Eamonn Moran PSM KC has held, or acted in, the office of Inspector since 1 January 2018. His current term of office expires on 30 June 2025. The Inspector is an independent officer of the Parliament.
About Eamonn Moran
Eamonn Moran graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) from Queen’s University, Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1974 and became a barrister in Northern Ireland in 1975. He moved to Melbourne in 1977 and practised initially as a solicitor. He became a member of the Victorian Bar in 1979 and graduated from the University of Melbourne with a Master of Laws in 1981. In 1998 Mr Moran was appointed Queen’s Counsel (now King’s Counsel) in Victoria.
Before taking up the role of Inspector in January 2018, Mr Moran was, from August 2012, a barrister specialising in administrative and constitutional law and with a particular interest in issues involving statutory interpretation.
During this period, Mr Moran was also:
- a Commissioner for four years at the Victorian Law Reform Commission
- a consultant legislative counsel for various governments and government entities in Australia and elsewhere
- an instructor for the Graduate Diploma in Legislative Drafting offered by Athabasca University, Canada.
From January 2008 to June 2012 Mr Moran was Law Draftsman in the Department of Justice of Hong Kong and a member of the Law Reform Commission of Hong Kong. Prior to that Mr Moran worked as a parliamentary counsel in the Office of the Chief Parliamentary Counsel in Victoria and was Chief Parliamentary Counsel from 1999 until 2008.
Mr Moran was awarded an Australian Public Service Medal in 2005 for service to legislative drafting and public law. In 2012 the Hong Kong government awarded Mr Moran with a Silver Bauhinia Star for service with the Department of Justice and contribution to the development of plain language drafting. Mr Moran is a Past President of Clarity International, an international association promoting plain legal language, and a Past President of the Commonwealth Association of Legislative Counsel.
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