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TEL: +61 3 9225 7463
SEC: +61 3 9225 8043
Area of Practice:
Criminal Law
Commercial Law
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
Common Law
Public Law & Administrative Law
Inquests, Inquiries, Tribunals & Commissions
Industrial Relations Law & Employment Law
Equity & Trusts
Commercial Law
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
Common Law
Public Law & Administrative Law
Inquests, Inquiries, Tribunals & Commissions
Industrial Relations Law & Employment Law
Equity & Trusts
Qualifications:
LL B; B Juris
Date of Admission:
01 Jun 1976
Date Appointed Silk:
24 Nov 1992
TEL: +61 3 9225 7724
SEC: +61 3 9225 8033
FAX: 9642 1359
Area of Practice:
Commercial Law
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
Appellate
Common Law
Equity & Trusts
Energy Law & Resources Law
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
Appellate
Common Law
Equity & Trusts
Energy Law & Resources Law
Qualifications:
LL B
Date of Admission:
01 Apr 1976
Date Appointed Silk:
30 Nov 1993
About:
Noel Magee QC has been practising at the Bar since 1976. Noel has a broad commercial practice, regularly appearing in the Federal Court of Australia and the Commercial Court, Supreme Court of Victoria. He has a formidable reputation as an advocate, renowned for his skillful cross-examination.
TEL: +61 3 9225 7248
SEC: +61 3 9225 7970
FAX: 9602 5004
Area of Practice:
Commercial Law
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
Public Law & Administrative Law
Technology Law & Media Law
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
Public Law & Administrative Law
Technology Law & Media Law
Qualifications:
LL.B (Hons), B.Ec., SC NSW
Date of Admission:
01 Mar 1977
Date Appointed Silk:
30 Nov 1993
About:
David practices primarily in Patent Law and Intellectual Property generally, Competition, Telecommunications, Administrative, Corporations and Commercial Law and appellate work.
Area of Practice:
Commercial Law
Appellate
Public Law & Administrative Law
Equity & Trusts
Technology Law & Media Law
Appellate
Public Law & Administrative Law
Equity & Trusts
Technology Law & Media Law
Qualifications:
LL.B
Date of Admission:
03 Dec 1973
Date Appointed Silk:
29 Nov 1994
About:
Garry Bigmore QC is acknowledged as a leader in his field.
TEL: +61 3 9225 7205
FAX: 9670 2160
Area of Practice:
Commercial Law
Common Law
Industrial Relations Law & Employment Law
Public Law & Administrative Law
Common Law
Industrial Relations Law & Employment Law
Public Law & Administrative Law
Qualifications:
LL.B
Date of Admission:
03 Apr 1967
Date Appointed Silk:
05 Dec 1995
About:
Admitted to practice in Victoria, New South Wales, Tasmania, Queensland, Western Australia and Northern Territory. Admitted to Victorian Bar in 1967.
TEL: +61 3 9225 7305
SEC: +61 3 9225 7010
FAX: 9914 2777
Area of Practice:
Criminal Law
Public Law & Administrative Law
Inquests, Inquiries, Tribunals & Commissions
Industrial Relations Law & Employment Law
Public Law & Administrative Law
Inquests, Inquiries, Tribunals & Commissions
Industrial Relations Law & Employment Law
Qualifications:
LLB (Melb)
Date of Admission:
01 Mar 1968
Date Appointed Silk:
05 Dec 1995
About:
Philip Dunn QC is an experienced trial advocate who has conducted trials and pleas for forty years.
Philip is based at Crockett Chambers in Melbourne but regularly appears in all states in Australia.
Area of Practice:
Criminal Law
Commercial Law
Common Law
Public Law & Administrative Law
Inquests, Inquiries, Tribunals & Commissions
Environmental Law & Planning Law
Energy Law & Resources Law
Government
Commercial Law
Common Law
Public Law & Administrative Law
Inquests, Inquiries, Tribunals & Commissions
Environmental Law & Planning Law
Energy Law & Resources Law
Government
Qualifications:
BA, LLB, LFEIANZ, FAICD, FAIML, FVPELA, PIA (Hon.F), FFAHS, C.Env.P
Date of Admission:
03 Apr 1978
Date Appointed Silk:
05 Dec 1995
About:
Simon Molesworth, who in 2021 will mark twenty-six years as a QC, returned to part-time practice at the Victorian Bar in July 2019, after serving as a Judge of the Land and Environment Court of New South Wales from January 2017. He is recognised nationally and internationally as a leader in the
TEL: +61 3 9225 7245
SEC: +61 3 9225 7981
FAX: 9225 7085
Area of Practice:
Commercial Law
Common Law
Public Law & Administrative Law
Defamation
Common Law
Public Law & Administrative Law
Defamation
Qualifications:
BA, LL.B
Date of Admission:
01 May 1973
Date Appointed Silk:
26 Nov 1996
About:
Works at trial and appellate level and in recent years has appeared in a number of special leave applications and full appeals in the High Court particularly in the area of Tort Law.
