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Tony is a specialist mediator (Victorian Bar Advanced Mediator and AMDRAS accredited) and facilitator of expert witness conclaves. He has practised in commercial litigation for over 30 years, and as a mediator for the past 17 years.

Tony has extensive expertise in resolving disputes concerning commercial contracts and torts, insurance, construction, professional liability, government liability, environmental law and proportionate liability law.

Tony’s work has been referred to both by the High Court of Australia (Tesseract International Pty Ltd v Pascale Construction Pty Ltd [2024] HCA 24; P-Value Pty Ltd v Wellara Holdings Pty Ltd & Ors [2017] HCATrans 78) and in leading texts (including Cheshire & Fifoot, Law of Contract (12th Aust ed.) and Thomson, Warnick and Martin, Commercial Contract Clauses (4th ed.)). He is currently recognised in Doyle’s Guide in the following categories:

• Leading Construction & Infrastructure Junior Barrister – Australia 2018-2025
• Leading Construction & Infrastructure Junior Barrister – Victoria 2018-2025.

Tony has advised government and others on law reform, particularly on proportionate liability, insurance, building regulation and professional liability. Tony’s report: ‘Proportionate Liability: Towards National Consistency’ was produced for a working group of the Standing Committee of Attorneys-General to review the national legislative framework on proportionate liability.

Tony is a Sessional Member at the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (primarily Building and Property List and Legal Practice List) where he frequently conducts compulsory conferences, hearings and conclaves of technical experts. He is a Senior Fellow at the University of Melbourne Law School where he lectures on construction and insurance law.

Prior to coming to the Bar, Tony was a partner at DLA Piper (Phillips Fox) for 10 years.

Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards legislation.