QUALIFICATIONS  B.Comm., LL.B(Hons), LL.M LSE 
                    ADMITTED  1988    BAR  1998
                    
YEAR APPOINTED SILK  2009
                    
CHAMBERS  ODW 2112
                    
                
                  CLERK CONTACT  03 9225 7999
                    PHONE  9225 7242 
                    
                    
                    EMAIL  pdcrutchfield@vicbar.com.au
                    
                
            
            ENQUIRIES: dever@vicbar.com.au
Philip holds Commerce and Honours Law Degrees from the University of Melbourne and a Master of Laws from the London School of Economics and Political Science.
He did articles at Mallesons Stephen Jaques in 1987 and was admitted to the partnership on 1 January 1996. He signed the Bar Roll in November 1998 and took silk in 2009.
Philip is a former Senior Fellow in the Law Faculty of the University of Melbourne, a member of the University of Melbourne Law School Foundation Board, a member of the University of Melbourne Humanities Foundation Board, a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law, a board member of the Victorian Bar Foundation and a former President of the Commercial Bar Association of Victoria.
He was a reporter for the Commonwealth Law Reports and the author of a text book, Corporate Voluntary Administration Law, now known as Crutchfield’s Voluntary Administration.
Outside of the law, Philip is a public company director and the Chair of the Bell Shakespeare Theatre Company.
From 01/07/2008, Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards Legislation.