Hugh Foxcroft KC | Victorian Bar

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Date of Admission:

01 Nov 1978

First Signed Bar Roll:

19 Nov 1981

Date Appointed Silk:

28 Nov 2000

Division of Bar Roll:

Victorian Practising Counsel

Qualifications:

BA (Hons), LLB

Profile:

AREAS OF PRACTICE

Accredited Mediator, Alternative Dispute Resolution/ Mediation, Building and Construction, Commercial Law, Contract, Professional Negligence, Domestic Building Tribunal, Engineering Disputes, Torts

ADDITIONAL INFO

From 01/07/2008,
Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards Legislation.

Hugh Foxcroft QC regularly appears as an advocate and also acts as an arbitrator, mediator, expert determiner and adjudicator. His practice involves major commercial disputes with a construction and civil engineering project or insurance emphasis. He has provided commercial, insurance and contractual advice in proceedings related to major projects in Victoria, interstate and overseas). A list of representative projects is available on request.

Appointed senior counsel in 2000, Hugh Foxcroft has practised as a silk for 15 years and is admitted to practice in all Australian jurisdictions. As a Grade 1 arbitrator, Fellow and former National Councillor of the Institute of Arbitrators & Mediators Australia he has extensive experience in the conduct of arbitrations, including international arbitrations.

Hugh Foxcroft is a member of the Supreme Court of Victoria Technology Engineering and Construction (TEC) Cases List and Arbitration List advisory committees, is a founding member of Melbourne TEC Chambers (MTECC), is an honorary life member of the Building Dispute Practitioners' Society (Victoria), member and former Deputy Chair of the Construction and Infrastructure Law Committee of the Law Council of Australia (Business Law Section), a fellow of the Resolution Institute (formerly the Institute of Arbitrators & Mediators Australia) and Australian Centre for Commercial Arbitration (ACICA), and a member of the Society of Construction Law Australia, ICC Australia and of the International Bar Association.

Building: Chancery Chambers

Floor: 26

Phone #: 8600 1768

Fax #: 8600 1700

Admitted to Practice: VIC, NT, WA, NSW, ACT, SA, TAS, QLD

QC or SC: QC

Year Admitted: 1978

Year Signed Bar Roll: 1981

Miriam Pietrzak

8600 1777

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Area of Practice

Common Law
- Negligence
  - Professional Negligence
Commercial Law
- Building Law & Construction Law
  - Engineering
  - Commercial Building Disputes
  - Residential Building Disputes
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
- Arbitration
- International Arbitration
- Expert Determination

Jurisdictions

New South Wales

Tasmania

Australian Capital Territory

Northern Territory

Queensland

South Australia

Western Australia

Arbitration Qualifications

ACICA (Fellow)

Resolution Institute (Grade 1)

Other Arbitration Qualifications

Fellow

Institute of Arbitrators and Mediators Australia