Jonathan Korman Email & Phone Number

Jonathan is one of Victoria's pre-eminent public law barristers in the environmental law field. He also has a busy practice in the fields of construction law, taxation (state and federal),and general commercial law.Jonathan has been the lead counsel in cases that brought about the end of native forest logging in Victoria and opened the door to environmental organisations to challenge the conduct of the NSW state logging agency.Some of the environmental law cases in which Jonathan played the key role for the successful environmental organisation include:* South East Forest Rescue Inc v Forestry Corporation of New South Wales (No 2) [2024] NSWCA 113 - a landmark NSW case confirming that environmental organisations that establish a "special interest" have standing to enforce the statutory framework governing logging in NSW * Environment East Gippsland (No 4) v VicForests  [2022] VSC 668  - the case that triggered the Victorian government decision to end logging of native forests.* VicForests v Kinglake Friends of the Forest [2021] VSCA 195 - the leading recent authority applying the doctrine of general law standingJonathan is regularly briefed, both in Victoria and interstate, to advise on environmental law matters and litigation.Jonathan's commercial practice focuses on construction disputes, state taxation, and general commercial matters. He is  an accomplished and sought after mediator and negotiator. Jonathan's negotiation skill set draws on 20 years’ business experience at CEO/director level in the field of IT, as well as his prior professional work in counseling psychology.Jonathan has appeared before the High Court on several occasions, including representation of the successful appellant, unled, in the well-known case of Rozenblit v Vainer  (2018) 262 CLR 476 which has been cited in over 70 published decisions.Jonathan graduated Bachelor of Laws and Master of Laws, both with distinction. He was invited to teach Corporations Law, Equity and Trusts at Monash University. He was awarded the Society of Construction Law Award for Construction Law in 2016, and, earlier, the Law Institute of Victoria Prize as dux of the College of Law. Jonathan also has teaching qualifications. His work has been published in the Building and Construction Law Journal: The measure of damages for breach of a construction contract where there is no economic loss, (2018) 34(3) BCL 159.

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  Barrister

  Victorian Bar

  Nov 2008 - Present