William Isdale is a barrister in Brisbane, and an Adjunct Fellow of the University of Queensland's School of Law. Previously he worked as a Senior Legal Officer at the Australian Law Reform Commission, as a solicitor at MinterEllison, and as Associate to the Honourable Justice John Dowsett AM on the Federal Court of Australia. His PhD on native title compensation was completed at the University of Queensland in 2021 (supervised by Adjunct Professors Jonathan Fulcher and the Hon. Justice Andrew Greenwood of the Federal Court of Australia). He was the winner of the Holt Prize in 2021, and his book ‘Compensation for Native Title’ was published by Federation Press in 2022.
Posts by William
Without Fear or Favour: The ALRC’s Report on Judicial Impartiality
Tidying our house of law: bringing the Marie Kondo philosophy to the Commonwealth statute book
Legislative morass and the rule of law: a warning, and some possible solutions
Apprehended bias and the nuclear effect - lessons from the New Acland proceedings
Northern Land Council v Quall - implications for the exercise of statutory functions by corporations
Dr Yunupingu's claim for Native Title compensation: the Constitutional path not yet trodden
Where to Next? Native Title Compensation Following Timber Creek