Tony has a broad practice in commercial and public law. He has appeared in numerous complex trials, appeals and arbitrations.
Tony appears in Federal Courts and State Supreme Courts.
Professional Associations: International Council for Commercial Arbitration
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Ruby accepts briefs in a range of areas encompassing common law, administrative law and criminal matters, with a focus on personal injury and judicial review matters.
Prior to coming to the Bar, Ruby was Associate to the Honourable Justice Forbes of the Supreme Court of Victoria. She assisted her Honour in relation to matters regarding negligence, judicial review and appeals, urgent applications in the practice court and confiscations and proceeds of crime matters.
Ruby practiced as a solicitor at Maurice Blackburn Lawyers where she gained experience litigating claims primarily in the TAC, WorkCover and Comcare schemes.
Ruby is reading with Richard Stanley. Her senior mentor is Michelle Britbart KC.
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Niko practises primarily in employment and commercial law. He also accepts briefs in public law and common law matters.
Before coming to the bar, Niko was the Associate to His Honour Justice Cosgrave (then Judge Cosgrave) and later worked as a solicitor-advocate for Safe Transport Victoria where he ran prosecutions and merits reviews.
Earlier, Niko practised as a solicitor in the employment and dispute resolution teams at Gadens.
Niko holds a Bachelor of Arts from Monash University and a Bachelor of Laws (first class honours) from Victoria University where he sits on the Law Faculty’s Program Advisory Committee.
Niko read with Jack Tracey SC and his senior mentors are Anthony Strahan KC and Paul O'Grady KC.
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Angus is a common law barrister, practising predominantly in personal injuries and insurance law. He is available to appear in all metropolitan and regional courts.
Prior to coming to the Bar, Angus was Associate to Her Honour Judge K L Bourke at the County Court of Victoria. Angus gained significant experience assisting Her Honour in the hearing and management of civil trials (both jury and judge alone), serious injury applications and a range of interlocutory matters. Angus also assisted Her Honour in the management of the Infant Compromises List.
Angus is reading with Michael Clarke and his Senior Mentor is Ross Middleton KC.
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Emily has a broad practice in commercial law and general litigation.
Before joining the bar, Emily worked as a senior in-house lawyer at Ford Motor Company. Prior to this, Emily was a Senior Associate at CIE Legal and an Associate at Covington & Burling LLP in London. She completed her articles at Minter Ellison in 2006.
Emily is well versed in operating within different industries and regulatory environments, and accepts briefs directly from in-house counsel.
Emily was also admitted to practice as a solicitor in England and Wales and holds a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) and Bachelor of Science from Monash University.
Emily read with Naomi Hodgson and her senior mentor is Robert Heath KC.
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Sarah practises in commercial law and has extensive experience in complex disputes, arbitration, and litigation.
Before joining the Bar, Sarah was a senior litigator (Special Counsel) at King & Wood Mallesons.
She read with Jeremy Masters and her senior mentor is Christopher Archibald KC.
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Angus practices in industrial, commercial and public law.
His recent cases include:
Industrial and Employment
Equity and Trusts
Class actions
Angus has particular experience in regulatory cases in the Federal Courts, and is the current author of LexisNexis’ Federal Civil Litigation Precedents: Industrial Law. Before the bar, Angus was a senior associate at Maurice Blackburn and associate to the Honourable Justice Cavanough of the Supreme Court, Judge in Charge of the Judicial Review and Appeals List.
Angus read with Dean Guidolin KC. His senior mentor is Fiona Forsyth KC.
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Kelly practises in all areas of commercial and public law.
Before coming to the Bar, Kelly was a Senior Associate in the litigation team at King & Wood Mallesons. She has particular expertise in regulatory disputes and class actions, having acted in a number of significant competition and financial services matters.
Kelly was previously an associate to Justice Katzmann of the Federal Court of Australia.
Kelly holds a Bachelor of Arts with first class honours and a Juris Doctor from the University of Melbourne.
Kelly read with Kateena O’Gorman SC. Her senior mentor is Wendy Harris KC.
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Camilla practises in commercial, public and common law.
