Division of Bar Roll:
Victorian Practising Counsel
Profile:
Whilst Michael's practice has an emphasis on corporate insolvency, bankruptcy, and other unsecured debt enforcement; including statutory demand or bankruptcy notice set aside proceedings, oppression actions, preference recovery, public examinations under Corporations and Bankruptcy Acts, and the registration and enforcement of foreign judgments or arbitral awards, he also appears in all general commercial work and including insurance.
He appears as a generalist in most other jurisdictions and including family property, VCAT, intervention orders and related crime.
Michael also appears for compulsory inpatients at Mental Health Tribunal hearings at various Victorian Hospitals.
Extended Biography:
Recent cases
Marcucci Bros v Subert & Tomlinson [2020] VSC 33 (10 February 2020) - Levy execution by unsecured judgment creditor on mortgage surplus funds in Court of joint proprietors
C Tina P/L v Warners Electroplating P/L [2019] VSC 66 (18 February 2019) - Demand set aside 'genuine dispute.'
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