Roshena practises in commercial and public law.
Prior to coming to the bar, Roshena was a Senior Associate at Corrs Chambers Westgarth. Roshena acted for multinationals, government authorities and large public and private entities in a variety of matters in the Federal Court, Supreme Court and appellate courts.
Roshena holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Laws with Honours from Monash University and a Master of Laws from the University of Melbourne.
Roshena read with the Honourable Justice Catherine Button and her senior mentor was the Honourable Justice Niall (then Solicitor-General for Victoria).
Practice
Roshena has advised and appeared both led and unled in commercial and public law matters. Select matters in which Roshena has been briefed include:
Connective Services Pty Ltd & Anor v Lees & Ors (reserved) – acted for defendant directors in a 52 day trial in the Supreme Court of Victoria involving allegations of breaches of directors’ duties (led by Michael Borsky QC).
Crown Melbourne Royal Commission into the Casino Operator and Licence
Perth Casino Royal Commission
Acting for the State of Victoria in disputes regarding the West Gate Tunnel Project (led by Martin Scott QC).
Acting for the taxpayer in a confidential transfer pricing matter.
Warrnambool Cheese & Butter Factory Company Holdings Limited v Mondelez Australia (Foods) Limited - environmental contamination (led by Tomo Boston QC).
Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry.
Amcor Flexibles Group Pty Ltd v AIG Australia Limited [2016] FCA 1428 – acted for insurer in dispute regarding breach of warranty on business purchase (led by Catherine Button QC).
Bodycorp Repairers Pty Ltd v GDG Legal Pty Ltd & Anor [2018] VSCA 32 and Bodycorp Repairers Pty Ltd v GDG Legal Pty Ltd & Anor [2017] VSC 200 – professional negligence (settled). Appeared both unled and led by Catherine Button QC.
Lopez v Harstedt Pty Ltd [2018] VSCA 19, Harstedt Pty Ltd v Tomanek [2018] VSCA 84 and Harstedt Pty Ltd v Apollo Development Enterprises Pty Ltd [2017] VCC 834 – fraudulent breach of trust and on appeal to the Court of Appeal (led by David Robertson QC).
Harstedt Pty Ltd v Lopez & Ors [2018] VCC 1361 - transfer of land with intent to defraud creditors (led by David Robertson QC).
Australian Motoring Services Pty Ltd v Victorian WorkCover Authority (VCAT, 2017) - acted for statutory authority in an insurance premium dispute (unled).
Celsius Fire Services Pty Ltd v Magistrates’ Court of Victoria - acted for plaintiff in Supreme Court judicial review proceedings arising out of a prosecution under the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 (Vic) (led by Timothy McEvoy QC and Anthony Strahan QC).
Dominion WFS Pty Ltd and Ors v Ace Insurance and Ors (Supreme Court of New South Wales) - contraventions of the Corporations Act and the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act (led by Andrew Coleman SC and Andrew Bailey).
Louise practises primarily in commercial and public law.
A list of Louise’s recent matters can be found on her VicBar Profile here.
Before coming to the Bar, Louise was the General Counsel at the First Peoples’ Assembly of Victoria, where she delivered strategic advice on a broad range of public law, commercial and corporate governance matters. She has experience in inquiries and investigations.
Earlier, Louise worked as a Senior Associate at Clifford Chance LLP in London, where she specialised in complex commercial disputes and Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) risk. She began her career at King & Wood Mallesons in Melbourne, in commercial litigation. Louise also served as Associate to the Hon. Justice Kenny AM of the Federal Court of Australia.
Louise holds a Master of Laws from Columbia University, where she was named a James Kent Scholar for outstanding academic achievement. She also holds a Bachelor of Laws (First Class Honours) and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Melbourne.
Louise read with Alexander Solomon-Bridge. Her senior mentor is Kathleen Foley SC.
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Experience
John's mediation and ADR interest goes back to when he first became accredited as an ADR Specialist in 1994 with the Law Institute.
Here is his full history:
John will travel wherever he is called!
John is familiar with Gippsland (having established the Victorian Bar there 1983 - 1989), Albury-Wodonga region, Wagga Wagga, and Wangaratta (having worked as a Solicitor for a National firm managing their Estate Litigation and Family Law 2012-2014) and having appeared on circuit in Albury, Bendigo and Ballarat in the Family Court and FCFCoA.
