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Lisa Sarmas
Lisa Sarmas

Lisa Sarmas

B. A., LL. B. (Hons), LL M (Melbourne)

Admission:

03 June 1991

Signed Bar Roll:

23 May 2002

Admitted to Practice:

Victoria

9225 7666
0438 817 460
9225 8450
l.sarmas@unimelb.edu.au
Areas of Practice:
  • Equity & Trusts Law
  • Human Rights Law
  • Wills & Estates

General Profile

Lisa is an academic at Melbourne Law School, with expertise in Equity and Trusts.

She is also passionate about social justice and human rights, and has published broadly in these areas.

Previous occupation
Director, JD Program, Law School, University of Melbourne.
Senior Lecturer in Law, Law School, University of Melbourne. .
1995- to date:
Lecturer in Law, Law School, University of Melbourne.
1991-1994:
Senior Tutor, Law School, University of Melbourne.

1990-1991:
Articled Clerk and then Solicitor, Corrs Chambers Westgarth.

Academic Position

Senior Lecturer and Director, JD Program, Melbourne Law School.

Published Articles:
  • Sarmas, Lisa and Fehlberg, Belinda, ‘Bankruptcy and the Family Home: the Impact of Recent Developments’ (2016) 40 Melbourne University Law Review 288 – 323.
  • Sarmas, Lisa, ‘The Resulting Trust and the Family Home in Australia: The End of the Road?’ (2015) 9 Journal of Equity 264-280.
  • Sarmas, Lisa, ‘Trustees of the Property of Cummins-Judgment’ in H Douglas et al (ed), Australian Feminist Judgements, (Hart Publishing 2014) 212 – 223.
  • Sarmas, Lisa, ‘Trusts, Third Parties and the Family Home: Six Years Since Cummins and Confusion Still Reigns’ (2012) 36 Melbourne University Law Review 216 – 249.
  • Sarmas, Lisa, ‘A New Historiography for an Old Tale: Re-Reading the Clash of Jurisdictions’ (2011) 13 Flinders Law Journal 27 – 51.
  • Sarmas, Lisa, ‘Women and Trusts’ in P Easteal (ed), Women and the Law in Australia, (LexisNexis Butterworths 2010) 464 – 481.
  • Sarmas, Lisa, ‘Mixed Messages on Sexual Assault and the Statute of Limitations: Stingel v Clark, the Ipp ‘Reforms’ and an Argument for Change’ (2008) 32 Melbourne University Law Review 609 – 638.
  • Sarmas, Lisa, ‘Practising Feminism: What’s a Wog Girl Like Me Doing in a Place Like This?’ (2000) 14 Australian Feminist Law Journal 90 – 99.
  • Sarmas, Lisa, ‘A Response to Justice Peter Heerey’ (1998) 3 Newcastle Law Review 82 – 93.
  • Sarmas, Lisa, ‘Uncovering Issues of Sexual Violence in Equity and Trusts Law’ (1995) 6 Legal Education Review 207 – 218.
  • Sarmas, Lisa, ‘Storytelling and the Law: A Case Study of Louth v Diprose’ (1994) 19 Melbourne University Law Review 701 – 728.
  • Sarmas, Lisa, ‘A Step in the Wrong Direction: The Emergence on Gender “Neutrality” in the Equitable Presumption of Advancement’ (1994) 19 Melbourne University Law Review 758 -767.
Languages

Greek

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