Brian Hayes (lawyer)

Brian Hayes
Brian Hayes meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Born
Brian Robert Michael Hayes

July 1944
CitizenshipAustralian
EducationSt Joseph's School, Darjeeling
Alma materUniversity of London
OccupationLawyer (Barrister)
Known forKing's Counsel (KC), Former National Chairmen of the Australia India Business Council & Life Fellow of the Planning Institute of Australia
Notable workExecutive producer of Hotel Mumbai, Producer of Emotion is Dead, Co-producer of Coconut
Children3

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]

  1. ^ "Brian Hayes QC". Australia India Institute. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  2. ^ UniSA. "The University of South Australia: Home". www.unisa.edu.au. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  3. ^ Parnell, Mark (1 September 2000). "Tuna Feedlots and ESD on appeal" (PDF). Impact - Public Interest Environmental Law (59). Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  4. ^ "7.30 Report - 5/1/2000: Environmental ruling on tuna may risk aquaculture industries". www.abc.net.au. Retrieved 20 February 2016.