Andy practises in commercial and public law.
Before coming to the Bar, Andy was an associate to the Hon. Robert French AC, then Chief Justice of Australia. He was a senior associate in the Commercial Litigation team at Corrs Chambers Westgarth and a solicitor at Allens and Herbert Smith Freehills. He also worked for the Solicitor-General for Western Australia.
Andy was a solicitor assisting in the Royal Commission into the Casino Operator and Licence where he focussed on corporate governance issues. He was involved in complex and high-value commercial disputes and provided legal advice on a diverse range of private and public law matters to corporate and government entities.
Andy has a Bachelor of Civil Law with distinction from the University of Oxford where he studied on the Daniel Slifkin Scholarship from St John’s College, Oxford. He has a Bachelor of Laws/Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Western Australia. He graduated first in his class in law and received the prize for the most outstanding humanities graduate.
Andy was a lecturer at UWA where he taught public international law. As a sessional academic, he taught corporations law, statutory interpretation, administrative law, constitutional law, and in the economics department at the UWA Business School.
Andy read with Caryn van Proctor. His senior mentor is Dr Michael Rush KC.
Selected Cases
Epic Games, Inc & Ors v Google LLC & Ors (Briefed to act for Google parties in relation to confidentiality issues. Federal Court of Australia. Led by E Nikou Madalin. Instructed by Corrs Chambers Westgarth). (Ongoing)
Mining Standards International Pty Ltd v Atlantic Nickel Mineracao Ltd (Briefed to act for receivers and managers in abuse of process application. Federal Court of Australia. Led by K Dharmananda SC, S Wong, B Kabel. Instructed by Clayton Utz). (Ongoing)
ACK Pty Ltd & Anor v Mercy Human Services Ltd & Anor (Briefed to act for plaintiffs in breach of contract and misleading or deceptive conduct claim. Supreme Court of Western Australia. Led by K Dharmananda SC and R Collins. Instructed by King & Collins). (Ongoing)
GPT Re Limited v Australia Institute of Business and Technology Pty Ltd & Ors (Briefed to act for Study Group Australia Pty Ltd in relation to breach of contract claim. Supreme Court of New South Wales. Led by J Potts SC and L Hawas. Instructed by Baker McKenzie).
Enertek AU Pty Ltd & Ors v 8Star Energy Pty Ltd (Briefed to act for defendant in injunction applications. Supreme Court of Victoria. Led by J Moore KC and S Hooper. Instructed by Mills Oakley).
WOTCH Inc v VicForests (Briefed to assist J Pizer KC, senior counsel for the defendant, in closing submissions. Supreme Court of Victoria. Instructed by Baker McKenzie).