Tim acts in commercial, public and criminal law cases.
Commercial and regulatory
Tim acts in a range of commercial matters, with a particular interest in regulatory cases. He is a former Chief Examiner of the Competition and Consumer Law subject at Monash University. His experience includes:
Public law
Tim has a varied public law practice and is a member of the Public Law committee of the Commercial Bar Association. He is regularly briefed by both applicants and respondents. His experience includes:
Royal Commissions, inquests and inquiries
Tim has appeared both as counsel assisting and for interested parties in inquisitorial proceedings. His experience includes:
Criminal law and compliance
Tim has a particular interest in corporate, regulatory and “white collar” criminal matters. He is on the Commonwealth DPP’s External Junior Counsel Panel, and previously tutored Criminal Law and Procedure at Monash University (for which he received a faculty teaching award).
Tim’s experience includes:
Before coming to the Bar, Tim was a Senior Associate at Allens in the commercial litigation group. He was previously a solicitor-advocate with the Aboriginal Legal Service (NSW/ACT) and the North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency, acting in summary and indictable criminal matters.
Tim graduated with First Class Honours in law from Melbourne University and is a former editor of the Melbourne Journal of International Law. He is a reporter for the Victorian Reports, Co-Secretary of the Competition and Consumer Law section of the Commercial Bar Association, a member of the Bar’s Student Engagement Committee and Practice Development Committee, and a former Board member of Fitzroy Legal Service. In 2023 he received the Uncle Jim Berg Award for his pro bono work for First Nations clients. He read with Graeme Hill SC and his senior mentor is Rowena Orr KC.
Tim welcomes direct briefs from in-house counsel and was a member of the Corporate Counsel Engagement Pilot program. He operates a largely paperless practice and is comfortable using technology to maximise efficiency and minimise costs.
CPDs and presentations
Businesses behaving badly? Unfair contract terms and new consumer law penalties (CPD presented to Legalwise, March 2024)
'He has continuously, for many months past, seriously annoyed us': Browne v Dunn, Jones v Dunkel, and whether you should call your client (Guest lecture, Swinburne University, September 2023)
Preparing your client for inquiries, investigations and examinations (CPD presented to Leo Cussen Centre for Law and law firms, April and June 2022)
Misleading or deceptive conduct: Overview & case update (CPD presented to Victorian Bar, with Dr Oren Bigos QC and Georgia Douglas, December 2021)
Statutory Unconscionable Conduct: Overview & case update (CPD presented to Victorian Bar, with Dr Oren Bigos QC and Angus Christopherson, November 2021)
Interrogating systemic racism and unconscious bias in Australian courts: a practitioner's perspective (presentation to Berkeley Centre on Comparative Equality and Anti-Discrimination Law Annual Conference, with Emrys Nekvapil, July 2021)
VCAT Advocacy Masterclass (workshop presented to Justice Connect, with Emrys Nekvapil, December 2019)
Chair, Superannuation Law Conference, Leo Cussen Centre for Law, October 2019
Panellist at Victoria Legal Aid civil section training offsite, October 2018