Murray Gerkens
Murray Gerkens is a Barrister &
Solicitor of the Supreme Courts of Victoria and New South
Wales and the High Court of Australia. He practises as
counsel in State and federal courts throughout the country
and has a long history in public administration and the law.
He was, amongst other things, a Magistrate, Chairman of the
Victorian Police Discipline Board and head of the Australian
Refugee Review Tribunal.
Significant cases in which
Murray acted as Counsel include
Minister for
Immigration & Multicultural Affairs v Singh
(2002)186 ALR 393
(High Court of Australia);
Sook Rye Son v Minister
for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs
(1999) 161 ALR 612
(Full Federal Court of Australia);
Paramananthan v
Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs;
Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs v
Sivarasa [1998] 1693 FCA (21 December 1998)
(Full Federal Court
of Australia) and
Tien & Others v
Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs
(1998) 159 ALR 405
(Federal Court of Australia).
Murray is a registered migration agent and
lectures in immigration and refugee law at Victoria University.
Murray is also a Panel Chair of the Financial
Industry Complaints Service, a prolific legal author with
a number of published texts, director of various companies
(on and offshore) and a Life Member of the Windana Society
(Alcohol & Drug Rehabilitation).
