Dr Hanscombe has a broad administrative law, commercial and equity practice, and a particular interest in engineering and scientific matters.
Her administrative law practice includes both judicial review and advice to government, as well as participation in many Royal Commissions and similar executive inquiries. These have included the Ambulance Royal Commission (with particular responsibility for the telecommunications engineering expert evidence), the Cole Royal Commission into Trade Unions, the Victorian Bushfire Royal Commission, the Hayden Royal Commission into Trade Union Corruption and Governance, the Don Dale Royal Commission, and the Child Abuse Royal Commission. More recently she acted in the Aged Care Royal Commission, the Lawyer X Royal Commission, the Bourke St inquest, the Victorian Covid 19 Board of Inquiry, and currently the Tasmanian Dept of Health Commission of Inquiry.
She is experienced in professional disciplinary matters, and related processes, including appeals and judicial review.
She also has substantial experience in class actions, in both the Federal Court and the Victorian Supreme Court, dating from the early days of Part IVA The subject matter of those class actions has been broad: shareholder actions, cartel conduct, industrial and employment matters, franchise disputes, discrimination, and superannuation claims.
She is routinely briefed in commercial, equity, and deceased estate cases involving complex questions of trust and property law, including as to the construction of wills and related instruments.
She has a substantial appellate practice in both State and Federal jurisdictions, covering all of the areas referred to above.
She was first accredited by the Victorian Bar as an Advanced Mediator at the beginning of the national scheme. When time allows, she is an active member of the Monash University Law School External Professional Advisory Group and the Advisory Board for the Clinical Program conducted by Monash Law School.
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