Peter Hamilton practises in all areas of personal injury litigation
Particular areas of interest to Peter include:
* human rights and tort law
* torts against LGBTQIA+
* torts and racism
* intentional tort and police tort claims
* mass tort claims/personal injury class actions
* institutional abuse claims, including forced adoption
* public liability claims
* Australian consumer law claims under Federal and State laws
* sports law, negligence and concussion (CTE) claims
* aviation and space law claims
* novel torts (and related equitable claims), such as breach of privacy or harrasment
* torts and animal law
Peter has acted/currently acts in a number of high-profile and complex cases, including concussion, racism and medical negligence claims/class action, police tort claims, Tasmanian jumping castle litigation, Queensland helicopter crash litigation, and institutional abuse claims to name but a few.
Before coming to the Bar, career highlights included instructing in Hudspeth v Scholastic Cleaning (2014) and the MMR vaccine medical board investigations in London (2008-2009). Before then, Peter worked for a major personal injury firm (2005 - 2007) in Sydney and Brisbane.
In 2013, Peter graduated from the Master of Laws programme at Monash University, completing one of his subjects at Humboldt University, Berlin.
To discuss Peter's availability or for more information, please contact the Clerks at Greens List on +61 3 9225 7222.