John says:
"I believe that there is a solution for every dispute and that Mediation can not only save both parties costs but also achieve a resolution that may not be available at the end of a long, costly and often bitter court dispute."
John has a broad commercial practice with a particular interest in professional negligence matters. John also acts in matters involving contract law, property law (including leasing), insolvency and bankruptcy, the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) and incorporated associations.
John also acts in wills, probate and family provision matters.
John is a Nationally Accredited Mediator and accepts briefs to mediate commercial disputes, wills and probate and family provision matters and disputes involving incorporated associations.
John also has experience in sports law having been a tribunal member for the Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA) since 2018. John is also the chair of the Independent Integrity Division at the VAFA and has undertaken racial discrimination conciliations on behalf of the VAFA.
John is an author for the Victorian Courts civil procedure commentary published by Thomson Reuters. John graduated from the University of Melbourne with bachelors degrees in Laws (Hons) and Arts.
Cases can be found here.
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Luisa has a broad civil law practice, including general commercial law, public law and tort law.
Luisa has experience in contractual disputes, misleading and deceptive conduct disputes, trademark and passing off, copyright infringement, and media and defamation. She also has experience acting in royal commissions.
Luisa also practises in family law and is experienced in representing clients in the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Div 1 and 2) at the trial and appellate levels. She is regularly briefed to advise and appear - both led and unled - in complex property disputes and trust matters, including on behalf of third parties.
Luisa regularly advises - both led and unled - on complex statutory interpretation issues, insurance coverage disputes, and defamation.
A sample of Luisa’s recent experience includes:
Litigation (party represented is underlined)
Melbourne Market Authority v Biodynamic Marketing Co Ltd & Ors (2025) (ongoing) - led by P Crutchfield KC and Kat Brazenor.
Albeck v Dentons Australia Ltd & Anor (2024) (ongoing) – adverse action complaint, breach of settlement agreement – led by Anthony Strahan KC.
Genesalio & Genesalio (No 5) [2024] FedCFamC1F 450 – application for joinder and summary dismissal application – led by Albert Dinelli KC.
Monash IVF Pty Ltd & Ors v Insurance Australia Ltd (settled 2024) – led by Anthony Strahan KC.
Genesalio and Genesalio (No 4) [2023] FedCFamC1A 216 – appeal from order dismissing application for disqualification of primary judge for apprehended bias – led by Albert Dinelli KC.
Krapivensky v Brodsky & Ors (2023) – cross-vesting application – led by Michael Wyles KC.
Genesalio & Genesalio (2023) 67 Fam LR 186 – appeal from joinder decision – unled.
Genesalio & Genesalio [2023] FedCFamC1 160 – application for joinder – led by Albert Dinelli KC.
Royal Commissions and inquiries
Yoorrook Justice Commission (2023 - ongoing) – briefed on behalf of the State of Victoria – led by Dan Star KC, Georgina Coghlan KC, Elizabeth Bennett SC, Emrys Nekvapil SC, with Helen Tiplady, Sarah Keating and others.
Before coming to the Bar, Luisa was an Associate to the Honourable Justice Digby in the Supreme Court of Victoria, and to the Honourable Justices Macmillan and McEvoy in the Family Court of Australia, and a solicitor at Media Arts Lawyers.
Luisa holds a Juris Doctor from the University of Melbourne, and a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Business (MediaComms) (Hons) from Monash University.
Luisa read with Helen Tiplady, and her senior mentor is Penny Neskovcin KC (now the Honourable Justice Neskovcin)
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Kathleen maintains a broad practice and accepts briefs to appear and advise in a range of areas including:
Previously, Kathleen served as the Associate to the Honourable Justice R R S Tracey AM RFD of the Federal Court of Australia. Immediately prior to coming to the Bar, Kathleen was employed as a Senior Solicitor at the Office of Public Prosecutions. Prior to this, she served as a legal officer at the Coroners Court assisting Coroner R Carlin (as her Honour then was), and as a lawyer within the Court of Appeal Registry.
Kathleen read with P Wallis KC. Her senior mentor was R Gillies KC.
