Peter Wertheim 
Lawyer, Sydney
Business Services | Commercial Law and advice
Peter is a consultant in our Commercial and General Litigation practice, with over 30 years' experience in property law and compulsory acquisitions, Privacy Act compliance, law of organisations and trusts, business law, commercial litigation, the law of succession and with Registered Clubs.
Peter Wertheim has extensive experience in a wide range of practice areas specifically in the field of commercial law. Peter’s has been practicing law for over 30 years so understandably so when it comes to law, there isn’t much Peter hasn’t seen and most likely successfully dealt with. The researching of law is by no means an easy task but doing so and providing detailed written advice is something that Peter Wertheim truly thrives on amongst other things.
The Drafting of complex legal documents such as joint venture agreements, service contracts, merger of businesses, trust deeds, rules of registered organisations, court pleadings and affidavits is something of a daily task for Peter.
There is no specific type of client that Peter restricts himself to, instead he prides himself on the diversity of his cases and clients respectively and always welcomes a fresh new challenge.
Expertise
- Property law and compulsory acquisitions
- Privacy Act compliance
- Law of organisations and trusts
- Industrial and Human Rights law
- Superannuation
- Business law
- Personal injury law
- Commercial litigation
- Law of Succession
- Registered Clubs
Career history
- Slater & Gordon since 2005 (consultant lawyer)
- 1983 Geoffrey Edwards & Co. (partner)
- 1981 Geoffrey Edwards & Co. (solicitor)
- 1977 Paul F Moulton & Co. (solicitor)
Professional qualifications & admissions
- 2004 Master of Laws (High Distinction Average) University of New South Wales
- 1980 Admitted High Court of Australia
- 1977 Admitted, Supreme Court of New South Wales
- 1977 Bachelor of Laws, University of Sydney
- 1975 Bachelor of Arts, University of Sydney
Other Communal and Charitable Work
- 2005 to date Board Member of NSW Anti-Discrimination Board
- 2004 to date Chair of NSW Attorney-General’s Working Group on review of the law prohibiting serious vilification and author of Discussion Paper highlighting statutory provisions potentially in need of reform.
- 2003 (Australia Day) Awarded an AM (Member of the Order of Australia) for services to the wider community in a variety of projects promoting communal harmony and understanding.
- 1994 - 2002 Honorary Solicitor and Board Member of Australian International Fund for Disadvantaged Children in Vietnam Limited
- 1990 to date Honorary Solicitor to East Timor Relief Association Inc.
- 1985 to date Honorary Solicitor to the Aboriginal Medical Service Co-operative Ltd, Redfern and Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council of New South Wales.
Publications / articles / books
‘The Iran-US Claims Tribunal and the Peaceful Settlement of Disputes between Developed and Developing States’ (2001).
‘Unlawful Coercion of a State, the International Community and the Law of Treaties: Syria’s Military Presence in Lebanon’ (2002).
‘Should “grave crimes of international terrorism” be included in the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court?’ (2003) (Published in the December 2003 edition of ‘Politics, Organisation and Society’, a refereed journal published by the University of Sydney).