Admission Date

  • Barrister - October 2005
  • Solicitor - October 1998

Qualifications

  • LLM (Hons I), Trinity College, University of Cambridge, 2001.
  • LLB (Hons I), University of Sydney, 1997.
  • BA (Psychology) (Hons I), University of Sydney, 1995.

Previous Occupations

  • Senior Associate, Freehills, Commercial Litigation Group, 2003-2005.
  • Solicitor, Freehills, 1998-2005.
  • Lecturer, Torts, University of Sydney, 2004-2005.
  • Associate and Research Assistant to Justice KE Lindgren, Federal Court of Australia, 1996-1998.
  • Research Assistant (part-time), Judicial Commission of NSW, 1996-1997.
  • Researcher and Sub-editor, Australian Legal Dictionary, Butterworths, 1995-1996.

Specific Areas of Practice

Areas of practice:

Commercial and corporations, Equity, Property, Contract, Trade Practices and Competition, Intellectual Property, Class Actions, Insolvency, International Arbitration, Appellate, Tax.

Courts

Federal Court, Supreme Court (including Court of Appeal), District Court, Local Court, Coroner's Court, Land and Environment Court, AAT, ADT.


Additional Areas of Interest

  • Regulatory investigations;
  • Expert evidence;
  • Torts;
  • Restitution.

Professional Memberships & Bar Association Committees

  • Bar Council, 2010.
  • New Barristers' Committee, NSW Bar Association, 2006 - 2010 (Chair 2008 - 2010).
  • Bar News Committee, NSW Bar Association, 2007 - 2010.
  • Practice Management Committee, NSW Bar Association, 2010.
  • Law Council of Australia, Business Law Section, Trade Practices Committee, 2008 - 2010.
  • Law Council of Australia, Federal Litigation Section, Administrative Law Committee, 2002-2005.
  • Member, St James Ethics Centre.
  • Member, Australian and NSW Women Lawyers' Associations.
  • Member, Anglo-Australasian Lawyers Society.
  • Fellow, Cambridge Commonwealth Society.

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