Recent significant matters include:
Appointments:
Kathleen currently serves as a member of the Executive Committee of the Commercial Bar Association and the Exam Committee. She previously served on the Health and Wellbeing Committee. Kathleen is a director of the Victorian Bar Foundation, the Bar's charitable trust.
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Ian is a very experienced trial and appellate advocate. He practises predominantly in the areas of personal injury, insurance law, professional negligence and torts generally.
In particular he has expertise in:
Ian regularly appears in the County Court and Supreme Court in jury trials and causes, and as required in the Court of Appeal.
Ian has particular experience and interest in the following areas:
Ian is happy to provide written Advice in complex matters in a timely fashion.
For 16 years (2005-2020) Ian was the editor of the leading publication on personal injuries in Victoria, "Accident Compensation Victoria" published by Lexis Nexus.
Professional memberships:
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TYPE OF PRACTICE
Robyn has a national practice, and acts principally in industrial relations and employment law matters in both State and Federal jurisdictions.
EXAMPLES OF RECENT CASES (the party Robyn represented is indicated by asterisks below):
Dikele Diawara v National Australia Bank* - Federal Court of Australia (Sydney) - application for relief under the Australian Human Rights COmmission Act in relation to allegations of discrimination on the basis of sex, race and national origin - ongoing (leading Catherine Pase of Counsel)
Pricilla Atkins v North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency* - Federal Court of Australia (Darwin) - interlocutory application for relief from termination or purported termination in contravention of Part 3-1 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (leading Catherine Pase of Counsel)
United Firefighters Union v Fire Rescue Victoria* - Fair Work Commission - application for the Commission to deal with a dispute in accordance with a dispute settlement procedure - claim for increase in allowances - decision pending (leading Matt Garozzo of Counsel)
G4S* v United Workers Union - Fair Work Commission - application for an order for suspension of protected industrial action - s 424 of the Fair Work Act - resolved by consent (leading Catherine Pase of Counsel)
JDL v Siemens Mobility Pty Ltd* - Supreme Court of Victoria - claim for breach of employment contract - incorporation of policies into contract - decision at https://aucc.sirsidynix.net.au//Judgments/VSC/2023/T0028.pdf
AA v Startrack Express Pty Ltd* - Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal - claim of sexual harassment under the Equal Opportunity Act 2010 - decision pending
CC v Australian Unity Home Care Services* - Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia - application for summary dismissal - (No 4) [2022] FedCFamC2G 824
CP v Commonwealth of Australia (Australian Taxation Office)* - Federal Court of Australia - claim of age and disability discrimination - general protections claim (with Andrew Crocker) - [2021] FCA 1624 (liability); [2022] FCA 135 (costs)
The Police Federation of Australia (Victoria Police Branch) v Victoria Police* - Fair Work Commission Full Bench - appeal against decision of DP Colman regarding application to deal with a dispute regarding VicPol's capacity to transfer officers holding "maximum time in position" roles - [2021] FWCFB 4161
Fink v Secretary, Attorney-General’s Department* – Administrative Appeals Tribunal – application for redundancy pay under the Fair Entitlements Guarantee Act following the insolvency of an employer - [2021] AATA 734
Lunt v Victoria International Container Terminal Pty Ltd* - Full Federal Court of Australia - appeal from decision dismissing appellant's proceeding as an abuse of process (with Stuart Wood AM QC and Nico Burmeister) - [2020] FCA 40
Lunt v Victoria International Container Terminal Pty Ltd*- Federal Court of Australia - application for constitutional writs (with Stuart Wood AM QC and Nico Burmeister) - settled
SR v Australian Postal Corporation* – Federal Court of Australia – application for compensation and penalties - settled
JW v Australian Postal Corporation* - Federal Circuit Court of Australia – application for compensation and penalties - settled
Upton v Australian Federal Police* - Federal Court of Australia – application for compensation and penalties - settled
De Sousa v Newcrest Pty Ltd*– Supreme Court of Victoria – proceeding for damages arising from alleged breach of contract – misleading and deceptive conduct
RS v Amazon Commercial Services Pty Ltd* - Federal Circuit Court of Australia – application for compensation and penalties - misleading and deceptive conduct - settled
Katherine Morton v Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation*– Federal Court of Australia – application for compensation and penalties
Hutchinson v Comcare*– Federal Court of Australia – application for relief under the Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013 (Cth)
Australian Building and Construction Commission* v CFMMEU– Full Court of the Federal Court - appeal – liability and penalty orders
Psychology Board of Australia* v Wilkinson -Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal - disciplinary proceedings under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law.
