Acting Commissioner

Acting Commissioner

If at any time the CCC Commissioner

• vacates the office;
• becomes incapable;
• is unable to handle any particular case;
• or leaves the state

then a duly appointed Acting Commissioner can take over and act as Commissioner.

Mark Herron is currently Acting Commissioner.

Mark Herron

Mr Herron is a senior Barrister, primarily practising in general civil litigation and with an interest in sports law. He has acted as a Solicitor for and advised the Sports Federation of Western Australia and its various members. He also served as a Commissioner in the District Court of Western Australia in May 2008.

Mr Herron commenced his career with the then WA Crown Solicitor’s Office where he worked from 1981 to 1984. Between 1986 and 2000 he was a partner with D H Schapper & Co and later Gibson & Gibson, Perth. Since 2000 he has been a Barrister and a member of the WA Bar Association practising from Francis Burt Chambers.

He served as a Board Member of the Western Australian Amateur Football League from 1999 to 2010. He is a life member of the Dianella-Morley Amateur Football Club, a member of the Alexander Park Tennis Club, a member of the Western Australian Cricket Association, a member of the Australia New Zealand Sports Law Association, a member of the Law Society of Western Australia and was formerly a Board Member of the Welfare Rights and Advocacy Service between 1991 and 1998.