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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Nicholas practises in commercial and tax law.
He has advised and appeared in matters involving: financial services (both for ASIC and for regulated entities); directors’ duties; oppression; equity and trusts; insolvency; professional negligence; property law; and direct and indirect tax (both for the Commissioner and taxpayers).
Before coming the Bar, he served as a Senior Adviser in the Corporate and International Tax Division at the Commonwealth Treasury.
Earlier, he practised as a solicitor in the Dispute Resolution team at Mallesons Stephen Jaques (as it then was). Matters included: M&A disputes; property disputes; and a major construction arbitration.
He graduated from the University of Melbourne with a Bachelor of Laws (First Class Honours), winning several prizes. He also holds a Bachelor of Science (majoring in mathematics) and a Master of Business Administration, both from the University of Melbourne. He has completed ARITA’s Insolvency Education Program.
Nicholas read with Albert Dinelli and his senior mentor is Neil Young QC.
Matters in which he has acted since coming to the bar include:
Commercial law
Tax law
Nicholas also has an advice practice, in which he provides written and oral advice on commercial, tax and private international law issues, alone or led. He has been led by various silks, including Allan Myers AC KC; Jim Peters AM KC; Jeff Gleeson KC; Philip Crutchfield KC; and Eugene Wheelahan KC.
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Huw has substantial experience with international and domestic commercial disputes. His practice at the bar incorporates general corporate and commercial law, insolvency, building and construction and international/domestic arbitration matters. He appears in all jurisdictions in Australia and in domestic and international arbitrations.
Commercial Disputes
Huw acts in all areas of commercial law. He has recently been briefed in:
Commercial Arbitration
Huw is a fellow of ACICA and the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. He is listed as an arbitrator across the Asia Pacific region. He teaches International Dispute Resolution at Keio University (LLM program).
Huw is also a member of the Vicbar International Arbitration Committee and the International Committee of the Australian Bar Association. He is involved with efforts to improve the uptake and education in respect of arbitration throughout Victoria through Arbitration Victoria (a new low cost arbitration scheme).
Huw has recently been involved in:
Huw is recognised by Doyle’s Guide in 2022 and 2023 as a leading Junior Counsel in International Arbitration in Australia.
Huw speaks fluent Japanese and often runs matters with issues relating to foreign language evidence.
John has an extensive commercial practice and has conducted numerous trials, complex applications and appeals. Since 2015, he has been a Senior Fellow of Melbourne Law School, where he lectures in liability insurance law for the masters program.
John has acted in multiple class actions and other major litigation following high-profile corporate collapses, including the Timbercorp and Cosmetic Institute class actions. His practice areas include professional liability, insurance, contractual disputes, corporations law, equity and trusts, building and construction, property, torts and personal injuries, trade practices, insolvency, banking and finance, and disciplinary hearings.
Previously, John was a solicitor at Freehills and a special counsel at Norton Rose Australia. He is experienced in mediation and other forms of alternative dispute resolution, and is firmly committed to obtaining timely and cost-effective outcomes for clients.
John was the inaugural author of The Taxation of Partnerships (The Laws of Australia). He has published articles on many aspects of commercial law including directors’ duties, trade practices and professional liability.
Click here to view John's CV, including a selection of cases in which he has been involved.
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Stephen obtained his LLB from Melbourne University with honours, and in 2010 was awarded a Master of Laws from there with an H1 average across the following subjects: The Insurance Contract, Professional Indemnity Insurance, Insurance Litigation, Advanced Litigation, Proof in Litigation, Trial Advocacy, Advanced Evidence and Shareholders' Rights and Remedies.
Before coming to the Bar, Stephen spent more than a decade in Middletons' commercial litigation department acting for clients like Qantas, AAMI and Esso, and professional indemnity insurers such as the LPLC. He has conducted commercial and insurance litigation in every Victorian Court, the Federal and High Courts, and in VCAT and the Legal Profession Tribunal, and has published and presented widely on insurance law, professional liability, practical evidence, proportionate liability, and professional ethics.
Stephen has an expertise in relation to general insurance law on which he has published widely. He was until 2010 the editor of the Commercial Bar Association's Insurance and Professional Negligence newsletter. He also has a general commercial litigation practice.