TP v Rio Tinto Shipping Pty Ltd* - Federal Court of Australia - misleading and deceptive conduct - breach of contract - settled
Director, Fair Work Building Industry Inspectorate* v CFMEU - Federal Court of Australia (Queensland Registry) - application for injunctive relief and penalties
Maritime Union of Australia v Fair Work Ombudsman* - Full Court of the Federal Court - appeal - liability, penalty and compensation orders
Robyn sat on the Victorian Bar Council for two years and is the immediate past Assistant Honorary Treasurer of the Victorian Bar (2021, 2022).
From 07 Aug 2008, liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards legislation.
Sarah has been a barrister for over 35 years. She has a busy criminal practice and is available for both prosecution and defence work. She has held an Indictable Crime Certificate since its inception.
She is on the list of preferred counsel for Victoria Legal Aid; the list of counsel retained by the OPP; and the panel of barristers briefed by the Commonwealth DPP.
Sarah appears in complex jury trials in the Supreme and County Court, as well as the Indictable and Summary streams in the Magistrates’ Court, and the Court of Appeal. She appears regularly on circuit. She also has longstanding experience in coercive examinations and inquisitorial jurisdictions including IBAC and the Coroners’ Court.
Sarah has lived and travelled in the Pacific region and has a strong interest in engagement with our neighbours in the region. An active member of the Bar’s International Advocacy Training Committee since 2021, she has provided pro bono in-country advocacy to lawyers in Vanuatu (2022 and 2024, as team leader) and Tonga (2024). She has coached and mentored Pacific lawyers in person as part of the IATC’s Train the Trainer programs held in Melbourne (2024-5) and online to lawyers in PNG, Tonga and Solomon Islands during 2021-2.
Sarah has also served on the Criminal Bar Association Committee (2009-2010) and the Equality and Diversity Committee of the Victorian Bar (2018).
Michael practises primarily in commercial, regulatory and public law.
Before being called to the bar, Michael practised as a solicitor for 10 years, initially at Lander & Rogers, and most recently as the General Counsel of Litigation for one of Australia’s largest companies.
Michael has experience acting in a broad range of commercial disputes as well as in competition law, employment, property, insurance and product liability matters.
Michael also brings to his practice, significant ‘front end’ commercial experience, having led a broad range of M&A and other corporate transactions.
Michael is a co-author of The Laws of Australia: Breach of Contract and is currently undertaking a Master of Laws at the University of Melbourne. Michael holds a Bachelor of Laws from Monash University and a Bachelor of Arts (Journalism & Public Relations) from RMIT University. Michael has also studied German at the Freie Universität in Berlin as the recipient of a full scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service.
Michael read with Jonathan Kirkwood SC and his senior mentor was David Batt KC.
Some of Michael’s current and recent matters include:
Commercial matters
Thousand Hills Property Pty Ltd v LBA Capital Pty Ltd [2025] VSCA 115; [2024] VSCA 312; [2024] VSC 597 (unled, instructed by GPZ Legal)
Briefed for the defendant at first instance, to oppose declaratory relief that the defendant had repudiated a contract for the development and sale of land.
Subsequently briefed to resist an appeal by the plaintiff and to seek security for costs in the appeal.
Hillman v Mayne Pharma Group Ltd [2024] VSC 786 (led by J Kirkwood SC, instructed by Herbert Smith Freehills)
Briefed for Mayne Pharma in a class action relating to allegations that Mayne breached its continuous disclosure obligations and engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct in connection with information about alleged price-fixing in the United States.
Golden Plains Resources Pty Ltd v Rimfire Pacific Mining Ltd [2024] VSC (led by J Thomson SC, instructed by King & Wood Mallesons)
Briefed for the defendant, initially, to resist a grant of urgent injunctive relief. Subsequently briefed in arbitration of the substantive dispute.
