Search

Experience

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

He has particular expertise in disputes involving commercial contracts and torts, insurance, construction, professional and government liability, environmental law, and proportionate liability.

Tony’s work has been cited 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 legal texts, including Cheshire & Fifoot, Law of Contract (12th Aust ed.) and Thomson, Warnick and Martin, Commercial Contract Clauses (4th ed.).

He is consistently recognised in Doyle’s Guide as:

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

Tony has advised government and industry on law reform, with a focus on proportionate liability, insurance, building regulation and professional liability. His report, Proportionate Liability: Towards National Consistency, was prepared for the Standing Committee of Attorneys-General as part of its review of the national legislative framework.

He is a Sessional Member of the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Building and Property List; Legal Practice List), where he regularly conducts compulsory conferences, hearings, and expert conclaves. He is also a Senior Fellow at Melbourne Law School, lecturing in construction and insurance law.

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

Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards legislation.