Since coming to the Bar, Stephen has also continued to specialise in professional-client disputes, with a particular emphasis on the law relating to lawyers, including fee disputes and the professional negligence of solicitors, barristers, environmental consultants, accountants, insurance brokers, mortgage brokers, and estate agents, typically in VCAT's Civil List and Legal Practice Lists, the County Court's and Supreme Court's Commercial Lists, and the Costs Court. Stephen also specialises in professional discipline. He regularly represents lawyers in investigations by the Legal Services Commissioner and Law Institute. He appears in professional discipline prosecutions, particularly in VCAT's Legal Practice List, as a result of which he has a keen interest in lawyers' ethics. In relation to these specialisations, Stephen publishes the Australian Professional Liability Blog.
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Lachlan is a Fellow of the Tax Institute of Australia and a member of LAWASIA.
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Julia practises broadly, with an emphasis on criminal law, regulatory and disciplinary matters, inquests and inquiries. She also accepts briefs in public law and appears in some common law matters, such as major torts.
Prior to coming to the bar, Julia was a solicitor advocate at the North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency, an associate to the Hon. Justice Jane Dixon in the Supreme Court of Victoria and a solicitor at Fitzroy Legal Service in a health-justice partnership with St Vincent’s Hospital.
Julia holds a Bachelor of Arts (Media & Communications) from the University of Melbourne and a Juris Doctor from Monash University.
Julia is reading with Amelia Beech. Her senior mentor was the Hon. Justice Elizabeth Bennett.
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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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Tyson was admitted to practice in 1998 and signed the Bar Roll in 2005. He conducts a broad commercial litigation and advisory practice. A selection of matters in which Tyson has been briefed are referred to in the 'Cases' tab.
Areas of particular interest include:
He has substantial experience in litigation involving estate agents, medical practices and non-English-speaking clients. He has recently acted in a substantial dispute involving a cryptocurrency exchange.
Tyson is a Graduate Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. He holds a Masters Degree in Bioethics, a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance & Investment and has completed the Company Directors Course.
Outside his practice at the Bar, Tyson is:
Before coming to the Bar Tyson practiced as a solicitor (with Piper Alderman Lawyers and with Phillips Fox / DLA Piper) and was an executive in the technology industry. He was co-founder of an Internet-based financial services company.
Tyson has a strong interest in medical & scientific ethics and related issues. He spent 14 years as a member of the Ethics Committee of the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, retiring in December 2020.
Cases:
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Jeremy acts in commercial disputes, mainly for clients in the construction industry.
He is also a nationally accredited mediator, and accepts half day and full day mediation engagements in all areas of commercial disputation.
Commercial disputes
Jeremy's commercial disputes experience encompasses contracts, insurance (Including coverage disputes), professional indemnity/negligence, corporations, insolvency, property and equity.
Construction disputes
Jeremy has been ranked in Doyles Guide (peer reviewed) as a Leading Construction & Infrastructure Barrister (Australia) in 2017 - 2018 and 2020 - 2024, and in the Victorian market in 2015 - 2024.
Jeremy's construction experience includes disputes arising during project delivery (including bank guarantee injunctions, security of payment, protection works), end-of-project litigation or arbitration (including claims for money and time), and post-project disputes (often for insured professionals such as architects, engineers, building surveyors, fire engineers, project managers and superintendents) or subrogated recovery actions on instructions from insurers. Recent project settings have spanned LNG pipelines, a power station, freeways, solar and wind farms, specialised pavements (ports, distribution centre, racing car track), and commercial and residential developments (including flammable cladding cases).
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Aaron Weinstock appears and advises in commercial disputes, focusing on energy and resources, banking and finance, and insolvency.
Before coming to the Bar, Aaron practised as a solicitor in commercial disputes at Mallesons Stephen Jaques, now part of King & Wood Mallesons.
Aaron was educated at the Universities of Melbourne and Cambridge; at Cambridge, he came equal top of his class.
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Alice practises primarily in commercial and public law, including constitutional and judicial review matters. She also accepts briefs in common law, employment and industrial relations matters.
Before coming to the Bar, Alice practised as a solicitor in both public law and commercial litigation. Most recently, she was Principal Solicitor in the Constitution and Advice team at the Victorian Government Solicitor’s Office, where she conducted complex litigation in the High Court, State courts and the Federal Court. Alice also advised on issues of administrative decision-making, constitutional law and statutory interpretation.
Prior to joining the VGSO, Alice was a lawyer in insolvency and commercial litigation at Allens, and Associate to the Hon. Justice Davies in the Federal Court.
Alice holds a Bachelor of Laws (Hons, 1st Class) and Bachelor of Arts (French) from the University of Adelaide. She was awarded multiple academic prizes, including for the highest average mark in all compulsory and elective subjects in the Bachelor of Laws.
