Lindsay Stirton is an Australian lawyer based in Sydney, New South Wales, who was admitted to the bar in Australia in 1983 and worked as a partner of the Sydney-based law firm Phillips Fox.
Background
Lindsay Stirton's documented professional life is rooted in Sydney, the capital of New South Wales and the largest city in Australia. Stirton's legal education and early professional admission took place in that city during the early 1980s.
Macquarie University, where Stirton studied, was established in 1964 in the northern Sydney suburb of North Ryde. It was one of several Australian universities founded during the expansion of higher education in the 1960s, when new institutions were created to widen access to university study beyond the older metropolitan universities.
Education
Stirton studied at Macquarie University, earning the Bachelor of Legal Studies (B.Leg.S.) degree. Macquarie was founded in 1964 at North Ryde, Sydney, and developed a campus-based university model with an emphasis on professional and applied programs.
Admission to practise law in Australia follows completion of legal study and is granted by the courts of the individual states and territories. Stirton was admitted to the bar in Australia in 1983, marking the transition from legal education to professional practice.
Career
Stirton's documented career is in Australian legal practice. Stirton was admitted to the bar in Australia in 1983 and later worked as a partner of Phillips Fox, a law firm with offices in Sydney.
Phillips Fox later became part of the global firm DLA Piper. DLA Piper opened for business in Australia by absorbing Phillips Fox, after which the Phillips Fox name was closed. A partner's role in an Australian commercial law firm involved responsibility for the firm's clients and matters within the partnership, and this is the professional setting in which Stirton's partnership took place.
