# Max Bonnell > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Max_Bonnell > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Max_Bonnell.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Bonnell > Source revision: 1338933217 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Australian lawyer and writer|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''Maxwell Thomas Bennett Bonnell''' (born 3 February 1962) is an Australian lawyer and [cricket](/source/cricket) historian. ==Career== Max Bonnell attended [Trinity Grammar School](/source/Trinity_Grammar_School_(New_South_Wales)) in [Sydney](/source/Sydney) (winning the [Lawrence Campbell Oratory Competition](/source/Lawrence_Campbell_Oratory_Competition) in 1979) before studying Arts and Law at the [University of Sydney](/source/University_of_Sydney). He also studied at the [University of Warwick](/source/University_of_Warwick) where he completed a master's degree in European Renaissance drama. He was appointed an adjunct professor of law at the University of Sydney in 2009.{{cite web |title=Our people |url=https://www.sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-people.html |website=The University of Sydney Law School |access-date=5 December 2022}} He is a lawyer specialising in international [arbitration](/source/arbitration). He was a partner in the [Sydney](/source/Sydney) office of the law firm [King & Wood Mallesons](/source/King_%26_Wood_Mallesons) for 18 years until he joined [White & Case](/source/White_%26_Case) in 2017. In 2019 he joined the Sydney firm Henry William Lawyers.{{cite web |url = http://www.federationpress.com.au/bookstore/author.asp?id=1597| title = Max Bonnell| publisher = The Federation Press| accessdate =20 January 2020}}{{cite web |url = https://www.whitecase.com/news/max-bonnell-joins-white-case-new-partner-sydney| title = Max Bonnell Joins White & Case as a New Partner in Sydney| publisher = White & Case | accessdate =20 January 2020}}{{cite web |url = https://www.henrywilliam.com.au/single-post/2019/07/19/Max-Bonnell-joins-Henry-William | title = Max Bonnell joins Henry William| date = 19 July 2019| publisher = Henry William Lawyers | accessdate =20 January 2020}} At the 2016 Australian ADR Awards, he was named International ADR Practitioner of the Year. He has acted as an Australian delegate to the [United Nations Commission on International Trade Law](/source/United_Nations_Commission_on_International_Trade_Law). He was counsel for the successful claimant in ''White Industries v India'', the first successful [ISDS](/source/ISDS) claim made against India.[https://www.italaw.com/sites/default/files/case-documents/ita0906.pdf ''White Industries Australia Limited v Republic of India''.] He is a Fellow of the [Chartered Institute of Arbitrators](/source/Chartered_Institute_of_Arbitrators) and a Fellow of the Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration. In 2020, he became one of the first arbitrators included in the Arbitrator Pool of the Court of Arbitration for Art.{{cite web |title=Max Bonnell |url=https://www.cafa.world/arbitration/pool/max_bonnell/ |website=CAFA |access-date=3 May 2021}} Alongside his legal career Bonnell has been a prolific sports historian since he published ''Currency Lads'' in 2001, concentrating on Australian cricketers in the period between the mid-19th century and [World War II](/source/World_War_II). He has received the [Jack Pollard Trophy](/source/Jack_Pollard_Trophy), awarded for the best Australian book on cricket each year, three times (most recently for ''Black Swan Summer'' in 2023).{{cite web |title=Black Swan Summer Wins Literary Award |url=https://www.pitchpublishing.co.uk/content/black-swan-summer-wins-literary-award |website=Pitch Publishing|access-date=24 August 2023}} He has also written a biography of [John Walpole Willis](/source/John_Walpole_Willis), a 19th-century judge in [New South Wales](/source/New_South_Wales), as well as numerous articles for law journals.{{cite web |title=Max Bonnell |url=https://arbitrationlaw.com/profile/max-bonnell |website=Juris - Arbitration Law |accessdate=24 January 2020}} His writing on law, sport and theatre has appeared in several journals, including the ''Sydney Morning Herald'' and ''New Theatre Australia''. He won NSW Cricket Association Media Awards for his writing on New South Wales cricket in both 1991-92 and 1992-93. Bonnell played club cricket for [Stourbridge](/source/Stourbridge_Cricket_Club) in the [Birmingham and District Premier League](/source/Birmingham_and_District_Premier_League), for Warwick University in the Universities Athletic Union competition, and for [Western Suburbs](/source/Western_Suburbs_District_Cricket_Club) and [Sydney University](/source/Sydney_University_Cricket_Club) in [Sydney Grade Cricket](/source/Sydney_Grade_Cricket).