AHG WA (2015) Pty Ltd v Mercedes-Benz Australia/Pacific Pty Ltd [2023] FCA 1022 (led by T Castle SC and Dr C Parkinson KC, with others, instructed by HWL Ebsworth)
Briefed for the owners of Australian Mercedes-Benz franchises who alleged Mercedes-Benz had engaged in unconscionable conduct in terminating dealership agreements and implementing a direct to customer sales model.
In the matter of FTX Australia Pty Ltd (Administrators Appointed) [2023] VSC 788 (led by D Guidolin SC, instructed by Ashurst)
Briefed for parties seeking to be recognised as creditors of FTX entities in administration.
Re Roxton Commercial Builders Pty Ltd [2024] VSC 289 (unled, instructed by JHK Legal)
Briefed for a plaintiff seeking to wind up a company, which application was opposed on the basis that service of a statutory demand had not been properly effected. The Court accepted, inter alia, that there had been effective informal service of the demand and ordered that the company be wound up.
Fan v Yao [2022] VCC 509 (unled, instructed by Herald Legal)
Briefed for the plaintiff to enforce a loan agreement entered into in China, against a borrower domiciled in Australia.
Burwood Council v Visy Paper Pty Limited [2019] NSWSC (led by N Bender SC, instructed by Arnold Bloch Leibler)
Briefed for Visy in relation to a dispute over the interpretation of a commercial contract.
Baroud Nominees Pty Ltd v Mereland Technology Pty Ltd [2022] VCAT 516 (unled, instructed by Bentleys)
Obtained declaratory relief for a landlord in relation to the proper interpretation of rent review provisions of a commercial lease.
Employment law matters
Harvey v Palcove Pty Ltd [2025] FedCFamC2G 915 (unled, instructed by PricewaterhouseCoopers)
Defending claims made by a former employee that the Respondent: (a) engaged in adverse action in contravention of section 340 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth); and (b) engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct in contravention of section 18 and 31 of the Australian Consumer.
Geotesta Pty Ltd v an Employee [2022] VSC (unled, instructed by Hicks Oakley Chessell Williams)
Obtained urgent injunctive relief against a former employee in connection with confidential information obtained in course of the employment relationship.
Regulatory matters
Fair Work Ombudsman v House of Hoi An Pty Ltd [2022] FedCFamC2G 133 (unled, instructed by Aitken Partners)
Briefed for an employer company and director in a penalty hearing relating to contraventions of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth).
From 21 October 2021, liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards legislation.
Rebecca continues to be recognised in Doyle's Guide to the Best Barristers in Victoria (2017-2022) in the field of Employment and Work Health Safety and is one of two representatives of counsel sitting on the Fair Work Commission Unfair Dismissal Users' Group.
Rebecca primarily practises in the areas of employment, industrial relations and anti-discrimination law. She also was junior counsel for the Department of Jobs Precincts and Regions in the Hotel Quarantine Inquiry.
Rebecca is regularly briefed to provide prospects and strategic advice to clients, and has represented clients in VCAT, the Fair Work Commission, County Court, Supreme Court, Federal Circuit Court and Federal Court - at first instance and variously on appeal.
Along with her undergraduate Honours degree in Law, Rebecca holds a Bachelor of Science (Genetics and Microbiology, Monash, first class Honours average), and a Master of Laws (Melbourne, first class Honours average, recipient of prize for the top Labour Relations student).
