Brian Hayes | |
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Born | Brian Robert Michael Hayes July 1944 |
Citizenship | Australian |
Education | St Joseph's School, Darjeeling |
Alma mater | University of London |
Occupation | Lawyer (Barrister) |
Known for | King's Counsel (KC), Former National Chairmen of the Australia India Business Council & Life Fellow of the Planning Institute of Australia |
Notable work | Executive producer of Hotel Mumbai, Producer of Emotion is Dead, Co-producer of Coconut |
Children | 3 |
Brian Hayes KC (born July 1944) is a prominent Australian lawyer who specialises in public and administrative law. He was appointed as South Australia's strategic adviser to India in 2008 and has held related roles in subsequent years.[1] He is an adjunct professor in the School of Natural and Built Environments at the University of South Australia and has acted as a consultant to federal, state and local governments.[2] Hayes represented the Conservation Council of South Australia in an appeal against a proposal to intensively farm southern bluefin tuna in Louth Bay. The case became South Australia's longest environmental trial[3] was ultimately successful and enshrined the precautionary principle in law.[4]