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Experience

Kalia practices primarily in commercial and public law.

Before coming to the Bar, Kalia was an associate to the Hon Justice Gleeson of the High Court of Australia, associate to the Hon Justice Elliott of the Supreme Court of Victoria and a solicitor in commercial litigation at Allens.

Kalia holds a Bachelor of Civil Law from the University of Oxford, for which she was awarded a full scholarship. She graduated second in her cohort from the Juris Doctor at the University of Melbourne.

Some recent cases in which Kalia has been briefed to appear are as follows.

Commercial law

• Taxi Apps Pty Ltd v Uber Technologies Incorporated [2025] VSC 514 – tort of conspiracy to injure by unlawful means (led by Michael Hodge KC, with Kane Loxley and Colette Mintz)
• Australian Securities and Investments Commission v Oztures Trading Pty Ltd trading as Binance Australia Derivatives (Federal Court of Australia) (Media Release) – contraventions of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) (led by Philip Solomon KC)
• Latassa v Tolj [2024] VSC 765 – interlocutory injunction (unled)
• Powell v Insurance Australia Limited (Federal Court of Australia) – breach of insurance contract (unled)
• Liu v Kang (Federal Court of Australia) – defamation (unled)
• RCG (Aust) Pty Ltd v Romanovski (Federal Court of Australia, resolved) – breach of fiduciary and director’s duties (led by Don Farrands KC)
• Dong v OHAPIF Ltd as trustee for the Oliver Hume Australia Property Income Fund (Supreme Court of Victoria) – access to trust documents (led by Paul Anastassiou KC)
• Boardman v Jamieson (County Court of Victoria, resolved) – breach of contract (unled)
• Kendall v Day (County Court of Victoria, resolved) – non-disclosure in sale of land (unled)
• Regular unled appearances in contested hearings in the Magistrates' Court of Victoria and the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal

Public law

• DAQ22 v Federal Court of Australia [2024] HCASJ 27 – application for certiorari (led by Matthew Albert)
• Okoh v Minister for Immigration [2023] FCAFC 53 – judicial review of decision not to revoke visa cancellation (led by Matthew Albert)
• JJ International Holdings Pty Ltd v Al Fares [2024] VSC 707 – judicial review of Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal decision regarding Australian Consumer Law (unled)

Kalia has an interest in a diverse range of other areas, including financial crime and common law.

Kalia read with Kateena O’Gorman SC. Her senior mentor is Philip Solomon KC.

Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards legislation.