Profile

Notable matters as junior counsel include:

Insurance and Professional Liability

> Acting for insurers in Federal Court proceedings to resist a claim for declarations of entitlement to indemnity and damages under an Industrial Special Risk Policy.

> Acting for solicitors in Supreme Court proceedings defending allegations of negligence arising from the conduct of a retainer relating to a deceased estate.

> Acting for solicitors in Supreme Court proceedings defending allegations of negligent conduct of litigation.

> Acting for solicitors in Supreme Court proceedings defending allegations of negligence arising from mortgage frauds.

> Acting for an international firm of engineers in Supreme Court proceedings defending allegations of negligence and misleading or deceptive conduct arising from alleged defective design of transport infrastructure.

> Acting for a developer in a claim for negligence and misleading and deceptive conduct by a geotechnical engineer.

> Acting for an earthworks contractor in Supreme Court proceedings defending claims for negligence and breach of contract arising from a commercial development.

> Acting for a developer in a claim for negligence against a certifier.

> Advising the owner and operator of a public building on the implications of structural failure of the building.

Building and Construction

> Acting in arbitral proceedings concerning contractual disputes between joint venturers on a LNG project.

> Acting in an ICC arbitration for an international co-venture concerning claims arising from the design and construction of a major piece of transport infrastructure.

> Appearing (unled) in numerous cases concerning allegations of defective design and workmanship.

Land Law

> Appearing led and unled in the Land Court of Queensland on numerous appeals against annual statutory valuations of commercial land.

Other Contractual and Commercial Disputes

> Advising and appearing for a major transport and logistics company in claims against an infrastructure owner following freight train derailments.

> Advising and appearing for company directors in Federal Court of Australia civil penalty proceedings brought by ASIC alleging breaches of directors duties to the company.

> Advising and appearing for a charity in the Federal Court of Australia defending allegations of misleading or deceptive conduct.

> Advising and appearing (unled) in the District Court of Queensland for a company director defending claims for knowing involvement in the company’s alleged misleading or deceptive conduct and in another person’s alleged breach of fiduciary duty.

> Advising and appearing in commercial tenancy disputes in the Supreme Court of Queensland, including applications for injunctive relief.

> Advising joint venture partners in a contractual claim against a government entity.

> Appearing in a trial in the Supreme Court of Queensland concerning whether an action had been compromised.

> Advising and appearing (unled) on numerous Corporations Act issues and applications.

> Advising on partnership disputes.