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96

Hi-Haul Transport Pty Ltd v National Heavy Vehicle Regulator

County Court Appeal against sentence and conviction - acting for the regulator, obtained a conviction, fines and an order for legal costs.

97

Victorian Legal Services Commissioner v O'Brien (Legal Practice) [2025] VCAT 952

Penalties hearing, referral o the Supreme Court that the solicitor be struck from the roll of practitioners, fines.

98

Kelaart v Victorian Institute of Teaching (Review and Regulation) [2025] VCAT 254)

Acted for a teacher who sought administrative review of a decision by the teachers' regulator not to renew his teaching registration. The decision was set aside and the Institute of Teaching was ordered to renew the teacher's registration.

99

Inquiry into the professional conduct of Anthony Allen, Registered Architect No. 14330, 2025

Acting for an architect in a disciplinary matter before the Architects Tribunal. Matter was finalised favourably for the architect, with a caution and an order to pay $5000 of the Tribunal's costs.

150

Shari v Victorian Aboriginal Health Service (Human Rights) [2025] VCAT 653

Successfully acted for the Victorian Aboriginal Health Service to have a further meritless discrimination claim brought against it summarily dismissed.

160

Victorian Legal Services Commissioner v O’Brien (Legal Practice) [2024] VCAT 756

Appeared for the legal services regulator in a disciplinary proceeding against a solicitor. Numerous breaches of the Uniform Law were found to have been proven.

164

Shari v Victorian Aboriginal Health Service (Human Rights) [2024] VCAT 1223

Successfully acted for the Victorian Aboriginal Health Service to have a meritless discrimination claim which had been brought against it summarily dismissed.

165

Barbara Wielechowska v The trustee for Delmont Hospital Unit Trust [2024] FWC 3301

Advised an employer in an unfair dismissal application. Client successfully defended the application and the application was dismissed.

170

Victorian Legal Services Commissioner v Rose (Legal Practice) [2023] VCAT 409

Acting for the legal services regulator to discipline a legal practitioner.

175

Commission of Inquiry into the Tasmanian Government's Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in Institutional Settings, 2023

Acting for two former employees of the State of Tasmania in relation to potential findings of misconduct regarding their conduct while in the public service. Successfully notified by the Commission that no findings of misconduct would be made against either client and that notices of proposed misconduct were withdrawn.

179

Wang v Qin [2022] VCC 102

Successfully obtained costs in favour of a client.

180

Victorian Legal Services Commissioner v Wong (Legal Practice) [2022] VCAT 432

Acting for a solicitor who was a principal of a law firm and who failed to adequately supervise a junior employee. This disciplinary matter resolved favourably for the client with a reprimand and an order that he pay the regulator's costs.

190

Wang v Qin [2021] VCC 1906

Successfully prosecuted a defamation claim, where ever defamatory imputation argued was proven.

198

QDP v Victorian Institute of Teaching (Review and Regulation) [2021] VCAT 13

Acting for the regulator in respect of a teacher's registration.

199

Hermogenes (Guy) Aliping v Melbourne Pathology Pty Ltd [2020] FWC 3824

Application for an extension of time to bring an unfair dismissal claim.

200

R v Eastman, Supreme Court of the ACT, 2018 (file number SCC 111 of 1992)

Led by G. Georgiou, with M. Stanton. Murder trial of David Harold Eastman for the murder of Colin Winchester, Assistant Commissioner of the AFP - client acquitted of the charge.

2000

Fair Work Ombudsman v MHoney Pty Ltd & Anor [2016] FCCA 2959

Acting for an employer regarding underpayment of wages and other entitlements.

3000

Director of Public Prosecutions v Alaniz (a pseudonym) [2016] VCC 1274

Plea hearing, acting for the convicted client.

3150

Eastman v Director of Public Prosecutions (No 13) [2016] ACTCA 65

Led by P. Tehan QC, with P. Doyle. Application for a permanent stay of a retrial for a charge of murder.

