Profile

Experience as junior counsel includes:

Regulatory and law enforcement work

> Appearing for the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (CDPP) in civil proceedings commenced by white collar crime defendants, including Clive Palmer and Palmer Leisure Coolum Pty Ltd, in the Supreme Court of Queensland, the Queensland Court of Appeal, the High Court of Australia and in the Federal Court of Australia.

> Appearing (led and unled) for Commonwealth agencies, including the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the Australian Federal Police and the Department of Home Affairs, in relation to public interest immunity and associated claims (including in respect of suppression and non-publication orders) in various criminal proceedings including charges relating to foreign bribery.

> Representing and advising companies, individuals and regulators (led and unled) in the course of regulatory investigations (including at examinations and in relation to the use of other compulsory powers).

> Acting and appearing in civil regulatory proceedings (most recently regarding  cryptocurrency, data security, responsible lending, directors’ duties, consumer protection and cartel conduct).

Public law

> Acting, appearing and advising applicants, State and Federal government departments, agencies and local governments in respect of the judicial review of government decision-making, including most recently in respect of decisions made under the Mineral Resources Act 1989, Planning Act 2016, Nature Conservation (Protected Areas Management) Regulation 2017, Recreation Areas Management Act 2006 and the Torres Strait Islander Land Act 1991.

> Acting, appearing and advising government and private parties in relation to various claims made under the Human Rights Act 2019, including acting and appearing for the Brisbane City Council in a s 222 Justices Act 1886 appeal raising human rights and associated constitutional arguments.

> Acting and appearing for applicants and respondents in health law regulatory matters, including in merits review, judicial review and constitutional contexts.

> Acting and appearing for the Chief Psychiatrist in Mental Health Court hearings, including in respect of serious offences and appeals from the Mental Health Review Tribunal.

Commercial law 

> Acting and appearing for CS Energy in a class action alleging contraventions of s 46 (misuse of market power) of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010.

> Acting for plaintiffs in a complex multiparty insurance claim in respect of LNG contract works in central Queensland.

> Acting and appearing in oppression proceedings in the Federal Court of Australia under the Corporations Act 2001.

> Acting and appearing (led and unled) in various contract and insurance claims in the Supreme Court of Queensland and the Federal Court of Australia.

Commissions and inquiries

> Acting as Counsel Assisting in the inquest into the death of Matthew Baxter.

> Acting as Counsel Assisting in the inquest into the death of Barry Ellery, Miranda Meyer and Kendal Quicke (TPCH inquest).

> Acting as Counsel Assisting in the Robodebt Royal Commission.

> Acting for witnesses in commissions and inquiries, including in the Commission of Inquiry into the CFMEU and the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide.

Native Title

> Acting for and advising applicant, government and pastoralist parties in native title proceedings in Queensland, the Northern Territory and South Australia.