Mitchell practises largely in commercial, employment, estates and common law with a particular focus on: He also regularly acts for and advises employers in occupational health and safety matters. He has appeared unled in both jury and judge alone trials; in the Court of Appeal; and in the Full Court of the Federal Court. Before coming to …
Natalie has a busy advocacy practice in a range of contested and complex indictable crime, summary crime, family and Children’s Court Family Division matters.
Her career has involved appearing in a wide range of courts and tribunals both Australia-wide and internationally. Before coming to the Bar in 2011, she worked as a solicitor in Australia and London, including in-house counsel at an ASX listed company. Her broad ranging commercial practice straddles diverse industries, including agribusiness, construction and infrastructure, energy …
Outside of court, Marian also regularly represents clients to negotiate settlements and participate in mediations, as well as drafting and settling documents and providing advice. Marian has a broad practice, which often involves complex matters where many areas of the law overlap and there are multiple related proceedings on foot. Marian practises in the areas …
In 2020, she took the top place as overall winner of the 40 under 40 Most Influential Asian-Australian Leadership Awards. In 2021, she was named amongst the Northern Territory’s 100 Most Powerful Women. Nationally recognised in 2014 as one of Australia’s 45 Trailblazing Women Lawyers whose oral history is nationally archived, Lyma is registered on the list of Counsel …
Trial Counsel James considers himself primarily a trial counsel. In recent years James’ practice has consisted primarily of conducting Supreme Court and Federal Court commercial litigation briefed by both large Melbourne and Sydney firms and smaller legal practices in Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland. In earlier years, James conducted numerous hearings in the Magistrates’ …
He has also appeared in the Family Court of Australia in cases involving property, children, child support and other related matters. He also done numerous Intervention Order cases, including breaches of Intervention Orders. Jacob has a Physiology major as part of his Science degree and also studied Medical Law and Biomedical Ethics and the Law …
Before coming to the Bar, Greg was Senior Associate to the Honourable Justice Maxwell AC, President of the Victorian Court of Appeal. Greg read with Graeme Hill and his senior mentor was Claire Harris QC. Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards legislation.
A barrister specialising in criminal jury trials and appeals for almost twenty years, (primarily briefed by the Crown). Other briefs include conducting matters on behalf of AHPRA, duty lawyer work before the Mental Health Review Tribunal, counsel assisting / legal member in various matters such as Teacher’s Registration Board investigations, legal practitioner complaint boards, and …
Some recent matters in which David has been involved include: Superannuation and Insurance Edser v QSuper Board [2021] FCA 1437 (unled, opposed to K F Holyoak and A R Di Stefano) Edser v QSuper Board (Costs) [2022] FCA 233 (unled, opposed to K F Holyoak and A R Di Stefano) Hall v Suncorp Portfolio Services Ltd & Asteron Life and …