A sample of matters in which Rebecca has acted as Counsel (parties represented are in bold type):
- Tucker v State of Victoria & Anor [2022] VSC 760 - successful defence of application to be released from undertaking as to damages on grounds of fraud - breach of undertaking - application dismissed - proceeding stayed pending compliance with undertaking (with Justin Bourke KC)
- Vergara v Bunnings Group Ltd [2022] FedCFamC2G - summary dismissal of claims - meaning of social origin under anti-discrimination law - whether s 351 FW Act applies to adverse action taken on the grounds of social origin
- Tucker v Broderick [2022] FCAFC 174 - successful defence of appeal of summary dismissal of claims as an abuse of process - costs (also at first instance [2021] FCA 1492) (with Justin Bourke KC)
- United Petroleum Pty ltd v Barrie [2022] FCA 818 - post employment restraint of trade - successful defence of application for interlocutory relief
- BSL22 v BSM22 [2022] FCA 558 - successful application for suppression and non-disclosure orders for the benefit of respondents to sexual harassment claims
- Mathew McGuinness v Woolworths Group Ltd T/A Woolworths [2022] FWC 727 - dispute about matters arising under enterprise agreement - proposed roster change enabled
- Smith v Rodger Constructions Pty Ltd [2022] FedCFamC2G 204 - successful defence of adverse action and underpayment claims - meaning of "inquiry" - meaning of "able to make" - award interpretation - application of Surveying Award 2010
- Judith Lanigan v Circus Oz and Others [2022] VSC 35 - application of Limitation of Actions Act 1958 to VCAT - statutory interpretation - historical context - meaning of 'court' in legislative context - meaning of 'tort'
- Civil Air Operations Officers' Association of Australia v Airservices Australia [2021] FCA 1030 - alleged contraventions of s 50 FW Act - construction of enterprise agreement (with Richard Dalton QC)
- Toby Tucker v State of Victoria [2021] VSCA 182 - s 570 FW Act - whether conduct amounted to unreasonable act or omission causing other party to incur costs – Conduct including failure to settle proceeding, bringing interlocutory applications and reliance on certain grounds of appeal – Discretion to award costs of appeal enlivened – Limited costs orders made against the applicant in respect of appeals (with Justin Bourke QC)
- Toby Tucker v State of Victoria [2021] VSCA 120 - procedural fairness in workplace investigation process - privacy issues - construction of employment contract and incorporation of terms - jurisdiction of the Supreme Court to make declarations in respect of contraventions of enterprise agreements - s 570 FW Act and when a matter arises under the FW Act (with Justin Bourke QC)
- Fair Work Ombudsman v C & H Entertainment Pty Ltd [2021] FCCA 1216 - findings of accessorial liability - failure to comply with compliance notice and other contraventions
- Phillips v Boeing Aerostructures Australia Pty Ltd [2021] FWC 965 - unfair dismissal - genuine redundancy - reasonable redeployment - insourcing of work to provide a redeployment opportunity - consultation obligations and whether these extend to outcomes of a dispute resolution process - application dismissed
- Grochowski v Kearney [2020] FCA 1248 - practice and procedure - successful defence of application for leave to appeal interlocutory decision - leave denied
- Toby Tucker v State of Victoria (Undertaking as to Damages) [2020] VSC 121 - enforcement of undertaking as to damages (with Justin Bourke QC)
- PG Nominees Pty Ltd atf Ryan Family Trust v WBHO Infrastructure Pty Ltd [2020] VSC 48 and [2020] VSC 149 -employee share plan - successful application to withdraw admission - successful defence of application to cross examine - successful application for indemnity costs (with Suresh Senathirajah QC)
- Application by Hays Specialist Recruitment (Australia) Pty Ltd [2020] FWA 404 - successful application to terminate an enterprise agreement after its nominal expiry date, opposed by the CEPU
- Victorian Xray Group Pty Ltd v Ho [2020] FCA 27 - successful defence of claim as to competency - whether court at first instance was exercising jurisdiction under the Fair Work Act 2009 - whether court at first instance was exercising summary jurisdiction
- Joseph Kearney v Accrue Property Pty Ltd and Anor [2020] FCCA 74 - successful defence of pleadings - interaction of legal construct of continuing breach and accessorial liability provisions of the Fair Work Act 2009
- Toby Tucker v The State of Victoria [2019] VSC 635 - defence of application for stay/adjournment - no stay of proceedings pending determination of Fair Work Commission proceedings (with Justin Bourke QC)
- Separator Technology Solutions Pty Ltd v Yin Han [2018] VCC 1922 - breach of confidence - successfully defended application for interlocutory injunction - no serious question to be tried
