Robert Alexander Hayes (1942 - 2011) was an Australian academic and lecturer at the University of Western Sydney. After schooling at Scotch College, Melbourne, he graduated from the University of Melbourne in law and completed a PhD in defamation at Monash University in 1973. Hayes was a qualified solicitor, barrister, quasi-judicial officer, law reform commissioner, government consultant, legal publisher, and law lecturer. His international appointments have included lecturing at the Law Schools of McGill, Montreal and the University of Toronto. Hayes was the foundation editor of the Australian Law Reports, is a fellow of the Australian Institute of Forensic Sciences, former president of the Mental Health Appeals Tribunal and founder...
