Clerks
Barristers engage a Barristers’ Clerk, who in turn advise solicitors as to the suitability, availability and fees of counsel.
This webpage only contains the contact details of those barristers who are members of the Victorian Bar Association with current Victorian or Interstate practising certificates, and who have agreed to their details being made available. For more information read our disclaimer here.
If you need assistance finding the right barrister, we suggest you contact one of the barrister's clerks who will discuss your needs with you and recommend an appropriate barrister.
A clerk will also be able to advise you on the availability of the barristers on their list.
Travis provides clear and practical advice to assist clients in making fully informed decisions. Travis appears in all jurisdictions across a wide range of practice areas including commercial, property, insurance, construction, equity and public law.
Paul Liondas has a broad commercial practice with particular experience in class actions, contract, corporate and trust disputes, directors’ duties, and corporate insolvency.For more information on Paul Liondas, and a list of recent cases in which he has appeared, please see below.
Peter O'Farrell’s practice focuses on development approvals, planning, environment, statutory approvals, administrative, governmental and sports law.
He is the Chair of the Victorian Bar International Advocacy Training Committee.
Simon came to the Bar from Herbert Geer & Rundle Lawyers in 2003.
Hamish practises in commercial law at both trial and appellate levels. Examples of cases (including links to judgments on Austlii, where available) are listed below.
Commercial
Matthew is a leading industrial relations and employment barrister with extensive experience acting for many of Australia's largest companies in all jurisdictions. Matthew has a national practice and appears for clients across Australia in all areas of industrial and employment law, including an
Gabi acts for clients in a wide range of complex commercial disputes, particularly in the fields of general insurance law and other aspects of financial services law, construction law and professional negligence.
Kateena has a BCL from Oxford University, where she studied as a Rhodes Scholar, and was associate to Justice McHugh for his final year on the High Court of Australia. Kateena was Lecturer in Corporate Law at Queen Mary, University of London.
Tamieka has over 20 years of international commercial legal experience (in the UK, USA and Australia). She has a broad commercial practice, including insolvency, banking & finance, corporations & securities, trade practices, international arbitration, class actions and regulatory matters
Richard’s areas of practice include:
Barnaby practises principally in planning and environment law. He also has particular expertise in administrative law, local government law, and in respect of land acquisition and compensation.
Jack has particular expertise in all matters involving the interpretation and application of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) and other industrial legislation; applications for judicial review, in both the employment and industrial context, and other regulatory contexts; the law of employment, indust
Fiona practises in administrative, commercial and personal injuries law.
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Catherine practises primarily in criminal law. She also acts in civil and administrative law matters with a criminal law connection, and as counsel assisting in inquiries.
Christopher practises in commercial law, specialising in insolvency, equity, and corporations. He has a significant background in business, holding an MBA from the Melbourne Business School.
Shaun Gladman has a broad practice spanning all aspects of common law (including medical negligence) as well as insurance law, industrial and employment law, and public and administrative law.
Rishi is an experienced barrister from London who practised at the Bar of England & Wales for over 11 years (2006 – 2017).
Practises exclusively in Criminal Law. Has an interest in Planning Law.
ProfileCounsel has an extensive practice in Administrative Law, Commercial Law, Property Law, Intellectual Property, Defamation and Sports Law. In addition, he also advises and appears on Banking, Equity and Probate matters.
Early in his career Chris combined criminal law with civil matters, but since the early 1980's he has developed a widely based commercial law practice. He has acted for such diverse clients as multi-national corporations and rock bands.
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Andrew for some years conducted a general practice with an emphasis on Family
and Criminal law. He now provides a specialist service in the area of family law
and its associated jurisdictions involving the breakdown of de facto
Sam practices extensively in all aspects of commercial, property and insolvency litigation. He appears in all Courts across Victoria.
Specific areas of practice:
In recent years, David has specialised in conducting Mediations, and in appearing for Plaintiffs at T.A.C. Protocol Conferences as well as appearing for both Plaintiffs or Defendants at Mediations.He has his own Mediation Centre which is located on Level 10, 488 Bourke St Melbourne.
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Ian has
practised in a variety of areas as a trial advocate. He has particular expertise
in criminal trials. He has experience, outside the law, in engineering gained
David O'Doherty conducted his own general practice as a solicitor for five years before coming to the Bar in 1976. He has practised extensively in civil litigation, including personal injuries and family law.
Barristers engage a Barristers’ Clerk, who in turn advise solicitors as to the suitability, availability and fees of counsel.
There are a number of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) options available for resolving disputes without recourse to litigation