Eamonn Moran

Eamonn Moran PSM QC SBS is the Inspector at the Victorian Inspectorate, the key integrity body in Victoria. He commenced in that role in 2018. Immediately prior to that appointment, he was practising at the Victorian Bar and working as a consultant legislative counsel. Between 2012 and 2016 he was also a member of the Victorian Law Reform Commission. From 2008 until 2012 he was Law Draftsman in the Department of Justice, Hong Kong, and assumed primary responsibility for the development and publication of Drafting Legislation in Hong Kong: A Guide to Styles and Practices (Hong Kong Department of Justice, 2012). In 2012 he was awarded by the Hong Kong Government a Silver Bauhinia Star ('SBS') for his contribution to the development of plain language drafting in Hong Kong. He held the office of Chief Parliamentary Counsel in Victoria from 1999 until 2008. Before then he had worked as a parliamentary counsel in Victoria for more than twenty years and was appointed as Queen's Counsel in Victoria in 1998. He was awarded an Australian Public Service Medal ('PSM') in 2005 for service to legislative drafting and public law. His most recent publication was an article he contributed to The Coherence of Statutory Interpretation (The Federation Press, 2019), edited by his co-author in this work, Dr Jeffrey Barnes. Mr Moran is a Past President of the Commonwealth Association of Legislative Counsel and a Past President of Clarity International. He has spoken at numerous conferences, both in Australia and overseas, on topics related to legislation.