He is a Barrister of the High Court of Australia and the Supreme Court of Queensland.
A Rhodes Scholar, John was educated at Oxford, Harvard and Queensland.
After an appointment as Lecturer in Law at Keble College Oxford University, John returned to Australia to work as a lawyer in a variety of contexts.
He has worked as a Defence Force Magistrate, a Barrister, as a consultant to a multi-national law firm, a Law Reform Commissioner for Queensland, a legal member of the Social Security Appeals Tribunal, the legal member of the Health Quality and Complaints Commission and a member of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal.
John currently serves as a member of the Administrative Review Tribunal.
John is a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. He serves as Deputy Chair of the Board of Aged and Disabilty Advocacy Australia and on the Gregory Terrace Foundation.
John is a member of the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits Review Committee of the Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation, and the Military Superannuation and Benefits Scheme Review Committee of the Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation.
John has previously served on the Specialist Accreditation Board of the Queensland Law Society. Prior to working on the Board, John was a Member of the Personal Injuries Specialist Accredition Committee of the Queensland Law Society.
John has held academic appointments at Universities in Australia, Singapore, the United Kingdom and the United States.
In addition to teaching and research positions, John has worked as Deputy Dean, Head of School and Associate Vice Chancellor.
His work in tort law and medical law is internationally recognised.
John's research has been supported by two and a half million dollars in research grants.
John's work has been cited by the High Court and by Law Reform Commissions in Australia and abroad.
He is an Honorary Fellow of the Australasian College of Legal Medicine.
John was jointly awarded the Oscar Rivers Schmalzbach Prize by the Australian Academy of Forensic Sciences.
John has served with the Australian Defence Force in the Army (infantry) and in the Air Force.
He has seen active service in Iraq, and twice in Afghanistan.
John was awarded the Bronze Star by the United States of America.
Faculty of Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences
Availability:
Available for supervision
Media expert
Professor Christian Gericke is a Neurologist and Public Health Physician. He directs the Canberra Specialist Epilepsy Centre at Deakin Private Hospital in Canberra and consults at Cadogan Medical in Brisbane.
He is Clinical Professor of Medicine at the Australian National University, Honorary Professor of Public Health at the University of Queensland, and Convener of the Specialist Medical Review Council (SMRC) for the Australian Government. He regularly acts as an Independent Medical Expert for the Supreme Courts and the Coroners Courts in all Australian jurisdictions and for the High Court of Justice in England (King's Bench).
Previously, he worked as an academic neurologist at Calvary Mater Newcastle, the Prince Charles Hospital in Brisbane, King’s College Hospital in London, and Sheffield Teaching Hospitals.
After graduating from medical school in Berlin, he trained in neurology at the Charité, followed by fellowships in adult and paediatric epilepsy in Strasbourg and Geneva. He holds two research doctorates and master's degrees from the University of Cambridge and the London School of Economics.
He chairs the Neuroepidemiology Section of the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) and serves on the International League against Epilepsy (ILAE) Standards and Best Practice Council.
Faculty of Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences
Availability:
Available for supervision
Ruthie's teaching and research interests lie at the intersection of law and healthcare. She is particularly interested in voluntary assisted dying and the role of patients and family caregivers in shaping healthcare regulation. Ruthie teaches in the Ethics, Law and Professionalism stream of the Year 1 medical degree and is an active teacher and researcher in the School of Law, including tutoring in Law of Torts II.
Ruthie Jeanneret, BA, LLB (Hons), GradDipLegPrac, PhD, completed her PhD thesis at the Australian Centre for Health Law Research, QUT. Her empirical PhD thesis investigated patients' and family caregivers' perspectives and experiences of voluntary assisted dying regulation in Australia and Canada. Ruthie has been involved in writing the voluntary assisted dying mandatory training for participating practitioners in Queensland, Western Australia, and Victoria. She also has experience in teaching undergraduate law and nursing students.
From 2018 - 2020, Ruthie worked as a litigation lawyer in Queensland and Tasmania, practising primarily in commercial litigation.
