Date of Admission:
17 Nov 2020
Qualifications:
LLB (Hons), BCom (Monash); LLM (Cantab)
Previous Occupation:
Judge's Associate; Solicitor
Accepts briefs from in-house counselProfile:
Dylan practises in commercial and public law.
Prior to coming to the Bar, Dylan was Associate to the Honourable Justice Niall in the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Victoria. Before that, Dylan worked as a solicitor in the Media team at MinterEllison.
As a solicitor, Dylan was a representative of the respondents in defamation proceedings brought by Ben Roberts-Smith in the Federal Court of Australia. The respondents successfully established substantial and contextual truth defences in a 110-day trial, dubbed Australia's "trial of the century" (Roberts Smith v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd (No 41)Â [2023] FCA 555, subject to appeal).
Dylan holds a Bachelor of Laws (First Class Honours) and Bachelor of Commerce from Monash University, and a Master of Laws (First Class Honours) from the University of Cambridge, where he graduated ninth in his class.
Dylan is reading with Sandip Mukerjea. His senior mentor is Dr Matt Collins AM KC.
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