Rachel Amamoo | Victorian Bar

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Date of Admission:

04 Jul 2007

First Signed Bar Roll:

02 May 2019

Division of Bar Roll:

Victorian Practising Counsel

Qualifications:

BEc (Adel), Hons Politics (Adel), LLB (Hons)(Adel), LLM (Columbia), MPub&IntLaw (Melb)

Admitted Elsewhere:

South Australia (1998), NSW (1999), New York (2002)

Previous Occupation:

Special Counsel, Victorian Government Solicitor's Office; Senior Associate, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (London); Associate, Fried Frank (New York); Solicitor, Blake Dawson Waldron (Sydney); Associate, Federal Court

Profile:

Rachel has a trial and appellate practice in commercial law and public law. For a list of Rachel's recent cases, please click the Cases tab above.

Rachel also has extensive experience advising on complex issues of law, including constitutional law, intergovernmental agreements, statutory interpretation and water resources.

Before coming to the Bar, Rachel practised as a solicitor in both commercial litigation (in Sydney, New York and London as a Senior Associate at Freshfields) and public law (in Melbourne).

Rachel holds a Master of Laws from Columbia University in New York, where she was named a Kent Scholar in recognition of outstanding academic achievement. She holds a Master of Public and International Law from Melbourne Law School, where she graduated with a first class honours average mark. Rachel also holds first class honours degrees in politics and in law from the University of Adelaide, where she received various academic prizes in law.

Rachel read with Emrys Nekvapil. Her senior mentor was Rowena Orr QC.

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Cases:

Waterfront Place Pty Ltd v Minister for Planning [2019] VSCA 156

Whether there existed a contrary intention so as to displace the operation of a statutory counting rule ― leave to appeal refused ― led by David Batt QC, for the first respondent

The Australian Brumby Alliance Inc v Parks Victoria (Federal Court, 2019) judgment reserved

Injunction sought to restrain Parks Victoria from taking certain action in relation to brumbies in the Alpine National Park ― led by Christopher Caleo QC and with Emrys Nekvapil, for the respondent

Secretary to the Department of Justice and Community Safety v MFK (Supreme Court, 2019)

Application for leave to appeal VCAT decision made under Working With Children Act 2005 (Vic) ― leave to appeal refused ― unled, for the respondent

AWU16 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection and Anor (Federal Court, 2019) , judgment reserved

Appeal from a decision of the Federal Circuit Court ― migration ― with Angel Aleksov, for the appellant

Cottrell v Ross [2019] VCC 2142

Appeal from conviction on constitutional grounds ― implied freedom of political communication ― appeal dismissed ― with Liam Brown, Crown Counsel, for the Victorian Attorney-General (intervening)

Eastern Van Services v Victorian Work Cover & Anor (Court of Appeal) ongoing

Application for leave to appeal decision re whether worker was an employee ― led by Ron Merkel QC and with Emrys Nekvapil, for the applicant

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Area of Practice

Common Law
- Negligence
Commercial Law
Appellate
Public Law & Administrative Law
Inquests, Inquiries, Tribunals & Commissions
Government

Jurisdictions

All Australian States and Jurisdictions

Federal Court of Australia

High Court of Australia

New York