Natalie has been a lawyer for over 15 years, and a barrister for nine. Natalie has a background in administrative and employment law, with a more recent focus on planning and environment law.
Dr. Andrew Newman practises in personal injury and industrial/employment law.
Sally Whiteman’s principal practice areas are commercial, employment, defamation, consumer, and regulatory law.
Raph has a broad civil practice, at both trial and appellate level. He practises primarily in torts, class actions, judicial review, insurance and coronial law.
Angel Aleksov practises in public law, regulatory and commercial law and employment and industrial law.
Angel regularly appears in the superior courts, unled or led, and has an extensive appeals practice including in the High Court.
David practises in commercial law, common law and public law. He appears led and unled in trials, appeals and interlocutory matters in most courts and tribunals.
Some recent matters in which David has been involved include:
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James is a public lawyer with a strong background in law enforcement, national security, immigration and information law.
Yasser specialises in employment, industrial and public law and has a busy national practice.
Kieran Hickie has a broad commercial practice with a focus on commercial law and equity, property, trusts, corporations and insolvency, tax, banking and securities, construction and consumer protection.
Stephanie accepts briefs in common law, personal injuries, commercial, and insurance matters.
Nico Burmeister practises primarily in industrial relations and employment law. He is a member of the Victorian and Western Australian Bars.
After a decade as a solicitor, Nico was called to the Bar in 2013 and quickly developed a national practice.
Tim Goodwin practices primarily in commercial and public law. His experience includes administrative law, constitutional law, discrimination and human rights law, government advice work, commissions and inquiries, regulatory action, and native title and land rights work.
Andrew maintains a national practice in employment law and industrial relations, advising and appearing at trial and on appeal before the Federal Court of Australia, the Federal Circuit Court of Australia, the Fair Work Commission, and various State Courts and Tribunals in all issues arising out
Rachel Walsh was a solicitor in an international commercial firm for 20 years (including 12 as a partner).
She is briefed regularly in the areas of:
Victoria practices in a broad range of commercial and common law matters.
Victoria appears in all State and Federal courts, as well as private arbitrations, and accepts briefs to appear, advise and draw pleadings.
David practices exclusively in the area of Family Law. He is a member of the Family Law Section of the Law Council of Australia and a member of the Family Law Bar Association. He was formerly a reporter for the LexisNexis Butterworths Family Law Reports.
Brian’s practice primarily encompasses commercial law, administrative law, building and construction law and employment law matters.
Matters in which he has appeared include:
Fiona Knowles practises mostly in work related areas, including in industrial, regulatory and representative proceedings. Fiona has acted for a wide variety of clients, such as government departments, associations, corporations and individuals.
Practises in general commercial law, including contracts, corporations, equity and insolvency. Formerly associate to Elliott J of the Supreme Court of Victoria and solicitor at Mallesons.
Selected matters:
Campbell joined the Bar in May 2014. Previously, Campbell had been a partner in the commercial litigation group of Freehills, focusing primarily on disputes related to intellectual property or information technology.
Jason Romney has returned to the Victorian Bar in 2015 after working at the forefront of new digital services.
In his previous role as Head of Technology Innovation for Telstra, he developed a wide range of consumer and business digital solutions.
Ray is an experienced lawyer, having practised as a barrister for more than nine years, and as a solicitor prior to coming to the Bar. He has a broad practice, reflecting a desire to be a well-rounded advocate. He works primarily in personal injury law, but also appears regularly in a variety o
Chris has a wide ranging trial and appellate practice, including:
Brian Kennedy has a broad practice at the Bar encompassing advice and appearance work at trial and appellate level. He specialises in Gaming, Casino, Banking, Financial and Loan Enforcement litigation, and building and construction. He appears in the superior courts.
Tim practises in class actions, corporations, property and commercial law.
Matthew practices at Wardell Chambers in Sydney and Aickin Chambers in Melbourne.
Lucy M E Line practises in regulatory and disciplinary matters, public law, professional negligence, employment law, defamation and crime. Lucy's regulatory and disciplinary practice focuses on the legal, medical and financial sectors.
Prior to coming to the Bar, Holly was a Senior Associate in the family law division of a national law firm. While practicing as a Senior Associate, Holly had carriage of complex family property matters and challenging children’s matters including child abduction and Hague Convention cases.
Diana maintains a broad practise in common law, employment law, insurance law and commercial law. Diana appears regularly, both led and unled, in proceedings in the Supreme Court, County Court and Magistrates’ Court.
Rebecca continues to be recognised in Doyle's Guide to the Best Barristers in Victoria (2017-2023) in the field of Employment and Work Health Safety and is one of two representatives of counsel sitting on the Fair Work Commission Unfair Dismissal Users' Group.