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Dr. Birch SC, Christopher John
Dr. Birch SC, Christopher John 
Email:cbirch@chambers.net.au
Phone:9235 0244
Fax:9235 1122

Qualifications
Admitted to the Bar in NSW 1982
Appointed Senior Counsel 1999,
BA (Hons) LLB (Hons) PhD

Areas of Practice
Christopher Birch practices generally in the areas of commercial law and equity. His practice in these areas has emphasised trusts, probate and property. He also practises in the fields of administrative law, constitutional law and anti discrimination law..

Biography
Christopher Birch has practised as a barrister at the Sydney Bar since 1982. In 1997 he was appointed to the New South Wales Council of Law Reporting and has been Chairman of the Council since 2001. In 1994 he was appointed a part time lecturer in the Law Faculty of the University of Sydney teaching courses in legal philosophy, and he also teaches an introductory course in jurisprudence for Law Extension Committee.

Publications

Journal Articles
Memory and Punishment: (2000) 19 Criminal Justice Ethics 17-31 Mills, Frege and the High Court; The Connotation/Denotation Distinction in Constitutional Interpretation: (2003) 23 Australian Bar Review 296.
The Connotation/Denotation Distinction in Constitutional Interpretation: (2003) 5 The Journal of Appellate Practice and Process, 101 (forthcoming).

Book Chapters:
Corrective justice and the Paradox of Future Individuals in Law, Legal Culture and Politics in the Twenty First century Edited by G.Doeker-Mach, & K.A Ziegert Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart,2004

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