Presenters

Lindsey Alford, Barrister, Probity Auditor and Advisor
Lindsey was admitted to the Bar of the Supreme Court of Queensland on 28 April 2003. Lindsey's practice has focused on matters relating to land, property, and commerce: government tendering, ethics, planning and environment, building disputes, contractors security of payments, contract law (purchase, construction, commercial and retail leases) land title and valuation, corporations law, and body corporates. In the appellate jurisdictions Lindsey has appeared before the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court, Supreme Court, District Court, and the Queensland Commercial and Administrative Tribunal (QCAT). Lindsey's successful appearance before the Court of Appeal in the matter of RJ Neller Building Pty Ltd v Ainsworth [2008] QCA 397 was reported in The Queensland Reports [2009] 1 QDR 390. Lindsey also practices as a Probity Auditor and Advisor. In 2007 Lindsey established separately to his legal practice, a consultancy, which is a panel member to the Standing Offer Arrangement, for the provision of Probity Advisors and Auditors for the Whole of Government in Queensland. Lindsey has successfully undertaken over 250 probity projects for a range of state government departments, local government, government owned corporations, statutory bodies, and private sector companies. Lindsey is considered an authority on probity governance in government procurement and tendering, having been published in the Australian Law Journal, October 2011, (2011) 85 ALJ 678: as co-author of “Tendering for government business: process contracts, good faith, fair dealing and probity”. This article is cited in N. Seddon, Government Contracts Federal, State Local, 5th edition, Federation Press, 2013, [7.1], p. 334.

Matthew Ray, Principal, Craig Ray & Associates
Matthew Ray is one of our principals. Matthew practices in the areas of property, wills and estates and family law, together with other general personal law matters. He graduated from the University of Queensland with a Bachelor of Laws with Honours, and attained a Master of Laws in 2018, at which time he was admitted to the University of Queensland’s Faculty of Business, Economics and Law Dean’s Honour Roll for outstanding academic excellence. From 2017 to 2019 Matthew was a nationally accredited Mediator, under the Australian National Mediator Standards. Matthew’s post graduate studies have focused on estate planning and elder law, estate litigation and disputes, electronic commerce law and reforms and developments in property law. Matthew’s continuing involvement in higher education has seen him take on the role of an adjunct oral assessor at the College of Law, of which he is an alum. Matthew has extensive experience in project management, leadership of teams and working in the not-for-profit sector (including on state boards). Matthew was one of the inaugural members of the PEXA Member Advisory Council, working with colleagues across the state and representatives from PEXA, towards the continual improvement of the innovative property law settlement platform.