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.
Nicolas maintains a broad practice in commercial and public law, primarily in the fields of general commercial, competition and consumer law, insurance, equity and trusts, insolvency, corporations and securities, banking & finance, class actions, regulatory investigations, building & cons
Sanjay practices primarily in commercial law and administrative law, with a focus on media law (defamation and contempt), intellectual property (copyright and trademarks), and trade practices.
Sanjay accepts briefs in the following areas:
Nick practices primarily in the areas of public & administrative law, inquiries, criminal law, and in regulatory and disciplinary matters.
Nick also accepts briefs in planning law.
Recent and ongoing matters in which Nick has acted include:
Philippa practices predominantly in commercial and public law and regulatory matters.
She has a broad commercial law practice with experience in class actions, consumer protection, corporations and securities matters, insurance and financial services law.
John Heard practices in all areas of commercial litigation with a focus on insolvency / restructuring, banking and finance, and more recently - defamation.
Anna practices in criminal and quasi criminal matters (including white-collar crime, OH&S prosecutions, regulatory and disciplinary matters), and in common law. She has trial experience as both as junior counsel and as sole counsel.
Matt has a broad practice and accepts briefs across many areas of the law.
Ben was admitted to practice in 2011 and called to the Bar in 2019. Prior to being called to the Bar, he practised as a solicitor in the Insurance and Corporate Risk Group at MinterEllison.
Luke accepts briefs in criminal and quasi criminal matters in metropolitan and regional courts, as well as in family law, intervention orders, compensation orders, common law, litigation, VCAT proceedings and victims of crime assistance tribunal applications.
Charlie accepts briefs in all areas of common law, as well as general commercial and administrative law matters.
Katherine practices primarily in commercial litigation, with a particular focus on corporations law matters, shareholder and directors' disputes, and corporate and individual insolvency.
Current practice
Ryan accepts briefs to advise and appear in public and administrative, commercial, and quasi-criminal matters. He acts for both government and private clients.
Justin has a broad commercial practice, incorporating general corporate and commercial law, insurance, building and construction, insolvency, and class actions.
Current and recent matters include:
Commercial Matters
Robert has a diverse commercial law practice, advising and appearing (led and unled) in disputes concerning:
Adam Craig is a commercially minded barrister specialising in wills, trusts, equity, and tax.
Adam focuses on finding pragmatic solutions to disputes. He aims to bring a sense of calm to litigation, particularly in disputes involving complex personal relationships.
James practices principally in the areas of employment law and commercial law with a focus on:
Unfair dismissals, general protections, workplace discrimination and underpayments;
Priya practices predominantly in commercial, insurance and defamation matters. Priya is regularly briefed (both led and unlead) in appearance, trial and advice work.
Matters in which Priya has been briefed include:
Sahrah has a broad commercial law practice with particular experience in class actions, competition law and consumer protection, corporations and securities matters, corporate insolvency, insurance and financial services law.
Peter is an experienced advocate practicing primarily in criminal and quasi-criminal matters. He also appears in administrative and employment matters.
Rebecca practises in commercial law and has particular interest and expertise in insolvency, corporations, contract, equity and trusts disputes.
Nicholas is available to appear and advise in matters involving any area of commercial law. He has particular experience in corporations and insolvency/restructuring matters, schemes of arrangement, banking litigation and debt recovery proceedings, and class actions.
Melanie has a general practice, particularly in commercial law and crime.
Melanie has broad and extensive experience as a solicitor, having worked in private and public practice.
Shahed practises in all areas of commercial, public and employment law.
Immediately before the Bar, Shahed was a solicitor at the Independent Broad-based Anticorruption Commission where he was embedded in some of the most high profile investigations of public corruption in Victoria.
Nick Kotzman practises in all areas of commercial law. Nick has a particular interest in competition and consumer law, corporations and securities matters, insolvency law, and class action proceedings.
Angus signed the Bar Roll on 22 October 2020 and read with Roslyn Kaye KC. His Senior Mentor is Andrew Clements KC.
Angus has a broad range of litigation experience as a barrister, and previously as a solicitor, including in the following areas:
Ned practices predominantly in regulatory matters and the Family Division of the Children’s Court. He welcomes both appearance and advice briefs from law firms, State and Federal Government, and from in-house counsel.
Chrisanthi accepts briefs in criminal, quasi-criminal (including OH&S prosecutions) and regulatory matters, including regulatory prosecutions and professional disciplinary hearings. Chrisanthi has experience in all jurisdictions and accepts briefs in metropolitan and rural courts.
Dara comes to the bar with extensive experience in family law and related jurisdictions.
Prior to coming to the bar, Dara was a Senior Associate at Lander & Rogers in Melbourne and previously worked in Canberra at a prominent national family law firm.
Rose has a broad practice with a focus on common law, class actions, coronial inquests and public law.
Matters in which Rose has a particular interest include:
Alex practises predominately in commercial law. He has a broad practice with interests in building and construction, intellectual property and media law. He has particular expertise in matters arising under the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 2002 (Vic).
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