Dennis Muirhead

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Qualified: 
Mediator
Specialist Areas: 
Contract
Intellectual Property
Media, entertainment, music and sport
Education: 
Adelaide University, South Australia – Law, Politics 1 and History 1C

General Information: 
  •  Barrister & Solicitor of the Supreme Court of South Australia 1965 -practised civil litigation 1965-1967
  • Solicitor of the Supreme Court - England 1971
  • Criminal, immigration and music lawyer 1967 – 1982
  • Partner, Clinton Davis Simons, Solicitors, London 1971-1972
  • Co-Founding Partner 1972-1982 and now Consultant Lawyer with Simons Muirhead & Burton, Solicitors, London, specialising in criminal law - civil liberties, capital punishment and drugs - immigration and music law
  • Counsel assisting the South Australian Royal Commission into the non-medical Use of Drugs 1977 – 1979
  • Chairman and Board Member of City Roads (Crisis Intervention) short stay drug unit 1976-1992
  • Chairman and Council Member of the Institute for the Study of Drug Dependence (ISDD) now DrugScope 1980-1998
  • Business Ambassador of South Australia 2001 to date
  • Founding Chairman and Council Member of the Music Managers Forum (MMF) 1990 to date
  • International music conference moderator, panellist and mentor
  • Member of MMF UK, NARAS and CMA in USA
  • Music and Media consultant
  • CEO of Muirhead Management in management, business and legal affairs in the music industry – record producers, artists and music publishing 1982 to date