Clerks
Barristers engage clerks to organise their bookings and provide messaging, telephone and accounting services.
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.
Francis Tiernan QC specialises in large scale construction and engineering disputes, insurance and professional negligence claims.
He also acts in general contractual disputes, trade practices, product liability cases and major torts.
AREAS OF PRACTICE
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Former Victorian Chief Magistrate, Crown Prosecutor and General Manager of Victoria Legal Aid Criminal Law Division. Experienced in both appellate advocacy and criminal trials.
Common law advocate, jury trial expertise, in all fields of personal injury claims - medical negligence, industrial and road accidents, school related injuries, police assaults, public liability, aviation and maritime accidents.
For more than 26 years I have appeared in the Supreme Court of Victoria, the Federal Court of Australia (throughout Australia), and from time to time in the Supreme Courts of New South Wales, South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania, and the Australian Capital Territory.
Matthew Howard has a general commercial and public law practice. He taught Equity and Trusts for a number of years and now lectures in Conflict of Laws in UWA where he is a Honorary Fellow.
Peter Morrissey practises in serious criminal proceedings in most Australian jurisdictions, including homicide cases, terror-related charges, narcotics offences, major fraud and ASIC prosecutions, as well as sexual offences and all other prosecutions in the higher courts.
Rachel Doyle SC is a leading trial and appellate advocate with a broad practice. Rachel is a specialist in Class Actions, Industrial, Employment and Discrimination Law and Public Law.
Geoffrey Kennett has practiced as a barrister since 1998, taking silk (in NSW) in 2010.
1976-1978
Solicitor
1979
Abroad
1980
Solicitor
1981
Associate to High Court of Australia Justice, Sir Gerard Brennan.
Peter Chadwick QC has practised extensively in all criminal jurisdictions in Victoria as well as interstate for almost forty years.
Academic qualifications
1980: Bachelor of Economics (Honours) (Monash University)
1982: Bachelor of Laws (Monash University)
1989: Master of Laws (University of Melbourne)
Employment experience
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Albert Monichino has a general commercial litigation practice in the Supreme and Federal Courts, and also in commercial arbitrations (both domestic and international). He has over 25 years experience.
Types of matters handled include:
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Daryl Williams QC has an extensive practice in advising, and appearing in courts and tribunals throughout Australia, in relation to:
Summary
I am a commercial barrister and Queen’s Counsel specialising in complex disputes and transactional advice, particularly in the banking and finance, insurance and securities sectors.
Philip has a significant practice, regularly appearing in both appeals and trials: in the High Court of Australia, the Federal Court of Australia and the Supreme Court of Victoria. His principal areas of practice comprise administrative law, contracts, commercial and corporations la
David practises in the Supreme, Federal and High Courts in commercial and public law generally, including in the areas listed to the right on this page.
Membership and Associations
Anthony Lo Surdo SC was called to the NSW Bar in 1996 and was appointed as senior counsel in 2011.
With over 40 years of experience as a barrister Tom Gyorffy QC appears in criminal trials and has an extensive practice in the appellate jurisdictions of the High Court and Court of Appeal.
Danny was an articled clerk at Galbally & O'Bryan in 1980. He then worked as a solicitor at that firm (mostly personal injury plaintiffs) and later at Phillips Fox (mostly personal injury defendants) before travelling and living overseas from 1984 to 1989. He returned to Melbourne in 1989 a
Practice: superior courts of record and commercial arbitrations (including expedited and international arbitrations) in general commercial, maritime and infrastructure disputes with a significant technical component.
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Stephen came to the Bar in 1998 from Arthur Robinson & Hedderwicks where he had been a Senior Associate in commercial litigation. He took silk in 2011.
Go to www.stuartwoodqc.com
Peter R D Gray QC practises in public law and regulatory and commercial law.
Dr Matthew Collins AM QC is available to appear and advise in all areas of commercial, media and information technology law. He practises in all Australian jurisdictions.
Kanaga began his career at Mallesons in Perth and Sydney. Kanaga was a partner at Corrs, Counsel with Mitsubishi Corporation, Tokyo, and Counsel with the United Nations in Geneva. In these roles, and in firms in Asia, he worked on corporate, resources, and international arbitration matters.
Barristers engage clerks to organise their bookings and provide messaging, telephone and accounting services.
There are a number of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) options available for resolving disputes without recourse to litigation