TEL: +61 3 9225 7513
Area of Practice:
Commercial Law
Public Law & Administrative Law
Industrial Relations Law & Employment Law
Defamation
Public Law & Administrative Law
Industrial Relations Law & Employment Law
Defamation
Qualifications:
BA (Hons), LL B (Hons)
Date of Admission:
03 Mar 1980
Date Appointed Silk:
26 Nov 1996
About:
Will Houghton QC practises predominantly in commercial, media and intellectual property law with particular expertise in competition and regulatory law, defamation, and contempt law.
TEL: +61 3 9225 7999
TEL: +61 3 9225 7879
Area of Practice:
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
Commercial Law
Common Law
Equity & Trusts
Industrial Relations Law & Employment Law
Inquests, Inquiries, Tribunals & Commissions
International Law
Public Law & Administrative Law
Commercial Law
Common Law
Equity & Trusts
Industrial Relations Law & Employment Law
Inquests, Inquiries, Tribunals & Commissions
International Law
Public Law & Administrative Law
Qualifications:
B.A., Dip. Ed., LL.B (Monash), LL.M (Cambridge), LLD (Melbourne)
Date of Admission:
03 Mar 1980
Date Appointed Silk:
26 Nov 1996
About:
G Tony Pagone practises in all aspects of litigation, including arbitration, mediation and advice. His chambers are located on the 18th floor of Owen Dixon Chambers West.
TEL: +61 3 9225 7698
Area of Practice:
Commercial Law
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
Appellate
Common Law
Public Law & Administrative Law
International Law
Equity & Trusts
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
Appellate
Common Law
Public Law & Administrative Law
International Law
Equity & Trusts
Qualifications:
B.Juris (Hons) WA; LLB (Hons) WA; LL.M. (Monash)
Date of Admission:
01 Apr 1980
Date Appointed Silk:
26 Nov 1996
About:
Profile
Area of Practice:
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
Qualifications:
B Juris; LL B
Date of Admission:
01 Mar 1973
Date Appointed Silk:
25 Nov 1997
About:
Hon. Peter Young AM QC
TEL: +61 3 9225 7033
TEL: 9914 2743
SEC: +61 3 9225 7010
FAX: 9914 2777
Area of Practice:
Criminal Law
Inquests, Inquiries, Tribunals & Commissions
Inquests, Inquiries, Tribunals & Commissions
Date of Admission:
01 Mar 1974
Date Appointed Silk:
25 Nov 1997
About:
Ian Hill practices in criminal law and has appeared in all of the major Australian jurisdictions. Essentially a trial advocate he has also appeared before State Appellate Courts and in the High Court. He was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1997.
Areas of Expertise
TEL: +61 3 9225 7667
Area of Practice:
Tax Law & Revenue Law
Qualifications:
B. Juris, LLB (Hons), M Phil.
Date of Admission:
01 Dec 1975
Date Appointed Silk:
25 Nov 1997
About:
For more information on John de Wijn QC please click here.
Area of Practice:
Commercial Law
Common Law
Defamation
Inquests, Inquiries, Tribunals & Commissions
Public Law & Administrative Law
Common Law
Defamation
Inquests, Inquiries, Tribunals & Commissions
Public Law & Administrative Law
Qualifications:
B.Sc., LLB, LLM
Date of Admission:
01 Nov 1976
Date Appointed Silk:
25 Nov 1997
About:
Charles Gunst QC took Silk in 1997. He specialises in employment, administrative and commercial law. He practises extensively in the Victorian Supreme Court and the Federal Court, at first instance and at appellate level.
TEL: +61 3 9225 7071
Area of Practice:
Criminal Law
Inquests, Inquiries, Tribunals & Commissions
Public Law & Administrative Law
Inquests, Inquiries, Tribunals & Commissions
Public Law & Administrative Law
Date of Admission:
01 Mar 1977
Date Appointed Silk:
25 Nov 1997
About:
Patrick Tehan QC has an extensive practice in criminal law at appellate and trial level.
TEL: +61 3 9225 7650
Area of Practice:
Commercial Law
Appellate
Common Law
Public Law & Administrative Law
Equity & Trusts
Appellate
Common Law
Public Law & Administrative Law
Equity & Trusts
Qualifications:
BA, LLM (Melb) FCIArb
Date of Admission:
01 Mar 1977
Date Appointed Silk:
25 Nov 1997
About:
Profile
Michael Shand has practised at the Bar since 1980 in general commercial law, corporations law, insurance, professional negligence, administrative law and equity and trust matters.
He was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1997.
TEL: +61 3 9225 7563
TEL: 9225 7563
SEC: +61 3 9225 7010
FAX: 9078 2670
Area of Practice:
Criminal Law
Inquests, Inquiries, Tribunals & Commissions
Public Law & Administrative Law
Inquests, Inquiries, Tribunals & Commissions
Public Law & Administrative Law
Date of Admission:
03 Mar 1969
Date Appointed Silk:
24 Nov 1998
About:
Remy is a Victoria Legal Aid Criminal Trial Preferred barrister. He is also an accredited specialist criminal law advocate under the Victorian Bar's Indictable Crime Certificate program.
