Born of Australian parents in Hiroshima,Japan,he was educated at Monash University before becoming a lawyer. He obtained his Bachelor of Arts in 1972 before completing his Master of Arts in 1976. Finally in 1980,he obtained his Bachelor of Laws.[2] Later,he was a lecturer in philosophy at the University of Queensland and an author and political commentator. In the autumn of 1981,he lectured at Saint David's University College,Lampeter in Wales.
He was called to the Queensland Bar in 2009,and now practises as a barrister specialising in Criminal Law,Public/Administrative Law and Human Rights /Discrimination/Equal Opportunity Law. Since 2013,he has also been is part of the teaching staff part time at the Queensland University of Technology.[5]
He is descended from the Wells family of Wallingford,Berkshire,through his Great Great Grandfather,John Deane Wells,lawyer,born Wallingford,1808,arrived Melbourne on the Gloriana,December 1852,died Talbot,Victoria,1863. He is a fifth generation Australian on all sides of the family. All his ancestors arrived in Australia in the gold rush of the 1850s.
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