Robert Neville [Angus] Talbot is an Australia

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 and barrister

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. He is a retired Judge

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 of the Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

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 and the current Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Council of Newington College

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Early life

Christened Robert Neville, Talbot has always been known by the name Angus. He was educated at Newington College

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 (1949-1953) and graduated in law

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 from the University of Sydney

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Legal career

After practising as a solicitor and partner with Fitzgerald White Talbot & Co from 1960 to 1982, Talbot was admitted to the New South Wales

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 in 1982. He was appointed to the Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

The Land and Environment Court of New South Wales is a Court established by legislation giving it exclusive jurisdiction to determine environmental, development, building and planning disputes...

 bench in 1992 and retired as a Judge in 2007.

Committees

• Vice-President, Environmental Law Association (NSW)
• President, Old Newingtonians' Union
  Newington College
  Newington College is an independent, Uniting Church, day and boarding school for boys, located in Stanmore, an inner-western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia....
  
  (1997-1998)
• Deputy-Chairman, Newington College Council (2002-2007)
• Chairman, Newington College Council (since 2007)