and have since acted in that role on several shorter occasions during absences of the present incumbent. The PVC is the Executive Dean of the Faculty, and a member of the Universitys Senior Executive Group.

University of New England: While visiting academic in the Department of Law, I was a member of the Planning & Development Committee.

University of Melbourne: While a member of the Faculty of Law at the University of Melbourne, I was Lecturer-in-charge of Legal Process (introduction to law and legal method) from 1986-1988. I also served on the Executive & Budgets Committee, the Research Committee, the Special Consideration Committee, the Progress Committee and an ad hoc Deans Education Committee.

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Teaching

Teaching keywords

• ADVANCED CONTRACTS
• CIVIL LITIGATION
• CIVIL PROCEDURES
• CONTRACT LAW
• LAW
• LAW LEGISLATION & POLICY
• LEGAL PROCESS
• LEGAL SYSTEM & METHOD
• PRINCIPLES OF JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION
• PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT
• PROPERTY LAW
• RESEARCH SEMINAR (COMPARATIVE LAW)
• TORTS

Teaching expertise

Subjects Taught: Contract Law, Professional Conduct, Legal System & Method, Advanced Contracts, Property Law 1 (General Principles), Principles of judicial Administration (Special Topics in Legal Studies), Legal Process, Torts, "Private" Lawsuits & Civil Justice, Civil Procedure, Law Legislation & Policy, Research Seminar (Comparative Law). Universities Taught at: University of Newcastle. University of New England. University of Melbourne. University of Victoria (Canada)