Tasmanian new AILA president
A TASMANIAN LAWYER is the new president of the Australian Insurance Law Association (AILA).A partner in the Hobart office of law firm Dobson Mitchell & Allport, Steve Knight was the founder
A TASMANIAN LAWYER is the new president of the Australian Insurance Law Association (AILA).
The first Tasmanian president of AILA, Knight was admitted as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Tasmania in 1982 and is admitted as a barrister and solicitor of the High Court of Australia.
Outside work, the AILA said last week, Knight skippers a traditional Huon pine yacht, Gypsy, which was built in 1914 and has been in the Knight family since 1919.
Knight chairs the Australian Wooden Boat Festival Inc, which organises a biennial festival in Hobart. This year’s festival attracted 450 wooden boats and about 40,000 people from all parts of the globe.