Division of Bar Roll:
Victorian Practising Counsel
Previous Occupation:
Associate to the Honourable Justice Ryan of the Federal Court of Australia 1997-1999
Accepts briefs from in-house counsel Profile:
Cahal is an experienced advocate and has been a member of the Victorian Bar since 1999. He practises principally in criminal law and administrative and public law. He is the holder of an Indictable Crime Certificate and is on the Criminal Trial Preferred Barrister List of Victoria Legal Aid. He is a member of the Criminal, Migration and Industrial Bar Associations.
For the past 20 years he has instructed at the Leo Cussen Centre for Law in Melbourne on the topic of administrative law. He has delivered a number of papers on FOI, statutory interpretation, and judicial review.
He was for three years an elected member of the Victorian Bar Council. He is a strong adherent of pro bono work and has served on the Bar's Pro Bono Commitee.
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