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

Contact Details

Accredited Mediator