Legal Office
The Legal Office is part of the Governance Services team.
The Legal Office's role is to deliver professional and independent legal and advisory services to enable the University to achieve its mission and goals. We do not provide services of a personal nature to staff or students. The services of the Legal Office are more fully explained on our Services page.
Currently, the Legal Office is made up of:
- The University Lawyers;
- A Privacy and Information Access Officer; and
- An Administrative Assistant.
For details of how to contact the Legal Office, please see below.
For links to pages related to some of the University's non-legal specialist services please refer to the Useful Resources page.
General Enquiries
If you have a general enquiry please contact the University's Legal Office:
SCU Legal Office
Southern Cross University
PO Box 157
LISMORE NSW 2480
t: +61 2 6620 3465
e: legal@scu.edu.au
Privacy Enquiries
If you have a question in relation to a privacy matter or you wish to access personal information, please contact the University's Privacy Officer:
SCU Privacy Officer
SCU Legal Office
Southern Cross University
PO Box 157
LISMORE NSW 2480
t: +61 2 6620 3465
e: privacy@scu.edu.au
Right to Information Enquiries
If you have a question in relation to accessing SCU information, please contact the University's Right to Information Officer:
Information Access Officer
SCU Legal Office
Southern Cross University
PO Box 157
LISMORE NSW 2480
t: +61 2 6620 3465
e: privacy@scu.edu.au
University Lawyers
Mark Dixon
Director, Governance Services (General Counsel and University Secretary)
t: +61 2 6620 3454
e: mark.dixon@scu.edu.au
Steve Spinks
University Lawyer
t: +61 2 6620 3954
e: steve.spinks@scu.edu.au
Legal Assistant and Privacy Officer
Clare Busch
t: +61 2 6620 3841
e: clare.busch@scu.edu.au
Administrative Assistant
Sam McLeod
t: +61 2 6620 3465
e: sam.mcleod@scu.edu.au