Associate to the Honourable Justice Elliott, Supreme Court of Victoria; Solicitor, King & Wood Mallesons (formerly Mallesons Stephen Jaques)
Accepts briefs from in-house counsel
Profile:
Practises in general commercial law, including contracts, corporations, equity and insolvency. Formerly associate to Elliott J of the Supreme Court of Victoria and solicitor at Mallesons.
Selected matters:
Bankruptcy: Endresz & Ors v Commonwealth of Australia [2019] FCAFC 197
Class actions: AS v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection & Ors (No 7) [2017] VSC 137
Consumer law; civil penalty proceedings: ASIC v La Trobe Financial Asset Management Limited [2021] FCA 1417
Contracts; misleading or deceptive conduct: Manicured Muttz Pty Ltd v Roycar Investments Pty Ltd & Anor [2019] VCC 64
Equity; fiduciary duties; breach of confidence: Direct Electronics OE Pty Ltd v OE Solutions Pty Ltd (No 8) [2022] FCA 1404
Insolvency:
Creditors’ trusts: Melbourne Aircraft Leasing (UK) Limited v Algeri & Ors (as Trustees of the Project Volar Creditors’ Trust) [2022] NSWSC 443
Deeds of company arrangement; transfer of shares: Re Allegiance Mining Pty Ltd (Receivers and Managers Appointed) (Subject to Deed of Company Arrangement) [2022] WASC 178
Deeds of company arrangement; contracts: Rexel Electrical Supplies Pty Ltd & Ors v Mentha & Ors (Administrators) (Re Arrium Limited) [2018] FCAFC 229
Cargill Australia Limited & Ors v Viterra Malt Pty Ltd & Ors [2018] VSC 99 (Ruling No 7); [2018] VSC 193 (Ruling No 8)
Pre-action discovery: RDDT a Vivopharm Company Pty Ltd v CGU Insurance Limited [2018] VCC 791
Royal Commissions:
Financial Services
Aged Care Quality and Safety
Schemes of arrangement/trust schemes:
Re Cellnet Group Limited [2023] FCA 767
Re Over the Wire Holdings Limited [2022] FCA 26; [2022] FCA 181
Re Uniti Group Limited [2022] FCA 671
Re Virtus Health Limited [2022] NSWSC 597
Re WOTSO Limited; Re Blackwall Fund Services Limited (as Responsible Entity of Blackwall Property Trust) [2021] NSWSC 21; [2021] NSWSC 100
Trusts; managed investment schemes; interlocutory injunctions: NorthWest Healthcare Australia RE Limited v Australian Unity Funds Management Limited (as Responsible Entity of the Australian Unity Healthcare Property Trust) [2021] NSWSC 816
Areas of Practice:
Administrative Law
Banking & Finance
Bankruptcy & Insolvency
Class Actions
Commercial
Competition Law
Contract
Corporations
Equity, Equitable Relief, Trusts
Property Law
Securities
Trade Practices
Committees:
Commercial Bar Association of Victoria, Executive Committee
Victorian Bar News, Editor
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