4-5-26 / Michael Hodge KC — Appellate, Corporations, Employment & Industrial
Michael Hodge KC (leading Ms M Aguinaldo) appeared for the appellant, instructed by Gillis Delaney Lawyers. This case is an appeal from the decision of the primary judge in Reiche v Neometals Ltd (No 2) (2025) 338 IR 312. By way of background, the appellant made certain disclosures which he alleged were the…
17-4-26 / Matthew Jones KC — Appellate
Matthew Jones KC (led by G J Handran KC) represented the respondents, instructed by 23 Legal. The appeal concerned a private nuisance claim between adjoining cotton-farm owners arising from a “Temporary Levee” constructed by the appellants on their land near the common boundary. The Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal,…
27-3-26 / Andrew O'Brien KC — Appellate
Andrew O’Brien KC (leading Joshua Jones) represented the applicant instructed by Gilshenan and Luton Legal Practice. The proceeding concerned an application for reinstatement of an abandoned appeal, or alternatively, leave to bring a subsequent appeal against conviction of one count of rape on grounds that the trial counsel had failed…
10-3-26 / Rob Anderson KC — Appellate, Land Law & Property
Rob Anderson KC with Will Macintosh appeared for the respondent instructed by HWL Ebsworth Lawyers. This judgment concerns the costs of an order on 20 February 2026 that dealt with the merits of the appeal and allowed the parties an opportunity to make written submissions as to costs of the…
24-2-26 / Andrew O'Brien KC — Appellate
Andrew O’Brien KC with Jade-Anne Reeves, appeared (pro bono) on behalf of the appellant, instructed by Gilshenan & Luton Legal Practice. This was an appeal against a conviction of murder. In summary, the appellant alleged that the trial directions to the jury amounted to a miscarriage of justice on three…
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