About

Ian Tunstall is a lawyer in New South Wales, Australia. He is also an economist and practices through TUNSTALL Consulting Pty Limited. He recently was awarded the degree of Master of Forensic Accounting with Distinction from the University of Wollongong. Ian received the Jirsch Sutherland Annual Prize for Independent Accounting Experts Report as part of the Faculty of Business Students Awards 2014.

writer

Ian has published books on legal issues written for non-lawyers. He also writes articles dealing with legal and economic issues, papers on policy issues for regulation and commentary on legal corporate issues.

The topics of his published books include international securities regulation, company law, voluntary administration and the taxation of e-commerce. A growing list of white papers and economics papers on a range of legal and economic topics are available on this website.

Ian is beginning articles on Forensic Accounting and plans to publish books on a range of topics involving the law and forensic accounting. The first proposed book will be on forensic accounting for lawyers. This work is based on the thesis of joining law and forensic accounting to achieve goals in litigation including preparing for litigation. It is no longer viable to separate the two disciplines. Lawyers and forensic accountants must work closely on litigation preparation and delivery to enable the courts to understand and apply financial evidence introduced as expert evidence.

economist

As an economist, Ian’s experience includes work in the Australian Government to rationalise regulatory arrangements and tariffs to support the restructure of Australian industries and to take advantage of overseas trading opportunities. He has studied industry sectors to identify opportunities to restructure regulatory arrangements.

He provides consulting services to develops economic strategy for corporate and government clients. He plans to write articles and presentations on a range of micro-economic and macro-economic issues and policies. As the role of central banks has grown in an independent manner, their activities must be monitored or supervised by the public in much the same manner as the legislature is monitored for fiscal policies and programs.

lawyer

As a lawyer, Ian has been involved in transferring government assets by privatisation and corporatisation of government businesses. Examples are QANTAS, NSW State Rail and irrigation assets. Also, he has worked on company takeovers, administrations and insolvency processes.

Ian has written legal commentary and published work on financial markets law and the impact of the free trade agreement between Australia and the USA. The impact of other free trade agreements being entered into by Australia will receive close attention as they impact on domestic law.

corporate director

Ian’s interest in corporations extends to working as a corporate director, providing guidance on legal, economic and financial issues. His knowledge of company law ensures that the board takes decisions correctly and actions of directors are consistent with the business judgement rule. He has developed strategies, key strategic plans and directions, financial and operational policies, and analysed financial performance against plans.

He has been a board member of the Hawkesbury Nepean Catchment Management Trust, chair of the Blue Mountains Catchment Management Committee and member of executive committees of large owners corporations. He currently holds a position of director on Advocacy for Inclusion Inc.

Ian is a graduate member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD). He is available for other appointments.