Admission Date

  • Barrister 1987
  • Solicitor 1975
  • Admitted to practise in NSW, Qld, Vic, ACT and NT

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Laws with Honours (University of London)
  • Master of Commerce (University of New South Wales)
  • Master of Laws (University of Sydney)

Previous Occupations

  • Solicitor

Specific Areas of Practice

I practise in the Supreme Court, Federal Court and District Court and before other Courts and Tribunals as required in the following areas:-

  • business and commercial law;
  • property;
  • corporations;
  • trade practices;
  • consumer protection;
  • restraint of trade;
  • mortgages;
  • guarantees;
  • leases;
  • equity;
  • Family Provision Act claims;
  • will disputes;
  • appointment of receivers;
  • asset freezing orders;
  • Anton Piller orders;
  • urgent injunctions;
  • construction and building disputes;
  • government inquiries including Royal Commissions and coronial investigations;
  • appeals.

I also practise as an accredited mediator and arbitrator.


Additional Areas of Interest, Appointments, Professional Memberships & Bar Association Committees

  • Member of New South Wales Bar Association
  • Fellow of the Commercial Law Association
  • Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
  • Accredited LEADR mediator and on LEADR mediator panel
  • Accredited as mediator by the NSW Bar Association under the National Standards
  • Appointed as Supreme Court and District Court mediator
  • Appointed as District Court and Local Court arbitrator
  • Member of Chartered Institute of Arbitrators’ panels of mediators and arbitrators
  • Investigator and reviewer of disciplinary complaints for the Legal Services Commissioner

Recent Publications and Seminars

 21 July 2010
Interlocutory Injunctions and other Urgent Remedies in the Equity Division - Seminar for College of Law
 23 February 2008
Restraints of Trade in Employment, Non-Solicitation Clauses and Protection of Employers' Confidential Information - Overview of Principles, the 2006-2007 cases and Practice and Procedure Tips for Litigators - for NSW Young Lawyers
 25 August 2008
Arbitration in the District Court - Seminar for NSW Bar Association
 8 October 2008
Update on the Restraints of Trade and Confidential Information in Employment - for NSW Young Lawyers
 18 February 2009
Applications in the Equity Division - Interlocutory Injunctions - for NSW Young Lawyers
 9 March 2009
Litigating Employee Restraints of Trade and Confidential Information Cases - for College of Law as part of Seminar on "Topical Issues in Workplace Law"
 May 2009
Article - "Litigating Employee Restraints of Trade and Confidential Information" - published in the Law Society Journal May 2009 Vol 47 No. 4, pages 59-61
 July 2009
Article “Interlocutory Injunctions – Making urgent applications in the Equity Division of the Supreme Court” – published in Law Society Journal Volume 47 No. 6 pp 78-81
 3 September 2009
Seminar - Urgent Interlocutory Injunction Applications in the Equity Division – for College of Law

Contact Details

Accredited Mediator