Profile

Year of Call:
2018Overview
Jaamae has a broad practice encompassing all areas of commercial and public law. He has particular expertise in private law, including:
- civil fraud and equity and trusts—he is a co-author of The Law of Tracing (Federation Press, 2021); and
- restitution of unjust enrichment—he appeared in the most recent High Court case in that area (Redland City Council v Kozik) and teaches Restitution of Unjust Enrichment on the BCL at the University of Oxford.
His notable recent instructions include:
- G Global & ors v Commissioner of State Revenue (HCA, 2025)—external affairs power, inconsistency between State and Commonwealth law, and the acquisition of property on just terms.
- Redland City Council v Kozik [2024] HCA 7; (2024) 98 ALJR 544—unjust enrichment, defences to unjust enrichment, recovery of ultra vires
Jaamae has an international practice. In addition to advising on Australian law and appearing in Australian proceedings, he practises at the English Bar in London. His notable recent instructions in that capacity include a United Kingdom Supreme Court appeal, six Privy Council appeals, and “Top 20” trials for 2022, 2024, and 2025.
Jaamae has published articles in English and Australian law journals, and he is a member of the author team for Civil Procedure Queensland (LexisNexis). His work has been cited by the English High Court (Commercial Court), the New South Wales Court of Appeal, the Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia, and the Singapore Court of Appeal. Prior to coming to the Bar, Jaamae was the Associate to the Hon Justice Patrick Keane AC (HCA), the Hon Justice John Bond (QSC), and the Hon Justice Peter Lyons (QSC).
In London, Jaamae practises from Brick Court Chambers.
Experience
Experience includes:
> advising court-appointed receivers of the property of the Presbyterian Church of Queensland and acting for those receivers in proceedings in the Supreme Court of Queensland;
> appearing (led) in the Supreme Court of Queensland in a dispute involving a claim for damages for loss of opportunity arising out of a joint venture for the exploitation of a coal deposit;
> appearing (led) in the Supreme Court of Queensland and Family Court of Australia in proceedings involving jurisdictional issues as between State and Federal courts, equity and trusts, and family law;
> appearing (unled) in the Magistrates Court of Queensland and Federal Circuit Court of Australia on interlocutory applications and other interlocutory hearings;
> appearing (led) for a contractor in an expert determination concerning coal mine health and safety;
> advising (led) a national law firm on issues concerning property law and company law;
> advising (led) a local government authority on an urgent basis in relation to a dispute which raised questions of contract law, administrative law, employment law, and competition law; and
> acting (led) for a tenant in a commercial tenancy dispute in the Federal Court of Australia.
Recommendations
Legal 500, London Bar, Commercial Disputes
2025 – “Jaamae is technically brilliant. He is able to distil complex legal problems simply and cut through to an issue in the way that a judge would which is to be lauded. He is very accessible and available.”
Appointments
2019-20 Associate Editor, Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal
2019-20 Convenor, Faculty of Law Obligations Discussion Group, University of Oxford
Member
Bar Association of Queensland
Money Laundering and Sanctions Working Group - Bar Council of England & Wales
University of Queensland Law Alumni Association
Career
2021 Called to the Bar (England & Wales)
2018 Called to the Bar (Queensland)
2018–2019 Associate to Hon Justice Patrick Keane, High Court of Australia
2017–2018 Associate to Hon Justice John Bond, Supreme Court of Queensland
2016 Associate to Hon Justice Peter Lyons, Supreme Court of Queensland
Education
2020 Bachelor of Civil Law (with Distinction), University of Oxford (Magdalen College)
2017 Master of Laws, University of Queensland
2016 Bachelor of Laws (Hons I, University Medal), University of Queensland
Awards
2016 University Medal, University of Queensland
2015 Harrisonslaw Prize (subject prize for Succession Law)
2014 Ross Anderson Memorial Prize (subject prize for Constitutional Law)
2014 Dr M H M Kidwai Memorial Prize (subject prize for Administrative Law)
2014 Herbert Smith Freehills Prize (subject prize for Contract Law)
2014 McCullough Robertson Prize