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Jade has a broad appearance and paperwork practice. She practises mainly in torts, personal injuries, administrative law and quasi-criminal work.

Jade appears in a range of proceedings including common law trials, serious injury applications, coronial inquests, and reviews under the Crimes (Mental Impairment and Unfitness to be Tried) Act 1997.

Jade has experience in areas including negligence and intentional torts, breach of statutory duty, transport and workplace accidents, medical negligence, institutional abuse and historical adoption matters.

Before coming to the Bar, Jade was a Principal Solicitor with the Victorian Government Solicitor's Office (VGSO), where she developed a general and diverse litigation practice for a range of government clients. Her portfolio spanned torts and breach of statute, general public law litigation, judicial review proceedings, and contempt of court matters.

Before joining the VGSO, Jade was in-house litigator with the Transport Accident Commission (TAC), where she had carriage of files across the TAC jurisdiction including serious injury applications, jury trials for damages, VCAT reviews and some criminal prosecutions work.

Jade read with Roslyn Kaye KC and her senior mentor is Ben Ihle KC.

From 22 Oct 2021, liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards legislation.