3250

Eastman v The Queen [2015] ACTCA 24

Led by C. Boyce SC. Successfully appealed a decision relating to a judge's refusal to recuse themselves from hearing a case on the basis of apprehended bias.

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9800

Leo Cussen 10 Point CPD Program, 25 February 2026

Presenting on legal ethics - the intersection between ethics and strategy

9810

Leo Cussen Presentation, 16 February 2026

Ethics in Practice

9820

Leo Cussen Presentation, 26 March 2025

Legal Professional Privilege – Risks, Waiver & Consequences

9821

Legalwise Seminar, Government Regulators Exercising Powers, 6 June 2024

Presentation on Public Interest Immunity

9880

Leo Cussen Presentation, 28 March 2024

Talking Ethics in 2024

9881

Leo Cussen Presentation, 26 March 2024

4 Point CPD Program - Ethics

9885

Leo Cussen Presentation, 18 January 2024

Ethics – Communication and your Professional Obligations

9900

Prosecuting Agency Regulators Conference, 2024

Presentation on statutory interpretation

9910

Ethical Considerations and Updates for Wills and Estates Lawyers

CPD presentation at Leo Cussen Centre for Law on 27 July 2023

9915

Statutory Interpretation Refresher

CPD Presentation at Legalwise's Government Regulators Exercising Legal Powers Seminar on 8 June 2023.

9920

Employees and Social media - what employers need to know

Employment law CPD, Apple podcast

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/employees-social-media-what-employees-need-to-know/id1500527914?i=1000510270703

9940

Whistleblowers Continuing Professional Development presentation, Apple podcast

Employment law CPD, Apple Podcast

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/episode-2-whistleblowers/id1500527914?i=1000466711848

9950

New Whistleblower Regime - The Treasury Laws Amendment (Enhancing Whistleblower Protections) Act 2019 (Cth)

Presentation at the Leo Cussen Centre for Law, Melbourne 21 January 2020

9960

A Safe Workplace and Duty of Care

Presentation at the Leo Cussen Centre for Law, Melbourne, 28 October 2019

9970

Legalwise seminar, Hobart, 1 March 2019

Protecting Privileged Evidence and Avoiding Inadvertent Waiver

9980

D Plater, D Bleby, L Line, M Lawson, A Teakle, K O'Connell and K Fitz-Gibbon, 'The Provoking Operation of Provocation: Stage 2' (South Australian Law Reform Institute, Adelaide, 2018)

The Provoking Operation of Provocation: Stage 2

https://www.vicbar.com.au/David Plater, David Bleby, QC, Lucy Line, Megan Lawson, Amy Teakle, Katherine O'Connell and Kaet Fitz-Gibbon, The Provoking Operation of Provocation: Stage 2 (South Australian Law Reform Institute, Adelaide, 2018)

9981

Maximising the Value of Evidence', (Legalwise CPD Seminar, 2017)

9984

D Plater, L Line, K Fitz-Gibbon, 'The Provoking Operation of Provocation: Stage 1' (South Australian Law Reform Institute, Adelaide, 2017)

The Provoking Operation of Provocation: Stage 1

https://law.adelaide.edu.au/sites/default/files/docs/provocation_stage_1_report.pdf

9985

L Line, C Wyld, D Plater, 'Pre-trial Defence Disclosure in South-Australian Criminal Proceedings: Time for Change?', (2016) 37 Adelaide Law Review, 101

Pre-trial Defence Disclosure in South-Australian Criminal Proceedings: Time for Change?

https://www.adelaide.edu.au/press/journals/law-review/issues/37-1/alr-37-1-ch05-line-wyld-plater.pdf

9990

Tendency and Coincidence Evidence, the Significance of Velkoski v The Queen [2014] VSCA 121', Foley's List CPD Seminar Series, co-presentation with the Honourable Justice Beale of the Supreme Court of Victoria, 2015

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