Date of Admission:
29 Apr 2014
Qualifications:
BA, Dip. CA, LLM (Juris Doctor)
Previous Occupation:
Associate, MinterEllison, HWL Ebsworth; Judge's Associate
Accepts briefs from in-house counselProfile:
Caroline practises primarily in commercial law. Her key experience includes complex contractual disputes, franchising, trade practices and consumer law and property disputes across a range of industries. Caroline also practices in defamation law, with experience advising parties at a range of levels and stages of defamation disputes.
Before coming to the bar, Caroline gained experience as a litigator as an Associate at both MinterEllison and HWL Ebsworth Lawyers. In that capacity, she ran matters in all Victorian courts, the Federal Court and the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal, acted at mediations, undertook significant pleading and advice work and appeared in each of those jurisdictions.
Caroline has been working in commercial litigation since January 2008. Prior to being at HWL Ebsworth and MinterEllison, she was the Associate to His Honour Judge Anderson, Judge in Charge of the County Court’s Commercial List for nearly 5 years (2008 to 2012). Between November 2012 and March 2013, Caroline was interned to Judge Khalida Rachid Khan of the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in The Hague, Netherlands.
Caroline read with Renee Enbom QC. Her senior mentor is Wendy Harris QC.
Recent significant appearances:
- Jafari v 23 Developments Pty Ltd [2019] VSCA 16 (Security for costs) led by Marcus Clarke QC
- Brady Queen Pty Ltd v 280 Queen Street Pty Ltd (No 3) [2019] VSC 307 led by Anthony Schlicht
- Jafari v 23 Developments Pty Ltd [2019] VSCA 201 led by Marcus Clarke QC
- Australian and Pacific Investment Company Pty Ltd v Austpac Properties Pty Ltd (Interim injunction application)
- Australian and Pacific Investment Company Pty Ltd v Austpac Properties Pty Ltd (Trial) led by Oren Bigos SC
- Royal Commission into the Management of Police Informants led by Saul Holt QC, Renee Enbom QC and Karen Argiropoulos (from March 2019 to November 2020)
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