In 1974 he joined the Department of Justice as a Legal Officer and was admitted as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of PNG with entitlement to admission to the High Court of Australia and other Federal Courts and Supreme Courts of Australian Territories. In 1981 he resigned to join the Faculty of Law at UPNG as a lecturer, becoming senior lecturer in law and a member of various departmental, faculty and university committees. He was the recipient of the CBE in the 2005 Queen’s Birthday Honours and the Companion of the Order of the Star of Melanesia in 2006. In 2010 he was appointed Chancellor of the Anglican Church of Papua New Guinea.