Philip holds Commerce and Honours Law Degrees from the University of Melbourne and a Master of Laws from the London School of Economics and Political Science.
He did articles at Mallesons Stephen Jaques in 1987 and was admitted to the partnership on 1 January 1996. He signed the Bar Roll in November 1998 and took silk in 2009.
Philip is a former Senior Fellow in the Law Faculty of the University of Melbourne, a member of the University of Melbourne Law School Foundation Board, a member of the University of Melbourne Humanities Foundation Board, a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law, a board member of the Victorian Bar Foundation and a former President of the Commercial Bar Association of Victoria.
He was a reporter for the Commonwealth Law Reports and the author of a text book, Corporate Voluntary Administration Law, now known as Crutchfield’s Voluntary Administration.
Outside of the law, Philip is a public company director and the Chair of the Bell Shakespeare Theatre Company.
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