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Peter Barnes is an Australian qualified lawyer who has practiced as a solicitor in Adelaide, South Australia (1986-1994) and in Hong Kong (1995-present). He has extensive experience in all areas of the law, with particular emphasis on civil and commercial litigation. Prior to his arrival in Hong Kong, Peter's extensive advocacy work included appearances in all courts in Adelaide as a trial and appellate counsel in these fields, and he therefore has the experience of both instructing counsel and being instructed by solicitors. Since being admitted to the roll of practitioners in Hong Kong in 1995, his work has primarily involved judicial review of Government decisions, including Basic Law litigation and this has included appeals to the Privy Council (pre-1997) and the Court of Final Appeal. He also has considerable experience in the family law jurisdiction of the High Court and District Court including work as an advocate in both jurisdictions. He also receives instructions in Immigration and Employment cases. Peter is admitted as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of South Australia (1985) and as a solicitor in England and Wales (1994). His non-law interests including diving and classical piano. Mark is a native of Swan River, Manitoba, Canada. He obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Cellular, Molecular and Microbial Biology from the University of Calgary in 1986. He then completed a law degree from Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto in 1992, focusing on International Human Rights Law. After working for one of the foremost intellectual property firms in Canada, Sim Hughes Dimock, he was called to the Bar as a barrister and solicitor of the Law Society of Upper Canada in 1994. Working in Hong Kong since 1995, Mark has concentrated on human rights issues. He has previously worked with Pam Baker & Company on judicial review and habeas corpus cases and on Vietnamese refugee cases. Mark was admitted as a solicitor in Hong Kong in 1997 and was admitted as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales in the same year. He has conducted a substantial number of judicial review cases in the High Court of Hong Kong with particular emphasis on these fields of law and with an eye on international developments. Mark has extensive experience in International Human Rights and Refugee Law, having represented a number of international non-governmental organizations (NGO's). As Amnesty International's representative he has attended as international observer of the trial in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, of former Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim. In May 2000, he represented the Hong Kong Human Rights Monitor before the United Nations Committee Against Torture in Geneva. He is currently working towards a Master of Laws in Human Rights at the University of Hong Kong and has guest lectured in the area. Mark is a qualified tennis coach both in Canada and the USA, where he is certified by the United States Professional Tennis Association. |