Brian J. Preston is currently the Chief Judge of the Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

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. He was appointed on 14 November 2005.

Preston graduated from Macquarie University

Macquarie University

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 in 1982. He practised as a solicitor

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 from 1982 to 1987, and as a barrister

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from 1987 to 2005.

Preston was Principle Solicitor at the NSW Environmental Defender's Office from March 1985, overseeing its official opening in May that year.