 In 2016 he was appointed a sessional member of the Victorian Mental Health Tribunal and the Firearms Appeals Committee.In March 2017 he was appointed as full-time senior legal member of the Mental Health Tribunal.He has written widely on historic and classic cars, owns a 1967 Ford Mustang, is secretary of Automotive Historians Australia and writes a regular column for RoyalAuto, the magazine of the Royal Automobile Club of Victoria.