- AC v St Joseph's Flexible Learning Centre [2019] FWC 6630 - successful unfair dismissal application - alleged misconduct - no valid reason found to exist
- Nurses Kurucuk v Mining One Pty Ltd [2019] FWC 1236 - successful defence of costs application
- Boeing Aerostructures Australia Pty Ltd t/a Boeing Aerostructures Australia v Gualano, Tuddenham and Anor [2018] FWC 7490 - dispute under DRP as to the interpretation of an enterprise agreement
- The Police Federation of Australia v Victoria Police [2018] FWC 5695 - arbitration of request for flexible work arrangement - whether refusal was on reasonable business grounds
- Larosa v Number 100 Pty Ltd & Anor [2018] FCCA 1312 - successfully defended claims for underpayments, breaches of general protections; existence of employment relationship
- Dyke and Pedlar v Frank D'Urbano Management Services Pty Ltd (2018) H12194260, H12193631 - ordinary and customary turnover of labour associated with the loss of Australia Post delivery contracts
- Yadav v Trustee for Maddingley Montessori Centre Unit Trust [2018] FWC 2883 - successful unfair dismissal claim, finding that conduct did not amount to misconduct and there was no valid reason for dismissal
- In the matter of the Suitability Panel RIVE 17 (confidential) - acting for the employee, finding that the employee did not present an unacceptable risk to children under the Children Youth and Families Act 2005 (Vic)
- United Firefighters' Union v Metropolitan Fire Brigade (2017) FCA - defending application for interlocutory injunction, alleged breach of consultation obligations under enterprise agreement (with Melinda Richards SC)
- Kyle Bumpstead v Wyndham Central Secondary College [2017] FWC 5794 - successfully opposed a finding of jurisdiction, application dismissed
- Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia v Australian Postal Corporation [2017] FCA 1091 - successfully defended claims for breach of superannuation trust deed, s.345 FW Act (misrepresentations about workplace rights) and claims in estoppel and contract (with Jennifer Batrouney QC)
- Darren Lacey and Chris Kandelaars v Murrays Australia Pty Limited; Andrew Cullen [2017] FWC 3136 - successfully opposed application for bullying orders
- Knight v Visionstream Australia Pty Limited [2017] FCCA 980 - application to amend parties to a general protections claim dismissed where employer was not the entity named in the FWC certificate
- Paul Baird v Airservices Australia [2017] FWC 1946 - successfully defended unfair dismissal claim - misconduct
- Fair Work Ombudsman v Food Republic Pty Ltd [2017] FCCA 263 - underpayments - record keeping breaches
- Abdul Soomro v Murrays Australia Pty Limited T/A Murrays Australia [2016] FWC 8211 - successfully defended unfair dismissal claim
- Bendigo Health Care Group v Richard Logan [2016] FWCFB 7190 - successfully defended appeal and successfully prosecuted unfair dismissal claim at first instance - employee reinstated with backpay
- United Firefighters' Union of Australia v Metropolitan Fire and Emergency Services Board [2016] FWCFB 2894 - dispute about matters pertaining (with Melinda Richards SC)
- Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union v CBI Constructors Pty Ltd [2015] FWC 7460 - dispute about shift work allowances (with Richard Dalton)
- Lion Dairy and Drinks Milk Limited v Peter Norman [2016] FWCFB 4218 - successful appeal of Peter Norman v Lion Dairy and Drinks Milk Limited [2016] FWC 840 - unfair dismissal - medical incapacity
- Jahangir Farzady v Monochromatic Engineering Pty Ltd T/A MCE Lasers [2015] FWC 7216 - successful unfair dismissal claim - compensation cap awarded (6 months) - Monochromatic Engineering Pty Ltd T/A MCE Lasers v Jahangir Farzady [2016] FWCFB 1061 - successfully defence of permission to appeal application
- Virata v NSW Motel Management Services Pty Ltd [2015] FWC 7932 - unfair dismissal - compensation cap awarded (6 months)
From 1st May 2015, liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards legislation.
Hannah has a broad practice in public, commercial and criminal law.
Before coming to the Bar, Hannah was an associate to the Hon Justice Stephen Gageler AC at the High Court of Australia (now Chief Justice of Australia). Hannah also worked as a Senior Lawyer in the Appeals and Strategic Litigation team at Victoria Legal Aid, an Associate Public Defender in Victoria Legal Aid Chambers and an associate to the Hon Justice Richard White in the Federal Court of Australia.
Hannah holds a Master of Laws from Columbia Law School and a Bachelor of Laws with First Class Honours from the University of Adelaide. She is a reporter for the Commonwealth Law Reports.
Hannah read with Catherine Boston SC. Her senior mentor is Kathleen Foley SC.
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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.
Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards legislation.