Vale Oliver Collins – Proctor

One of the young members of Queensland Law Society, Oliver Collins, recently passed away.

Oliver was remarkable in a number of respects. He achieved good grades at high school at Gregory Terrace and then in law at the University of Queensland.

He worked in a stressful job in commercial litigation at King & Wood Mallesons. He had taken out a mortgage and was living in a New Farm apartment.

Oliver had a surprising like of both expresso martinis and striking clothes that tested the boundaries of ‘work acceptable’. He was also suffering a disability.

Oliver suffered fromfibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP for short). It is one of the rarest diseases in the world, and there is little awareness of it.

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