Area of Practice:
Family Law
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
Appellate
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
Appellate
Qualifications:
Graduated from Monash University B. Juris. LL. B. in March 1973
Date of Admission:
02 Dec 1974
Date Appointed Silk:
24 Nov 1998
About:
Profile
TEL: 8600 1764
FAX: 8600 1770
Area of Practice:
Commercial Law
Tax Law & Revenue Law
Common Law
Public Law & Administrative Law
Equity & Trusts
Tax Law & Revenue Law
Common Law
Public Law & Administrative Law
Equity & Trusts
Date of Admission:
01 Mar 1977
Date Appointed Silk:
24 Nov 1998
About:
Greg Davies QC practices principally in taxation and revenue law, administrative law, commercial law, corporations law and equity and trusts. He has appeared in many long and complex matters in the Supreme Court and Federal Court at trial and appellate levels.
TEL: +61 3 9225 7486
SEC: +61 3 9225 7951
FAX: 9225 8676
Area of Practice:
Commercial Law
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
Appellate
Common Law
Public Law & Administrative Law
Equity & Trusts
Environmental Law & Planning Law
Energy Law & Resources Law
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
Appellate
Common Law
Public Law & Administrative Law
Equity & Trusts
Environmental Law & Planning Law
Energy Law & Resources Law
Date of Admission:
03 Apr 1978
Date Appointed Silk:
24 Nov 1998
About:
For more information on Peter Bick QC please click here.
Area of Practice:
Commercial Law
Public Law & Administrative Law
Tax Law & Revenue Law
Public Law & Administrative Law
Tax Law & Revenue Law
Qualifications:
BA, LLB
Date of Admission:
02 Mar 1981
Date Appointed Silk:
24 Nov 1998
About:
Specialised Areas Of Practice
TEL: +61 3 9225 7231
TEL: 9225 7179
SEC: +61 3 9225 7179
Area of Practice:
Criminal Law
Appellate
Public Law & Administrative Law
Inquests, Inquiries, Tribunals & Commissions
Appellate
Public Law & Administrative Law
Inquests, Inquiries, Tribunals & Commissions
Qualifications:
LL.B. (Hons.), B.Ed. (Accounting), Dip.Crim., Dip. Math. Sci.
Date of Admission:
27 Feb 1989
Date Appointed Silk:
24 Nov 1998
About:
Paul Holdenson Q.C.(LL.B. (Hons.), B.Ed. (Accounting), Dip.Crim., Dip. Math. Sci.) was admitted in Victoria and signed the Bar Roll in 1989. He is also admitted to practice in N.T, N.S.W., Tasmania and W.A. Paul was appointed one of her Majesty's Counsel in 1998.
Area of Practice:
Criminal Law
Inquests, Inquiries, Tribunals & Commissions
Industrial Relations Law & Employment Law
Inquests, Inquiries, Tribunals & Commissions
Industrial Relations Law & Employment Law
Date of Admission:
01 Mar 1967
Date Appointed Silk:
23 Nov 1999
About:
Brendan Murphy QC has been a leading advocate at the Victorian Bar for in excess of 40 years.
TEL: +61 3 9225 7417
FAX: 9602 5004
Area of Practice:
Criminal Law
Commercial Law
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
Common Law
Inquests, Inquiries, Tribunals & Commissions
Equity & Trusts
Commercial Law
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
Common Law
Inquests, Inquiries, Tribunals & Commissions
Equity & Trusts
Qualifications:
LL B (Hons) (Melb); LL M (London)
Date of Admission:
01 Mar 1973
Date Appointed Silk:
23 Nov 1999
TEL: +61 3 9225 7419
FAX: 9225 8671
Area of Practice:
Family Law
Qualifications:
B Juris; LLB
Date of Admission:
01 Mar 1976
Date Appointed Silk:
23 Nov 1999
About:
Bruce Geddes QC signed the Roll of Counsel in 1978 and took Silk in 1999.
He has practised exclusively in the Family Law and de facto jurisdiction as a trial lawyer and in the appellate jurisdiction.
SEC: +61 3 9225 8168
FAX: 9670 3505
Area of Practice:
Criminal Law
Commercial Law
Appellate
Common Law
Public Law & Administrative Law
Inquests, Inquiries, Tribunals & Commissions
Industrial Relations Law & Employment Law
Commercial Law
Appellate
Common Law
Public Law & Administrative Law
Inquests, Inquiries, Tribunals & Commissions
Industrial Relations Law & Employment Law
Date of Admission:
01 Mar 1976
Date Appointed Silk:
23 Nov 1999
About:
ProfileMichael Tovey worked for the Trade Practices Commission and in industrial arbitration before coming to the Bar in 1976. His practice, although varied, has focused on criminal trials and appeals.