David has recently moved from Brick Court Chambers at the London Bar to the Victorian Bar. He practices in commercial law, international arbitration, public law and competition.
David has regularly appeared and advised in commercial disputes and heavy commercial litigation before the English courts and in arbitrations, in public law matters both for claimants and defendants, and in competition law matters.
Before coming to the Victorian Bar, David was an associate to the Hon Justice Kenneth Hayne AC at the High Court of Australia (2010–2011), a solicitor at Mallesons in 2010, and an associate at the Boston Consulting Group (2012–2013). He completed pupillage at Brick Court Chambers in London (a “magic circle” set) in 2015–2016 and has since practiced there as a barrister/tenant.
Cases:
A list of David’s notable cases and matters at the English Bar is available at:
‘Proof: Investment Arbitration’, Max Planck Encyclopaedia of International Procedural Law (January 2020, with Klaus Reichert, Michael Swainston, Edward Ho and Zahra Al-Rikabi)
‘The Power of Government to Make Contracts’ (MPhil Thesis, St John’s College, University of Oxford, Trinity Term 2015, supervised by Prof Anne Davies)
Non-Discrimination and the Role of Regulatory Purpose (2016, Edward Elgar, with Andrew D Mitchell and Caroline Henckels)
‘Carnduff, Al Rawi, the “Unfairness” of Public Interest Immunity and Sharp Procedure’ (2015) 34 Civil Justice Quarterly 182
‘Bias and Previous Determinations: Four Recent Decisions’ (2015) 34 Civil Justice Quarterly 160
‘The Inherent Jurisdiction of WTO Tribunals: The Select Application of Public International Law Required by the Judicial Function’ (2010) 31 Michigan Journal of International Law 559 (with Andrew Mitchell)
(2009) 33 Melbourne University Law Review (Editor-in-Chief with Luke Pallaras and Anna Zhang)
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