Robert Hayes
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Associate Professor Robert Alexander Hayes, born in 1942, Hayes is an Australian Academic and lecturer at the University of Western Sydney. Graduating from the University of Melbourne with a PhD in defamation, Hayes is a qualified solicitor, barrister, quasi-judicial officer, law reform commissioner, government consultant, legal publisher, and law lecturer. His international appointments have included lecturing at the Law Schools of McGill, Montreal and the University of Toronto.
Dr. Hayes was the foundation editor of the Australian Law Reports, is a fellow of the Australian Institute of Forensic Sciences, former president of the Mental Health Appeals Tribunal and founder of the UNSW Faculty of Law.
He has an extensive list of publications, his most recent being Criminal Law and Procedure in New South Wales which he co-authored with Michael Eburn, a senior lecturer at the University of New England, Australia.
Dr. Hayes has been involved in numerous community services programs including the Intellectual Disability Rights Service and as Chair of the Management Committee of Charmian Clift Cottages, a residential programme for mothers with mental illness and their children.
Hayes is married with four children and resides in Sydney's Eastern Suburbs. He is known for his sense of humour and is referred to by his students as "Hayesy".
He is considered by the legal world as a great academic with a great and vibrant attitude which makes his teaching process enjoyable.
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