Profile
Mark practises in commercial and public law.
He advises and appears in constitutional and administrative law matters, regulatory proceedings and general commercial matters.
Before coming to the Bar, Mark was an associate to the Hon Justice Crennan AC at the High Court of Australia and a solicitor at Allens.
Mark has degrees in commerce and law from the University of Adelaide and a Master of Law from the University of Cambridge. At Cambridge, Mark received the B R D Clarke Prize for Best Overall Performance in the LLM and the Gareth Jones Prize for Restitution.
Some of the matters in which Mark has appeared include:
Commercial and regulatory proceedings
ASIC v Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd [2023] FCA 256
ASIC v BT Funds Management Ltd [2022] FCA 515
Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers Association v Qantas Airways Ltd [2022] FCAFC 50
ASIC v La Trobe Financial Asset Management Ltd [2021] FCA 1417
Australian Energy Regulator v HWF 1 Pty Ltd [2021] FCA 732
Cromwell Corporation Ltd v ARA Real Estate Investors XXI Pte Ltd [2020] FCA 1492
Constitutional law
Thurin v Krongold Constructions (Aust) Pty Ltd [2022] VSCA 226
Garlett v Western Australia [2022] HCA 30; (2022) 96 ALJR 888
Citta Hobart Pty Ltd v Cawthorn [2022] HCA 16; (2022) 96 ALJR 476
David Barry Logistics Pty Ltd v Victoria [2021] VSC 828; (2021) 65 VR 233
Republic of Turkey v Mackie Pty Ltd [2021] VSCA 77; (2021) 64 VR 467
Minister for Home Affairs v Benbrika [2021] HCA 4; (2021) 272 CLR 68
Meringnage v Interstate Enterprises Pty Ltd [2020] VSCA 30; (2020) 60 VR 361
Spence v Queensland [2019] HCA 15; (2019) 93 ALJR 643
Administrative law
Davis v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs; DCM20 v Secretary of Department of Home Affairs [2023] HCA 10
MZAPC v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2021] HCA 17; (2021) 95 ALJR 441
AA v Secretary to the Department of Health and Human Services [2020] VSC 400; (2020) 61 VR 436
Australian Broadcasting Corporation v Kane (No 2) [2020] FCA 133; (2020) 287 A Crim R 1
Medical Board of Australia v Kemp [2018] VSCA 168; (2018) 56 VR 51
Reardon v Magistrates’ Court of Victoria [2018] VSCA 76; (2018) 56 VR 266
Mark regularly appears in cases concerning judicial review of decisions made under the Migration Act 1958 (Cth).
In 2018, Mark was part of the team of counsel assisting the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry.
From 2016-2020, Mark was a reporter for the Commonwealth Law Reports.
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