Prior to coming to the Bar, Camilla was an associate to the Hon Justice Gageler AC at the High Court of Australia and the Hon Justice Wheelahan at the Federal Court of Australia.
Camilla practised as a solicitor at Herbert Smith Freehills. She was also an Assistant Legal Counsel at the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague where she worked on international commercial and investment arbitrations, as well as arbitrations arising under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
Camilla holds undergraduate degrees in Music and Laws (Hons I) from the Australian National University and a Master of Laws (Hons I) from the University of Melbourne. She is a sessional academic at the Australian National University.
Camilla read with Matthew Hooper KC. Her senior mentors are Claire Harris SC and Penny Neskovcin KC, as their Honours then were.
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Isabelle practices predominantly in common law with a particular focus on personal injury, medical negligence and insurance law. Isabelle is available for both plaintiff and defendant briefs.
Isabelle has extensive personal injury experience, practicing exclusively in personal injury litigation since 2013, with a particular focus in WorkCover, Transport Accident, Public Liability (including Product Liability and Consumer Law), Medical Negligence and Institutional Abuse claims. Prior to coming to the bar, Isabelle was a Senior Associate with a busy litigation practice.
Prior to that Isabelle was the Senior Associate to Judge Philip Misso at the County Court of Victoria, during which time his Honour sat as head of the Damages & Compensation/Serious Injury List.
Isabelle read with David Oldfield and her senior mentor is Maria Pilipasidis SC.
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Allen has a broad practice in commercial and public law, human rights and general litigation.
Before joining the bar, Allen was a Senior Associate at Corrs Chambers Westgarth. Prior to this, Allen worked for 9 years in Beijing, China and New York, USA. Allen completed his articles at Allens Arthur Robinson (now Allens Linklaters) in 2008.
Allen is experienced in operating across multiple jurisdictions, particularly China, the United States of America and Australia and accepts briefs directly from in-house counsel.
Allen was also admitted to practise New York in 2017 and holds a Bachelor of Laws/Bachelor of Arts (Hons) from the University of Melbourne and a Master of Laws from New York University (NYU). Allen has been the recipient of an Australian Government Endeavour Award and is an affiliated scholar at the U.S.-Asia Law Institute (USALI) at NYU and the Asian Law Centre (ALC) at The University of Melbourne.
Allen is reading with Tom Clarke and his senior mentor is Meg O’Sullivan KC.
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The Honourable Kevin Bell AO KC FCIArb Accredited Mediator NMAS is a former senior jurist and advocate with extensive experience in the law, including commercial law, criminal law, common law, public law and human rights, including Indigenous rights. In 2024, he received the award of Officer of the Order of Australia for his 'distinguished service to the law and to the judiciary, and to human rights through education and reform.' He holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Law (Hons) from Monash University, a Master of Studies in International Human Rights Law from Oxford University and a Bachelor of Applied Science (Wine Science) from Charles Sturt University.
For fifteen years from 2005-2020, Professor Bell was a Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria. He sat in all divisions of the court. He played a pivotal role in the implementation and operation of the Victorian Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Act 2006 (Vic) within the Victorian legal system, among other things. In 2007, he chaired the committee overseeing the report that led to the introduction of the court's judicial mediation program. He was the President of the Victorian Administrative Appeals Tribunal for two years in 2008-2010 and over-hauled its mediation operations in this period. He was the President of the Forensic Leave Panel for five years in 2015-2020.
For two years from 2020-2022, Professor Bell was a professor in the area of International Human Rights Law in the Faculty of Law at Monash University and Director of the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law in that Faculty. He used his extensive professional experience and strong reputation for excellence in judicial scholarship to promote and develop international human rights law and human rights research and education. He is now an Adjunct Professor in the Faculty.
For two and a half years from 2021-2023, Professor Bell was a Commissioner of the Yoorrook Justice Commission. The Commission is a Royal Commission established with a wide mandate to examine the impact of colonisation on the First Peoples of Victoria and to make recommendations for realising their self-determination through Victoria's treaty-making process. Professor Bell especially contributed to the Commission's work in the areas of child protection, criminal justice and in Indigenous human and cultural rights.
