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Notable matters as junior counsel include:

› acting for a principal in a complex construction dispute, including appearing in an emergency arbitration conducted in Singapore, under the SIAC Rules;

› appearing for the company group CEO in a two week appeal before the Queensland Court of Appeal, and appearing in subsequent special leave applications and a substantive appeal before the High Court of Australia;

› appearing as junior counsel in a Supreme Court trial concerning allegations of professional negligence against the plaintiff’s former solicitors;

› appearing in the Court of Appeal in respect of a challenge to a decision of the Legal Services Commissioner;

› acting for a major resources company in respect of a mining lease application before the Land Court of Queensland;

› acting for a liquidator in Supreme Court proceedings over debts alleged to be owed by the company in liquidation;

› acting for a major property development group in Supreme Court proceedings against their former solicitors, alleging professional negligence in the conduct of a significant commercial property transaction;

› acting for an insured and its foreign subsidiaries in a multi-million dollar claim against an insurer for indemnity under a professional indemnity insurance policy;

› acting for non-bank lenders and mortgage managers in respect of professional negligence proceedings in the Supreme Court against their former solicitors;

› acting and appearing for a regional authority in respect of native title proceedings before the Federal Court of Australia; and

› advising a partner in respect of a number of matters including contractual construction, debt issues and strategic considerations arising from an international partnership dispute.

Recent matters as sole counsel include advising and appearing for litigants in taxation disputes, contractual disputes, insolvency disputes, commercial tenancy disputes and judicial review applications.