Peter Woulfe
Chair, Federal Dispute Resolution Section, Law Council of Australia
Peter Woulfe is a barrister with a civil practice in a range of practice areas, with a particular focus on government and administrative law. Peter is one of Australia’s leading Commonwealth compensation barristers, having worked on various matters of importance to the application of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 (Cth).
Peter is the Chair of the Federal Dispute Resolution Section of the Law Council of Australia, within which he is also the Chair of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Liaison Committee and the Commonwealth Compensation and Employment Law Committee. One of Peter’s recent projects is chairing the Law Council of Australia’s Federal Administrative Law Reform Working Group, working with the Commonwealth in relation to the abolition of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal and its replacement with the Administrative Review Tribunal.