For two years in 2022-2023 Professor Bell was Co-Chair of the Steering Committee to develop the National Mental Health Commission Stigma and Discrimination Reduction Strategy. He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law.
He is now an Arbitrator and Mediator on Dever's List at the Victorian Bar.
Sam practises in all areas of public and commercial law.
Since coming to the Bar, he has appeared and advised in a range of commercial and regulatory disputes involving corporations, financial services, contract, equity, consumer protection, and domestic building and construction. Sam has a particular interest in administrative and public law and has appeared unled in the Federal Court of Australia in judicial review proceedings under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth) and the Migration Act 1958 (Cth). He has also appeared in the AFL Appeals Tribunal.
Before coming to the Bar, Sam worked as Counsel Assisting the then Solicitor-General for Victoria, Rowena Orr KC (now the Hon Justice Rowena Orr). He was also an Associate to the Hon Justice Steward of the High Court of Australia.
He commenced his career as a solicitor in the litigation team at Arnold Bloch Leibler, where he practised in general commercial disputes and corporate insolvency.
Sam holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) and a Juris Doctor from the University of Melbourne, where he ranked second in his graduating cohort and was an Editor of the Melbourne University Law Review.
Sam read with Fiona Batten. His senior mentor is Philip Solomon KC.
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Sam practises in a wide range of common law and commercial matters, with a focus on personal injury, intentional torts, WorkCover, Transport Accident and public liability matters. He also has experience in judicial review and Coronial Inquests.
Before coming to the bar Sam was an Associate at MinterEllison where he acted for a wide range of public and private clients in personal injury and general insurance matters. Sam also gained extensive litigation experience as a solicitor at the Victorian Government Solicitors Office (VGSO).
Sam accepts briefs to advise and appear for both plaintiffs and defendant. He has experience appearing both led and unled in the Supreme, County Court and Magistrate’s Court of Victoria. He also has a practise in the appellate jurisdiction.
Sam read with Michael Clarke and his Senior Mentor is Liam Brown SC.
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Stephanie has a diverse practice with a particular focus on insurance law, common law, personal injuries and public law. Stephanie is reading with Justin Hooper and her senior mentor is Jeremy Ruskin KC.
Prior to joining the Victorian Bar, Stephanie was a Senior Associate at Barry Nilsson where she built upon her extensive knowledge in the area of professional indemnity claims in addition to managing a number of public liability and institutional abuse claims. Prior to this, Stephanie was a Managing 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 and emanations of the State. Her portfolio spanned torts and breach of statute, general public law litigation, judicial review proceedings, and reviews pursuant to the Crimes (Mental Impairment and Unfitness to be Tried) Act 1997.
Before joining the VGSO, Stephanie spent five years at specialist insurance litigation firms, where she built her practice in professional indemnity, management liability claims and subrogated recoveries. Stephanie was admitted as a lawyer in the State of New York in 2009 and worked in a small reinsurance law firm for a number of years before moving to Melbourne in 2011.
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Anna practices in commercial and public law. She has experience in complex commercial disputes, regulatory proceedings, class actions, professional negligence, and public and administrative law.
Before joining the Bar, Anna was a senior associate at Clifford Chance, and an associate at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP in New York. She was also previously associate to Justice Stephen Gageler AC at the High Court of Australia (now Chief Justice of Australia), and Tipstaff to Justice David Hammerschlag of the Supreme Court of New South Wales.
Anna holds a Masters of Law from Columbia Law School and a Bachelor of Laws with first class honours from the University of New South Wales.
Anna read with Olaf Ciolek and her senior mentor is Philip Solomon KC.
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Audrey practices in all areas of common law, with a particular focus on personal injury (including industrial accidents, transport accidents, institutional abuse, public liability, and medical negligence). She has special interests in health and medical law, professional indemnity, and intentional torts.
Audrey has experience acting in appeal and judicial review proceedings.
Before coming to the Bar, Audrey was a Senior Associate at Russell Kennedy where she acted on behalf of the Victorian WorkCover Authority and Transport Accident Commission in the defence of statutory benefits, serious injury, and common law damages claims.
