Mark Settle has a wide civil commercial practice. He is regularly briefed in the areas of contracts, building and construction, insurance and property law and regularly appears in the Supreme Court of Victoria, the Federal Court of Victoria and the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal.
Mark has performed a considerable amount of professional negligence and disciplinary work, acting for all parties covering a wide variety of matters. He is also experienced in the area of administrative law, appearing in both judicial review and merits review matters.
Prior to coming to the Bar, Mark was Associate to Mr Justice Marks of the Supreme Court of Victoria.
Cases
Building and Construction
Carroll v Housing Guarantee Fund Ltd (Domestic Building) [2006] VCAT 1299; [2005] VCAT 2711- [2005] VCAT 2711-
Deco Group Holdings Pty Ltd v Seaford Developments Pty Ltd [2005] VCAT 1643
Commercial Law
Novawest Contracting v Altona industrial [2011] VSCA 104
Vigliaroni v CPS Investments [2009] VSC 428
eBay International AG v Creative Festival Entertainment Pty Limited (ACN 098 183 281) [2006] FCA 1768
Harrison v Lewis [2001] VSC 27
Equity and Trusts
Krok v Szaintop Homes Pty Ltd & Ors (No 1) [2011] VSC 16
Insurance
Baneth v Asteron Life Limited [2005] VSC 369; (No 2) [2005] VSC 394
Professional Negligence
Bariamis v Coadys (Legal Practice) [2007] VCAT 645
Kay v Legal Profession Tribunal & ANor [2000] VSC 463
Property Law
JNM Pty Ltd v Adelaide Banner Pty Ltd [2009] VSC 327
Sanctuary Lakes Real Estate Pty Ltd (ACN 095 981 641) v Sanctuary Lakes Centre Pty Ltd (ACN 115 900 493) (Retail Tenancies) [2007] VCAT 2292
Administrative Law
Spilkin v Rosenberg [2011] VSCA 128
Pacific Indemnity Underwriting Agency Pty Ltd v Maclaw No 651 Pty Ltd [2003] VSC 40
