Associate Professor Matthew Groves

Associate Professor
BA, LLB (Hons), PhD,

Professional Profile

Matthew Groves was appointed to the Monash Law Faculty in 2002. Matthew was admitted as a barrister and solicitor in the Supreme Court of Victoria in 1991. Prior to his appointment to Monash University he worked as the Legal and Policy Adviser to the Chairman of the Victorian Bar, Clerk of the Executive Council of Victoria and Associate to a Presidential of the Commonwealth Administrative Appeals Tribunal. He has also acted as a consultant legal adviser to several Victorian Parliamentary Committees. Matthew's main area of research is administrative law, particularly judicial review.  He has published many books and articles on administrative law, the best known of which is M Aronson, B Dyer and M Groves, Judicial Review of Administrative Action(4th ed, 2009).  Matthew also researches in prison management, military law and parliamentary privilege.  Matthew is a member of the Administrative Review Council, which is the peak federal body established under the Administrative Appeals Act 1975 (Cth) to advise the government on administrative law issues.

A selection of publications by Associate Professor Groves may be accessed on-line at:
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=381882

Areas of Expertise

Administrative Law
Military Law
Prison Administration
Wills and Administration of Estates

Teaching Commitments

Principles of administrative law (Sem1/T2) (2011) (LAW7274)
Succession law (formerly Wills, probate and administrativion 506) (Sem1/T2) (2011) (LAW5128)
Lawyers ethics and society 506 (Sum/T1) (2011) (LAW5125)
Lawyers responsibilities (Sum/T1) (2011) (LAW7331)