Alice read with Frances Gordon KC. Her senior mentor is Philip Solomon KC. Her CV can be found here.
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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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Daniel practises in commercial and public law, with a particular focus on building and construction, environment, land and property disputes. He also accepts briefs in industrial and employment law.
Before coming to the Bar, Daniel practised in commercial litigation and public law at Minter Ellison and Baker McKenzie. He acted for private, government and overseas clients in a range of complex disputes, including planning challenges and nuisance proceedings involving major projects, construction disputes, class actions, high-profile public inquiries and regulatory prosecutions. He was also an Associate to the Honourable Justice Digby, when his Honour was the Judge-in-Charge of the Technology, Engineering and Construction List at the Supreme Court of Victoria. He holds a Juris Doctor and Bachelor of Arts from the University of Melbourne.
Daniel is reading with Georgie Coleman and his senior mentor is Meg O’Sullivan KC.
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Melanie practices in commercial, tort and consumer law in the Federal and State courts. She has particular experience in class actions.
Melanie is the Chair of the Class Actions Committee of the Commercial Bar Association.
Before commencing in law, Melanie worked as a scientific researcher, predominantly in synthetic organic chemistry.
Class actions
Clarke v JB Hi-Fi Group Pty Ltd – Supreme Court of Victoria, consumer class action
Bergman v Sportsbet Pty Ltd – Supreme Court of Victoria, consumer class action
Krakouer v AFL – Supreme Court of Victoria, racial vilification class action
Thomas & anor v The A2 Milk Company Limited – Supreme Court of Victoria, securities class action
Tham v Australian Capital Territory [2024] FCA 1508 – Federal Court of Australia, employment class action, settlement approval hearing
Laricchia v Wisetech Global Limited – Supreme Court of Victoria, securities class action
Gawler v Fleetpartners Group Ltd – Supreme Court of Victoria, securities class action
Stallard & anor v Treasury Wine Estates Limited – Supreme Court of Victoria, securities class action
Huang v Star Entertainment Group Ltd – Supreme Court of Victoria, securities class action
Lay v Nuix Ltd; Batchelor v Nuix Ltd; Bahtiyar v Nuix Ltd - Supreme Court of Victoria, securities class action, led by Simon Marks KC
Bogan v Estate of Peter John Smedley – Supreme Court of Victoria, securities class action
Crawford v ANZ & ors – Supreme Court of Victoria, unfair conduct claim, led by Michael Rush KC
McNickle v Huntsman Chemical Company Australia Pty Ltd & ors – Federal Court of Australia, negligence class action concerning Roundup
Shimshon v MLC Nominees Pty Limited & anor – Supreme Court of Victoria, superannuation class action, led by Nicholas Owens SC and with Dr Shipra Chordia
Andrianakis v Uber Technologies Inc & ors and Salem v Uber Technologies Inc & ors – Supreme Court of Victoria, conspiracy by unlawful means
Turner v Bayer Australia Ltd & ors, product liability class action, led by Fiona Forsyth KC
ACN 117 641 004 Pty Ltd v S&P Global Inc – Federal Court of Australia, acted for the second applicant in a dispute concerning whether the proceeding ought to be stayed
Sister Marie Brigid Arthur (Litigation Representative) v Northern Territory of Australia, settled, administrative law class action, led by Dan Star KC
Court v Spotless Group Holdings Limited – Federal Court of Australia, settled, securities class action, led by Peter Collinson KC
Fernbrook (Aust) Investments Pty Ltd v AMP Limited – Federal Court of Australia, securities class action, led by Richard Attiwill QC (now the Honourable Justice Attiwill)
Fletcher v Lendlease Corporation Limited & anor – Supreme Court of New South Wales, securities class action
Caason Investments Pty Ltd v Simon Xiao Fan Cao – Federal Court of Australia, acted for applicant in dispute with funder
Bywater v Appco Group Australia Pty Ltd – Federal Court of Australia, settled, employment class action, led by Kristine Hanscombe KC
Money Max Int Pty Limited v QBE Insurance Group Limited – Federal Court of Australia, settled, securities class action, led by Bernie Quinn KC
Manus Island Class Action – Kamasaee v Commonwealth & ors
Murrindindi Black Saturday Bushfire Class Action – Rowe v AusNet Electricity Services Pty Ltd & ors
Kilmore Black Saturday Bushfire Class Action – Matthews v AusNet Electricity Services Pty Ltd & ors
Earglow Pty Ltd v Sigma Pharmaceuticals Ltd – Federal Court of Australia, securities class action (settled), led by Julian Burnside KC and Lachlan Armstrong
Commercial and Consumer Law
Alcoa of Australia Limited & ors v AusNet Transmission Group Pty Ltd & anor – Supreme Court of Victoria
