Mark Clisby

Mark Wallis Clisby is an Australian author, lawyer, migration agent and military historian.

Born in South Australia he was educated at St Peter's College, Adelaide and graduated from the University of Adelaide. He was also a captain in the Royal Australian Infantry Corps.

University Life

Mark Clisby graduated from the University of Adelaide with a Bachelor of Laws / Bachelor of Arts double degree. Whilst attending the University of Adelaide he was a member of the University of Adelaide Football Club "The Blacks". His football career was between 1981-1982 and the 1991 season. He retired at the end of the 1991 season having played 32 games kicking 9 goals. Most notably winning two jugs of beer of a record high two goals in one match.

Military Career

Mark Clisby was a graduate of the Adelaide Universities Regiment. Upon graduation he was commissioned into the Army Reserve Infantry as a Second Lieutenant. Clisby a keen military historian, wrote a book on famous Australian soldier Gordon Bennett. Mark Clisby is also a member of the prestigious Naval and Military Club of South Australia, an exclusive club for military officers and Adelaide's social elite. He completed his time in the Australian Army Reserve as a Captain.

"Walkerville Chambers"

Mark Clisby opened his own legal practice called "Walkerville Chambers". Although it is interesting to note that Walkerville Chambers was not a member of the South Australian Bar Association, and Mark Clisby was not a member either.

The firm reached it's peak during early 2002 to mid 2003, with at any one time Clisby employeeing up to three employees to do various administrative tasks. At times Clisby would employee a junior solicitor as well to help him. Clisby would regularly berate his staff members over trifling errors. This lead to a high turnover of staff with most staff members not lasting more than a few months.

"The Scandal"

He gained notoriety within the legal profession in 2002 with regard to an immigration agent scam where it was stated he had 600 migration cases before the courts and was clogging the courts up with vexatious litigation, particularly when he charged each client $2200 to take action. He was subsequently struck from the Migration Agent register.

The Decline

Gradually as the scandal become more public, this slowed the tempo of the practice down considerably. This combined with Mark Clisby's rapid mood swings saw the firm slowly reduce it's staff members down to one. The low point of his legal career came when his administrative assistant walked into his office whilst he was watching pornography on his computer and he could not close the adult content he was watching.

Famous Quotes

Cancerous Clisby

Cancer Causes Clisby

Doing a 'Clisby' (Referred to when there was a stuff up)

Wankersville Circus (Nickname for the firm)

Bibliography

• Guilty or Innocent - The Gordon Bennett Case, Allen and Unwin, Sydney, 1992, ISBN 1-86373-186-5