Chris practises mainly in commercial law and public law.  He has advised and appeared on behalf of corporations, government bodies and individuals in a range of courts and tribunals.

Matters in which Chris has acted include:

• Acting for the contradictor in a proceeding in the Supreme Court of Victoria concerning a missing trust deed: Re Cleeve Group Pty Ltd [2022] VSC 342 and 362, led by Ian Waller QC, instructed by HWL Ebsworth
• Acting as amicus curiae in proceedings in the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal concerning the interpretation of a new provision of the Owners Corporations Act 2006 (Vic): Owners Corporation 1 Plan No. PS735439F v Singh (Owners Corporations) [2022] VCAT 389, led by Meg O'Sullivan SC
• Acting for the National Disability Insurance Agency in various proceedings in the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (2021-), unled, instructed by Australian Government Solicitor and HWL Ebsworth
• Acting for applicants in various judicial review proceedings in the Federal Court of Australia and the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia concerning visa cancellations (2021-), unled, instructed by Victoria Legal Aid
• Acting for a defendant to a voidable transaction claim in an application for a temporary stay of proceedings in the Supreme Court of Victoria: Rysze International Pty Ltd v Guan & Anor [2021] VSC 706, unled, instructed by J Lei & Co
• Acting for the appellant in an appeal concerning the discontinuance of a proceeding in circumstances where a counterclaim with a complex history remained on foot: Ganesh v National Australia Bank Ltd [2021] VSCA 45, led by Gabi Crafti
• Acting for the tenant in a proceeding in the Supreme Court of Victoria concerning the exercise of an option to renew a commercial lease: Omar Property Pty Ltd & Ors v Amcor Flexibles (Port Melbourne) Pty Ltd [2020] VSC 216 and 17; [2019] VSC 446 and 627, led by David Collins QC and Louie Hawas, instructed by Baker McKenzie
• Acting for unitholders of a managed investment trust in a proceeding in the Supreme Court of Victoria concerning the calculation of fees payable to the trustee: Laguna Bay Pastoral Company Pty Ltd as trustee for the Adveq Almond Trust 2 v Schroder Adveq Real Assets Harvested Resources LP & Ors (2020), led by Ian Waller QC and Tomaso Di Lallo, instructed by Baker McKenzie (settled)
• Acting for teachers in Federal Court proceedings under the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Cth) (2020-21), led by Jonathan Kirkwood and Fiona Knowles, instructed by Holding Redlich (settled)
• Acting for the recipients of notices to produce issued by the Director of the Medicare Professional Services Review scheme in a judicial review proceeding in the Federal Court of Australia: I-MED Radiology Network Ltd v Director of Professional Services Review [2020] FCA 1645, led by Stephen Moloney with Nick Elias, instructed by Kennedys
• Acting for an employer in an enterprise agreement approval application: Karijini Rail Pty Ltd [2019] FWC 2907, led by Stuart Wood QC with Dimitri Ternovski, instructed by S Billing & Associates
• Acting for the respondents to an appeal concerning a default judgment entered in the County Court of Victoria: Yang v Finder Earth Pty Ltd & Anor [2019] VSCA 22, led by Philip Solomon QC, instructed by Canaan Lawyers
• Acting for a statutory authority intervening in a proceeding in the Building and Property list of the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal: Zaitsev v Nicholson Wright Pty Ltd (Building and Property) [2019] VCAT 1508, unled, instructed by Allens
• Acting for the respondent to an application in the Review and Regulation list of the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal: Draper v Victorian Building Authority (Review and Regulation) [2019] VCAT 1837, unled, instructed by the Victorian Building Authority
• Assisting a joint working group of the Family Court of Australia and Federal Circuit Court of Australia with the harmonisation of the rules of court applicable in the family law jurisdiction (2019-21), led by Dr Chris Jessup QC and Ray Finkelstein QC, with Emma Poole

Before coming to the Bar, Chris worked at the Supreme Court of Victoria as Senior Associate to the Honourable Chief Justice Marilyn Warren AC, and later as Senior Associate to the Honourable Justice Melanie Sloss.

Previously, Chris practised as a solicitor at Allens, where he acted in federal and state tax disputes and in patent litigation. He earlier worked at the Federal Court of Australia as Associate to the Honourable Justice Susan Kenny AM.

Chris studied at the University of Melbourne and holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Laws with Honours. He received a number of academic prizes and graduated second in his LLB cohort. Chris is proficient in French and spent an exchange semester at the Université Jean Moulin Lyon III during his studies. In 2017, he completed a Bachelor of Civil Law at Balliol College, Oxford, for which he took courses in the conflict of laws, constitutional theory, legal philosophy and comparative public law.

Chris is a member of the Victorian Bar's Pro Bono Committee, and a reporter for the Victorian Reports.  He read with Jonathan Kirkwood and his senior mentor is Chris Horan QC.