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PRACTICE AS A SOLICITORFrom 1984 to 1986 I was an articled clerk and then a solicitor at Mallesons Stephen Jaques (as King & Wood Mallesons was then known). At the firm I practised in tax, intellectual property and general commercial litigation. During the period 1986-1988 I was Associate to the Honourable Justice Woodward of the Federal Court of Australia. Also during that time I was (for a short time) a Deputy District Registrar of the Federal Court of Australia. From 1988-1989 I was a solicitor at Sly and Weigall (as Deacons was then known). I practised in general commercial litigation, trade practices and intellectual property. During the period 1989-1991 I was a solicitor at Baker & McKenzie in Melbourne. I practised in commercial litigation, intellectual property and trade practices.

Listed skills include Commercial Litigation, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Intellectual Property, Dispute Resolution, and 22 others.

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  Barrister

  Victorian Bar

  1991 - Present - Victoria, Australia

  PRACTICE AT THE VICTORIAN BARI came to the Victorian Bar in 1991 and read with Mr J.E. Middleton (now Justice Middleton of the Federal Court of Australia). My practice at the Bar has been general commercial litigation, intellectual property, company law, insolvency and equity predominantly in the Supreme Court of Victoria and the Federal Court of Australia.Major matters and trials:Aussie Airlines Pty Ltd v Australian Airlines Pty Ltd, Qantas Airlines & Federal Airports Corporation [1996] FCA 1773Aussie Airlines Pty Ltd v Australian Airlines Ltd & Ors [1996] 139 ALR 663Johnson Tiles v Esso Australia Pty Ltd [2003] VSC 27Deputy Commissioner of Taxation (Cth) v Uysal [2004] VSC 278Alinta Network Services Pty Ltd v Essential Services Commission E3/2005Twentieth Super Pace Nominees Pty Ltd v Australian Rail Track Corporation[2006] VSC 353 Alinta Asset Management Pty Ltd v Essential Services Commission E2/2005VCC v Australian Prudential Regulation Authority [2008] AATA 580Biota Scientific Management Pty Ltd v Glaxo Group Limited [2008] VSC 110Inquest into the deaths of Jenifer and Alexander Elliott Ref 1880/08 and 1881/2008Tap (Harriet) Pty Ltd v Burrup Fertilisers, Supreme Court of WA CIV 2329 of 2009 Simply Irresistible Pty Ltd v Couper [2010] VSC 601Arafura Resources Ltd v Mackowski, Supreme Court of WA CIV 3086 of 2011Simply Irresistible v Couper [2012] VSCA 128Hodgson v Amcor [2012] VSC 94