Gold Coast Marine Aquaculture Pty Ltd v Aqua Star Pty Ltd & ors – Federal Court of Australia, led by David Collins KC
Riley v Riley – Supreme Court of Victoria, settled, partnership dispute
Cargill Australia Ltd v Viterra Malt Pty Ltd – Supreme Court of Victoria, sale of business, led by Richard Attiwill KC; Court of Appeal [2023] VSCA 304 – application for leave to appeal indemnity costs order
Riviera Farms Pty Ltd v Accensi Pty Ltd – Supreme Court of Victoria, settled, contaminated herbicides, led by David Collins KC
IOOF Holdings Limited v Maurice Blackburn Pty Limited – Supreme Court of Victoria, settled, confidentiality in whistleblower documents, led by Richard Attiwill KC and Fiona Forsyth
Other
Chief Commissioner of Police v Paterson [2023] VSC 172 – firearm prohibition
Inquiries
Hazelwood Mine Fire Inquiry 2015 – Investigation into increased incidence of deaths (report available at http://hazelwoodinquiry.vic.gov.au/201516-report/volume-ii-investigations-into-2009-2014-deaths)
Own Motion Inquiry of the Office of the Racing Integrity Commissioner – Investigation into Laming, Potgieter and Zeyaur Rahman (public summary of the report available at https://racingintegrity.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0018/164151/Public-Summary-Report-Own-Motion-June-2021.pdf)
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Myles practises mainly in commercial law, with particular experience in contract, equity, class actions, trade practices, competition, corporations, insurance, professional negligence, telecommunications and technology matters. Myles also has experience in matters involving sports law and defamation.
Before coming to the Bar, Myles spent over 7 years as a solicitor and then senior associate in the Dispute Resolution group at King & Wood Mallesons, working on a broad range of commercial disputes.
Prior to undertaking his Articles, Myles spent a year as an Aide to two Governors of Victoria – John Landy AC MBE and Professor David de Kretser AC.
Myles is a member of the Bar’s Audit, Finance and Risk Committee.
Some representative matters include:
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Philip holds Commerce and Honours Law Degrees from the University of Melbourne and a Master of Laws from the London School of Economics and Political Science.
He did articles at Mallesons Stephen Jaques in 1987 and was admitted to the partnership on 1 January 1996. He signed the Bar Roll in November 1998 and took silk in 2009.
Philip is a former Senior Fellow in the Law Faculty of the University of Melbourne, a member of the University of Melbourne Law School Foundation Board, a member of the University of Melbourne Humanities Foundation Board, a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law, a board member of the Victorian Bar Foundation and a former President of the Commercial Bar Association of Victoria.
He was a reporter for the Commonwealth Law Reports and the author of a text book, Corporate Voluntary Administration Law, now known as Crutchfield’s Voluntary Administration.
Outside of the law, Philip is a public company director and the Chair of the Bell Shakespeare Theatre Company.
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Nicola was an Associate at Maddocks before coming to the Bar where she practised extensively in the local government, planning and environment field.
As a solicitor, Nicola regularly appeared at VCAT in relation to merits appeals, declaration applications, and enforcement order and contempt proceedings.
Nicola also had the carriage of appeals from VCAT to the Trial Division of the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal in relation to questions of law arising from planning matters.In 2007, Nicola was seconded to the Department of Sustainability and Environment to prosecute summary and indictable wildlife, forestry, and environmental offences and matters on behalf of Heritage Victoria and in her final year at Maddocks Nicola was seconded to Yarra City Council as in-house counsel.
On her admission, Nicola worked for the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Qld) and in the Advocacy Unit at Crown Law. Nicola also gained commercial litigation experience at a specialist property and litigation firm before joining Maddocks in 2005.
Nicola currently practises in the local government, planning and environment field. She also appears in liquor licensing matters and at the Victorian Commission for Gambling Regulation.
Nicola lectures in health and environment law at Swinburne University and teaches statutory planning at RMIT.
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Nicola is currently acting as junior counsel for Volunteer Fire Brigades Victoria, the CFA volunteer firefighters representative association, in the 2009 Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission.
Sarah's practice has a particular focus on professional negligence, disciplinary matters and costs disputes.
