Samantha Cipriano has a broad commercial practice, with particular expertise in banking and finance, bankruptcy and insolvency disputes and the area of wills and probate.
Daniel is a client-focused commercial barrister with a broad range of experience. He specialises in insolvency, property, contractual and general commercial disputes.
Miguel is a an experienced Barrister who undertakes work in the following areas:
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Tony O’Donoghue has a general commercial and civil practice in both the State and Federal jurisdictions, specializing in bankruptcy and administrative law, particularly Commonwealth administrative law, including migration law.
After over 15 years at the Victorian Bar Peter's practice is now centred around what he calls “Familial Law” – the legal problems experienced by families. These include:
Warwick parctices mainly in intellectual property, trade practices, telecommunications and general commercial law incuding:
Susan is a commercial law specialist with a proven reputation at the Bar and a significant history of commercial litigation as a solicitor. She was a Law Firm Partner prior to being called to the Bar. Whilst based in Melbourne, Susan appears nationally.
David specialises in building and construction disputes; planning; local government; water and drainage, including claims under the Water Act; and environmental matters. He is an accredited mediator under the National Mediator Accreditaion System.
“It’s refreshing as a commercial lawyer to find a barrister who has a good commercial sense for not only analysing issues but also finding solutions. What differentiates working with Michael is that he’s prepared to give strong recommendations and I value his proactive commercial input.”
I have been a commercial litigation lawyer for 30 years and a mediator for over 20 years. I currently practice at the Victorian Bar exclusively as a mediator.
Peter's main areas of expertise are insolvency and commercial disputes.
Tom is a leading practitioner in planning and environmental law and building and property law. He appears in all courts and tribunals across Victoria, including VCAT, Planning Panels Victoria and the Supreme, County and Magistrates Courts.
Simon is a commercial barrister. He appears in trials and interlocutory proceedings in the Federal, Supreme and County Courts, and in the Administrative Appeals Tribunal and the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal.
Simon has extensive experience in areas including:
Jeremy acts in commercial disputes, mainly but not exclusively for clients in the construction industry.
Alastair practices in commercial litigation especially building and construction disputes and property related matters.
Marcus Hoyne specialises in media and defamation law and has more than 25 years’ experience in commercial litigation at both trial and appellate level. Although based in Melbourne, he is also a member of the New South Wales Bar and practices there.
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Robert A Niemann is an experienced tax barrister having joined at the Victorian Bar since 2003.
His has widespread experience in managing collection disputes, including acting for taxpayers dealing with issues of insolvency and also disputed liabilities facing collection proceedings.
Glen Pauline (BA, LLB (Hons)) first signed the Bar Roll in 2001, reading with Tim J North (Q.C). He practises in commercial and workplace relations disputes, and mediation, including:
Simon takes a strategic and diligent approach to legal problems. He appears widely in State and Federal Courts at all levels. He has mediation experience both as mediator and counsel.
Examples of experience include:
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Bill holds Honours degrees in Law and Arts from Melbourne University. He was admitted in 1991 and worked with Blake Dawson Waldron, as a corporate solicitor with ANZ and then as a senior associate at Allens Arthur Robinson. He is a lecturer in Property Transactions in The Melbourne JD program r
Tim Grace was admitted to practice in 1989 and signed the Bar Roll in April 2004.
Profile Geraldine has a broad practice with a focus on construction law, insurance law, asbestos diseases, commercial matters and personal injuries. Prior to coming to the Bar she practiced as a solicitor in Victoria, NSW and Hong Kong.
Sam is one of the Victorian Bar’s leading retail and commercial leasing and property lawyers.
He regularly appears in the Supreme and County Courts and the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal, and advises in the following areas:
Justin practises primarily in intellectual property. Justin holds a Masters in IP, and is a contributing author to Lahore’s Trade Marks, Patents and Confidential Information and Related Rights service published by LexisNexis.
Daniel regularly appears in the Supreme Court of Victoria, Federal Court, County Court of Victoria, the Courts of Appeal, and the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal.
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I regularly appear in the Magistrates’ Court in both civil and criminal matters. These include: