Office of Parliamentary Counsel - CALC -Contract Drafters

The following drafters are available to perform contract drafting. If you are interested in obtaining their services, you should contact them directly.

CALC offers no warranty as to the skills or experience of any of the drafters listed here.

Brian Crozier was the Director of Legal Drafting (the chief legislative drafter) in Zimbabwe from 1989 until he resigned in 2000. Before taking up that position, he worked as a public prosecutor and legal adviser in Rhodesia/Zimbabwe. Brian is available for individual drafting assignments, preferably ones that could be carried out in Zimbabwe. However, he would consider assignments requiring work outside Zimbabwe for up to 2 months at a time. Contact Brian at crozier@africaonline.co.zw. More details are available in the following document: Brian Crozier CV

James Findlay, OBE, GBS, QC(HK), FCIArb, is professionally qualified in the Common Law, Scottish and Roman-Dutch legal systems. He was trained as parliamentary counsel in Westminster and worked as parliamentary counsel there and in Hong Kong, where he was the senior legislative counsel. He is available for legislative drafting assignments. He would prefer to work in Cape Town, but would consider short spells elsewhere to take instructions. He can be contacted at Findlay @imaginet.co.za. More details of his qualifications and experience are available in the following document: James Findlay CV

Glen Gibbs, formerly Senior Parliamentary Counsel in the Tasmanian Office of Parliamentary Counsel, is seeking contract legislative drafting in any field. He has also had legislative drafting experience in Canberra, Adelaide and Hong Kong, exceeding 30 years in total. In addition he was in private practice in South Australia for 10 years as a solicitor and barrister. References are available and fees are negotiable. His contact details are tel (03) 62284593 (h) or 0438014450 (mob) and his e-mail address is glen235@bigpond.com.

Clive Grenyer spent 21 years undertaking parliamentary work in the United Kingdom, most recently dealing with Home Office Services, followed by five years as First Legislative Counsel with the Cayman Islands Government, and three years as a legislative draftsman in Jersey . He has recently returned from Kenya where he was a member of the team that drafted the new constitution. Contact him at grenyer@btopenworld.com, or by phone on = +44-1892-533734. He is available for individual assignments or short or long term contracts world-wide.

Cheryl Ann Neblett is one of 3 legislative counsel in the Cayman Islands, British West Indies, where she has worked since 1995. She has also worked as Parliamentary Counsel in Barbados. She has drafting experience in many subject areas, including pensions and health insurance, criminal law, adoption, labour law, stamp duties and electronic transactions. She will be available for short or long term drafting work from February 2001. Until then, she can be contacted at Cheryl.Neblett@gov.ky. More details are available in the following document: Cheryl Neblett CV.

Donald L. Revell offers a full range of legislative drafting and management consulting services. With over 30 years of drafting experience, including 18 as Ontario ’s Chief Legislative Counsel, Don is experienced in dealing with complex and politically sensitive matters both as a senior manager and a drafter. He has headed major legislative translation and revision projects. He has led major publishing projects for both print and on line products. He has also taught legislative drafting and acted as a management consultant for several governments. Don is based in Toronto , Canada , and can be reached through his website at www.writelaw.com.

Mark Spakowski has worked as a legislative drafter for over fifteen years, in Ontario as a legislative counsel, in Nunavut as the Director of the Legislation Division and most recently in Kenya as a legislative drafting consultant. He has a post-graduate diploma in legislative drafting and a Masters of Law and a Masters of Public Administration. His most recent experience has been in the areas of anti-corruption and economic and institutional reforms (including legislation relating to public audits, financial management, procurement, privatization and banking). He is based in Ottawa and is available for short or long term assignments. He can be reached at mspakowski@hotmail.com . More details are available in the following document.

Robin Webster MBE RD FCIArb is currently Course Director of the 3-month Commonwealth Programme for Legislative Drafters in Caribbean Countries, held at the University of Guyana. When not running that Course he is available for individual drafting assignments, either from his home base in Scotland or for assignments overseas for short periods. He was recently Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Tonga. Before that his career included spells drafting legislation in Scotland, Westminster, Seychelles, Kenya and Tuvalu, where he was Attorney-General. He can be contacted at rmwebster@btinternet.com. More details of his qualifications and experience are available in the following document: Robin Webster CV.

CALC - Contract Drafters