As a solicitor, she developed a particular expertise in psychiatric injury claims, industrial deafness and occupational disease claims, and complex multi-defendant matters. She has also undertaken training in the interpretation and application of the American Medical Association Guides 4th Edition.
Audrey holds a Bachelor of Laws (with Honours) and a Bachelor of Arts from Monash University. In February 2023, she was named a Rising Star by Australasian Lawyer.
Audrey read with Matthew Hooper SC and her senior mentor is Michelle Britbart KC.
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Brianna practises broadly across common law and criminal jurisdictions, with a particular interest in torts and personal injury. Brianna is available to appear in all metropolitan and regional courts.
Prior to coming to the Bar, Brianna was associate to her Honour Judge Morrish at the County Court of Victoria. Brianna assisted her Honour in hearing and management of civil and criminal jury trials, appeals, and interlocutory matters. As her Honour is the Judge in Charge of the Medical Negligence List, Brianna also assisted in the daily running and administration of the list.
Earlier, Brianna worked at a small suburban law firm where she assisted in providing general legal services to clients in a wide range of areas including wills and estates, building disputes, binding financial agreements and sale of businesses.
Brianna holds a Juris Doctor from Monash University and a Bachelor of Arts (criminology and politics) from the University of Melbourne.
Brianna is reading with Rachel Ellyard and her senior mentor is Michelle Britbart KC.
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Patrick maintains a broad civil litigation practice (with both trial and interlocutory experience – led and unled), focussing on:
Patrick has completed a Masters of Commercial Law at the University of Melbourne, with a focus on consumer law, insurance law, institutional liability law and sports law.
Patrick also holds a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) and a Bachelor of Commerce from Deakin University.
Prior to coming to the Bar, Patrick was an Associate Lawyer at T J Mulvany & Co, with predominant areas being Commercial Litigation and Common Law Litigation (namely Institutional Liability matters).
Patrick read with Jack Tracey KC.
Recent cases include:
Commercial Law
GJB Building Pty Ltd v AI&PB Property Pty Ltd [2023] VSC 782 (led by A T Strahan KC);
GJB Building Pty Ltd v AI&PB Property Pty Ltd [2024] VSC 790 (led by A T Strahan KC)
Coonwarra Pty Ltd v CornoNero Pty Ltd [2023] VSC 781 (led by A T Strahan KC);
Coonwarra Pty Ltd v CornoNero Pty Ltd [2024] VSC 789 (led by A T Strahan KC)
GJB Building Pty Ltd v AI and PB Property Pty Ltd (Ruling No 3) [2022] VSC 62 (led by A T Strahan KC in proceeding – appearance unled)
(acting as Junior Counsel for Defendant in 49 day Supreme Court trial, defending various allegations including misleading and deceptive conduct, breach of director’s duties, breach of fiduciary duty, Barnes v Addy claims, contract claims, remedies, costs)
Plunkett v Portier Pacific Pty Ltd (Civil Claims) [2024] VCAT 205 (unled in matter generally, led by A T Strahan KC in s 77 application) (acting for various Uber entities Respondent in defending allegations of misleading and deceptive conduct and unconscionable conduct regarding UberEats app; and s 77 application to transfer proceedings from VCAT to Supreme Court of Victoria)
Storage Depot Pty Ltd v Brooklyn Logistics Park Pty Ltd (Building and Property) [2022] VCAT 210 (unled) (valuation determination - s37 RLA)
Sports Law
Charlie Cameron v AFL (AFL Appeals Board; led by L Hannon KC; acting as Junior Counsel for the AFL)
Thornell v Cerberus Golf Club Inc (Human Rights) [2024] VCAT 20 (unled) (acting pro bono for female golfer alleging sex discrimination for not being allowed to play in the ‘men’s only’ golf competitions)
Michael Randall v Australian Football League and Sport Integrity Australia CEO [2023] NST NST-E22-334478 (unled) (acting for the AFL in regard to anti-doping suspension appeal)
Heath Thorpe v Gymnastics Australia [2023] NST NST-E23-173421 (unled) (acting for Applicant in selection dispute – drawing submissions and advice)
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