Graeme Lance Turner

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

Areas of Practice

Graeme practises as a barrister 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 / confidential information
• mortgages
• guarantees
• leases
• equity
• Succession Act claims
• will disputes
• appointment of receivers
• Mareva / asset freezing orders
• Anton Piller search orders
• urgent injunctions and other remedies
• construction and building disputes
• government inquiries including Royal Commissions and coronial investigations;
• procedural fairness
• appeals.

Graeme also practises as an accredited mediator, arbitrator and expert determiner. He has mediated over 60 disputes. He has held appointments as a private arbitrator and expert determiner.

Additional Areas of Interest, Appointments and Professional Memberships

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

Recent Publications and Seminars

 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

 21 July 2010

Interlocutory Injunctions and other Urgent Remedies in the Equity Division - Seminar for College of Law

 17 November 2010

Interlocutory Injunctions and Other Urgent Remedies in the Equity Division for Employment Lawyers – Seminar for NSW Young Lawyers