Julie accepts briefs to appear and advise in a broad range of employment, commercial and administrative law disputes.
In employment law, Julie has acted for both employees and employers in general protection and underpayment claims, and claims involving restraint of trade. Julie has experience advising on and appearing in disciplinary processes, as well as discrimination and sexual harassment complaints.
Julie’s commercial practice includes contractual or consumer law disputes, breach of directors’ duties, as well as breach of fiduciary obligations, appearing both led and unled in state and federal courts.
In public and administrative law, Julie has appeared in proceedings involving merits or judicial review of State and Federal government decisions, as well as discrimination and human rights complaints. Julie is often asked to conduct or to advise on misconduct investigations in educational or institutional settings.
Before coming to the Bar, Julie was senior in-house counsel at Monash University where she specialised in administrative law, disciplinary proceedings and discrimination claims. Julie was also in-house counsel for State and Commonwealth governments in the ACT and in Victoria in the areas of employment, commercial and administrative law.
Julie teaches as a sessional at Monash University, predominantly in administrative law and digital law, and has a particular interest in digital law issues. She was a member of Liberty Victoria's policy committee, specialising in privacy. She writes a blog about cases and legal issues that are of interest to her on her website.
Julie speaks fluent Mandarin Chinese and intermediate French, and is experienced in working with clients from CALD backgrounds. She read with Jim McKenna. Her senior mentor was Paul Anastassiou QC.
Employment law
- Sidhu v Aldi Stores (A Limited Partnership) [2022] FedCFamC2G 239: acted unled for employer in a general protection claim involving dismissal.
- Oliver v Bassari (Human Rights) [2022] VCAT 329; 316 IR 70: acted unled for employer in a sexual harassment claim involving issues of vicarious liability.
- Central Innovation Pty Ltd v Garner (No 4) [2020] FCA 1796: acted for the employee in a claim brought by former employers for breach of confidentiality, trust and breach of employment contract (led by D Robertson KC).
- Flageul v WeDrive Pty Ltd [2020] FCA 1666: acted for a CEO and founder of a technology company in a general protection and shareholder oppression claim against former employer (led by D Robertson KC).
Commercial law
- Xu v Aussie Investment Group Pty Ltd [2022] VCC 104: acted unled for vendor in a commercial dispute involving claims of breach of contract, ACL, fiduciary duty and negligence following the sale of a business.
- HungryPanda Au Pty Ltd v Fantuan Australia Pty Ltd [2023] VSC 102: commercial dispute between meal delivery app companies involving breach of contract and inducement to breach contract, in which a stay was sought on the basis of multiplicity of proceedings in Australia and in the UK (led by C Truong KC).
- ADG Digital Pty Ltd v Trigon Trading Pty Ltd (Administrators Appointed) [2023] FCA 232: dispute involving a breach of trust claim against a company trading cryptocurrency, in which freezing orders were sought over crypto and fiat currency assets held overseas (led by C Truong KC).
- Hardie v Parsons [2021] VSC 816: acted unled for the owners in an application under Order 53 for possession of property.
- Julie has also appeared unled in various interlocutory applications in the County and Supreme Court that did not proceed to trial, including applications for freezing orders, summary judgment applications, and security for costs applications.
Administrative law
- Gai v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs [2022] FedCFamC2G 658: acted unled for the applicant in a judicial review of a migration decision.
- Broadbent v Minister for Home Affairs [2021] FCAFC 116; 286 FCR 607: acted for the applicant in a judicial review of a migration decision (led by M Albert).
- Daidai Mama Pty Ltd v Wang [2021] VSC 330: acted unled for the respondent in an appeal against a VCAT decision on an error of law concerning contract for the sale of goods.
- Julie has also acted for claimants and respondents in a number of discrimination and disciplinary proceedings in an educational and institutional setting, which have settled out of court.