{{cite web |title=Max Bonnell |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/264/264138/264138.html |website=CricketArchive |accessdate=24 January 2020}} He served as chairman of the board of the Sydney University Cricket Club. He was awarded a University Gold for cricket by [Sydney Uni Sport and Fitness](/source/Sydney_Uni_Sport_and_Fitness) in 2017{{cite web |title=Snell and Phipps snare Blues awards |url=https://www.susf.com.au/article/snell-and-phipps-snare-blues-awards |website=Sydney Uni Sport & Fitness |date=4 December 2017 |accessdate=24 January 2020}} and is a Life Member of the Sydney University Cricket Club and the Sydney Cricket Association.{{cite web |title=SU Chairman elected SCA Life Member |url=http://www.sydneyuniversitycricket.com.au/current-news/2016/11/7/su-chairman-elected-sca-life-member |website=Sydney University Cricket |date=7 November 2016 |accessdate=24 January 2020}} ==Books== *''Making the Grade: 100 Years of Grade Cricket in Sydney, 1893/94 to 1993/94'' (with Richard Cashman, James Rodgers and Ross Dundas, 1994) *''Currency Lads: The Life and Cricket of [T. W. Garrett](/source/Tom_Garrett_(cricketer)), [R. C. Allen](/source/Reginald_Allen_(Australian_cricketer)), [S. P. Jones](/source/Sammy_Jones) & [R. J. Pope](/source/Roland_Pope)'' (2001) *''How Many More Are Coming?: The Short Life of [Jack Marsh](/source/Jack_Marsh)'' (2003) *''Summertime Blues: 150 Years of Sydney University Cricketers'' (with James Rodgers, 2006) *''[Tibby Cotter](/source/Tibby_Cotter): Fast Bowler, Larrikin, Anzac'' (with Andrew Sproul, 2012) *''Something Uncommon in the Flight: The Life of [J. J. Ferris](/source/J._J._Ferris)'' (2013) *''Golden Blues: Sydney University Cricket: 150 Years of the Club and its Players'' (with James Rodgers, 2014) *''Swift Underhand: [John Kinloch](/source/John_Kinloch_(cricketer)) and the Invention of Australian Cricket'' (2014) *''Lucky: The Life of [H. L. "Bert" Collins](/source/Herbie_Collins), Cricketer, Soldier, Gambler'' (2015) *''I Like a Clamour: [John Walpole Willis](/source/John_Walpole_Willis), Colonial Judge, Reconsidered'' (2017) *''Ebley Street Boys'' (2019; on [Norman Callaway](/source/Norman_Callaway) and [Frank O'Keeffe](/source/Frank_O'Keeffe)) *''Dainty: The Story of [Bert Ironmonger](/source/Bert_Ironmonger)'' (2019) *''Boyhood Hero: The Sporting Life of [J. M. Taylor](/source/Johnny_Taylor_(sportsman))'' (2019) *''First and Foremost a Cricketer: The Life of Dr [Leslie Poidevin](/source/Leslie_Poidevin)'' (2021) *''Black Swan Summer'' (with Andrew Sproul, 2022; on the [1947–48 Sheffield Shield](/source/1947%E2%80%9348_Sheffield_Shield_season)) *''Three Days at [Aigburth](/source/Aigburth_Cricket_Ground): [Tom McKibbin](/source/Tom_McKibbin)'s Match'' (2024) *''A Long Way To Go: The [West Indies Cricket Team in Australia 1930–31](/source/West_Indian_cricket_team_in_Australia_and_New_Zealand_in_1930%E2%80%9331)'' (2024) *''[Ernest Parker](/source/Ernie_Parker): Not a Love Story'' (2024) *''Young Vic: The Early Life of [Victor Trumper](/source/Victor_Trumper)'' (2025) *''Brick by Brick: The Australian Cricketers in [England 1964](/source/Australian_cricket_team_in_England_in_1964)'' (2025) *''[Father Marriott's](/source/Charles_Marriott) Summer Holidays'' (2025) *''[Jack Walsh](/source/Jack_Walsh_(cricketer)): The Conjurer'' (2026) He has also contributed chapters to the books ''Australia: Sort of a Cricket Country'' (edited by Christian Ryan, 2011) and ''Rock Country'' (edited by Christian Ryan, 2013) and sections of the ''Oxford Companion to Australian Cricket'' (OUP, 1996), ''[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack Australia](/source/Wisden_Cricketers'_Almanack_Australia)'' (Hardie Grant Books) and ''Warne in Wisden'' (Bloomsbury, 2023). ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * {{YouTube|3qqaQqcqQks|Bonnell discussing his book ''Brick by Brick'' in 2025}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bonnell, Max}} Category:1962 births Category:Living people Category:People educated at Trinity Grammar School (New South Wales) Category:Sydney Law School alumni Category:Cricket writers Category:Australian biographers Category:21st-century Australian lawyers --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Max Bonnell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Bonnell) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Bonnell?action=history)). 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