Practice

Andrew Palmer QC practices in the area of government regulation and enforcement, and corporate and white collar compliance and offending.  Andrew has acted in matters involving a broad range of regulators, including WorkSafe, VicPol, the EPA, the ATO, the Victorian Building Authority, VicRoads and the Local Government Inspectorate.

Andrew also provides strategic, legislative, policy and operational advice to government departments and agencies. Andrew recently conducted a year-long review of Victoria's dangerous goods laws. 

Andrew's broader practice includes disciplinary proceedings, recovery proceedings, criminal trial and appellate work, fraud, and other legally and factually complex matters.

High profile matters in which Andrew has been involved include the extradition of alleged Nazi war criminal Konrad Kalejs, David Eastman's conviction for the murder of AFP Assissant Commissioner Colin Winchester, the British American Tobacco litigation, the ACCC prosecution of Richard Pratt, the Swanston Street wall collapse, the Essendon supplements saga and, most recently, the litigation arising out of the Banksia Securities class action.  

Andrew is recognised in both Best Lawyers and Doyle's Guide.

Academic career

Prior to his career at the Bar, Andrew had a distinguished academic career as a leading scholar on the law of evidence, including:

• Winning the Supreme Court Prize at Monash, and then travelling to Oxford as a Sir Robert Menzies Memorial Scholar, where he was awarded the Vinerian Scholarship for best graduate in the BCL 
• Authoring several books and numerous articles, including Proof: How to Analyse Evidence in Preparation for Trial, Australian Principles of Evidence and Uniform Evidence
• Teaching Evidence and Proof, Proof in Litigation, Advanced Evidence, Advocacy and Written Advocacy

Andrew is frequently asked to give presentations on evidence, investigation, prosecution, coercive powers and privilege, by organisations such as the Judicial College of Victoria, the Victorian Bar and ASIC.  Andrew also teaches the Foundations in Advocacy intensive in the Victorian Bar Readers Course, and previously served on the Victorian Bar Ethics Committee.