Solicitor at Allens Arthur Robinson; Associate to the Honourable Justice Macaulay
Accepts briefs from in-house counsel
Profile:
John has a broad commercial practice with a particular interest in professional negligence matters. John also acts in matters involving contract law, property law (including leasing), insolvency and bankruptcy, the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) and incorporated associations.
John is a Nationally Accredited Mediator and accepts briefs to mediate commercial disputes and disputes involving incorporated associations.
Prior to coming to the Bar, John was a lawyer at Allens Arthur Robinson (now Allens) where he worked primarily on professional negligence, product liability and Corporations Act matters. John was also Associate to the Honourable Justice Macaulay at the Supreme Court of Victoria and he assisted his Honour in establishing the Professional Liability List in the Supreme Court of Victoria.
John is an author for the Victorian Courts civil procedure commentary published by Thomson Reuters. John graduated from the University of Melbourne with bachelors degrees in Laws (Hons) and Arts.
Published cases that John has acted in include:
Endresz v Commonwealth of Australia [2021] FCFCA 18 - an appeal of a sequestration order involving questions of nullity/irregularity of judgment and orders and payments out of consolidated revenue without parliamentary authority.
Knorr v Radial Timber Australia Pty Ltd [2018] FCA 802 - an appeal of a decision of the Federal Court of Australia refusing leave to allow the prosecution of a derivative action under s 237 of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth).
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