She is also regularly briefed in general commercial matters and particularly insurance disputes.
She also appears in guardianship, administration and Part IV proceedings.
Sarah appears in interlocutory applications, trials (in Melbourne, regional Victoria and interstate) and on appeals, as well as in mediations. She is regularly briefed to advise in costs disputes, potential disciplinary proceedings and general commercial matters. Her advice is practical and solution-focussed.
Before coming to the bar in 2005, Sarah was a solicitor for 9 years in Australia and the UK. She was the inaugural head of the Ethics Department at the Law Institute of Victoria and has lectured regularly on professional standards issues.
She is a former member of the panel of examiners for Monash University, an occasional tutor at the Leo Cussen institute, and a regular speaker by invitation at law practices and conferences.
Recent decisions include -
Costs disputes and appeals arising from costs proceedings
Russels v McCardel [2014] VSC 287 (instructed by the Australian Legal Costing Group before Bell J), successfully defending an appeal from the Costs Court involving provisions of the Electronic Transactions (Victoria) Act 2000 and Part 3.4 Legal Profession Act 2004.
GLS v Goodman Group Pty Ltd (2015) VSC 627 (instructed by Debra Paver Costs Lawyer before Macaulay J), successfully defending an appeal from the Costs Court involving complex arguments on the law of accord and satisfaction in the context of legal costs under the Victorian statutory regime and the right to review under Division 7 Legal Profession Act 2004.
Eagle Lawyers v Career Education Consultants Australia Pty Ltd & Anor [2013] VCC 1263 (before Anderson J), successfully obtaining judgment against the first defendant in an action for recovery of legal costs and a dispute as to the basis of charging.
Numerous costs disputes in VCAT, the Magistrates’ Court and the Supreme Court.
Disciplinary hearings and appeals
Tuferu v Legal Services Commissioner [2013] VSC 645 (instructed by the Office of the LSC before Zammit AsJ), successfully defending a judicial review and appeal as to sanction following findings of professional misconduct.
Numerous disciplinary proceedings since 2009. See most recently for example LSC v Rhoden (Legal Practice) [2015] VCAT 1546, LSC v Tuferu (Legal Practice) [2013] VCAT 1438, LSC v Khan (Legal Practice) [2013] VCAT 651.
General commercial
Cross Country Realty Victoria Pty Ltd & Anor v Ubertas 350 William Street Pty Ltd [2015] VCC 1012 (with T North SC instructed by Brand Partners before Lacava J), successfully striking out the plaintiffs’ claim and obtaining summary judgment on a counterclaim relating to payment and retention of commission in breach of mandatory disclosure obligations under the Estate Agents Act 1980, and opposing a subsequent successful application for leave to appeal with D Collins SC.
Solari v CGY Insurance Ltd (No.1) [2015] VCC 207 (before Misso J), considering the construction of contractual terms in a claim against a deemed manufacturer and brought directly against the insurer pursuant to s601AG Corporations Act 2001.
Probate, administration and Part IV
Matthews v Matthews [2009] VSC 308 (Osborn J) - successfully applying to remove an executor on grounds of serious misconduct.
Re will and estate of Angelo Marotta (dec’d) [2011] VSC 324 (Zammit AsJ) - successfully defending a claim for summary dismissal under Part 4.4 of the Civil Procedure Act 2010; the implications of “no real prospect of success†in the context of a Part IV claim.
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Chadwick practises primarily in public law, commercial and regulatory law, and white-collar crime. He has particular interest in corporate misconduct, class actions, international law and human rights.
Before coming to the Bar, Chadwick had a broad career spanning the public, private and not-for-profit sectors. He was most recently General Counsel at Grata Fund, a public interest litigation funder, working on cases involving climate litigation, gender discrimination and First Nations rights. Previous roles have included Acting Principal Solicitor and Senior Solicitor at the Public Interest Advocacy Centre specialising in strategic litigation, Associate at Allens working on regulatory investigations and disputes, and Adviser at the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, advising on public law and policy, including in national security.
Chadwick was also Associate to the Hon Justice Mortimer, now Chief Justice of the Federal Court.
Chadwick holds a Bachelor of Laws (First Class Honours) and a Bachelor of Arts in Government and International Relations from the University of Sydney. He also has a Master of Laws specialising in International Law (with Distinction) from the Australian National University
Chadwick read with Fiona Batten. His senior mentor is Neil Clelland KC.
His recent cases include:
Public and regulatory
Class actions
Crime
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