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Experience
From 2009 until June 2013, Kateena practised primarily at the Queensland Bar.
Kateena has experience in the following areas:
Commercial Law
- Commercial litigation concerning contracts, trusts and joint ventures.
- Litigation concerning corporate regulation.
- Shareholder litigation.
- Products liability litigation.
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As Lecturer in Corporate Law at Queen Mary, the University of London, Kateena delivered by invitation papers in corporate law at the Stanford/Yale
Junior Faculty Forum (Stanford Law School, May 2009) and at the Third Biennial Public Lecture (Centre for Law and Business, Lagos, Nigeria,
2008).
Tax Law
- Advice and litigation concerning Federal and State tax law.
Public Law
- General administrative litigation in courts and tribunals.
- Judicial review proceedings including review of decisions from the Refugee Review Tribunal.
- Junior counsel for the Commonwealth of Australia before the Queensland Floods Commission of Inquiry (2011-2012).
Evidential Law
- Applications concerning legal professional privilege and other evidential issues.
Some Recent Cases
- Proceedings against the Office of State Revenue, Queensland concerning payroll tax (led by Jennifer Batrouney QC).
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Proceedings in the Supreme Court of Queensland concerning allegations of negligence and breaches of the ASIC Act and Corporations Act in the
provision of financial services.
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Canehire Pty Ltd & Anor v Themis Holdings Pty Ltd [2014] QCA 296 and Themis Holdings Pty Ltd v Canehire Pty Ltd [2014]
QSC 38: proceedings concerning allegations of breach of trust and misuse of trust property (led by Michael Stewart QC).
- An application concerning Harman obligations (led by Mark Moshinsky QC).
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Acting on behalf of the class of home insulation businesses before the Royal Commission into the Home Insulation Program (led by Michael Windsor
SC).
Education
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BA, LLB (Hons) (University of Queensland), BCL (Oxford)
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Rhodes Scholarship
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Rupert Cross Prize in Evidence (Oxford)
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University of Queensland Medal (Law)
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Summer Programme in International Human Rights Law, (University of Oxford and George Washington University Law School)
Previous Employment
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Tutor in Tax Law, University of Queensland (2002)
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Associate to the Honourable Justice Michael McHugh AC, High Court of Australia (2005)
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Lecturer in Corporate Law, Queen Mary, University of London (2008 - 2009)
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Member of the Research Panel, Matrix Chambers, London (2003 - 2009)
From 27 Mar 2014, liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards legislation.