Stu has practised as a litigation lawyer since 2004 undertaking a wide variety of civil litigation and criminal defence work. Stuart has practiced as a litigation lawyer for over 15 years in Queensland. He is admitted as a barrister and solicitor in Tasmania and Western Australia and holds a solicitors practicing certificate in Queensland. He has appeared in Courts, Tribunals and Inquests in Tasmania, Western Australia, Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland. In the last 10 years, Stuart has represented many clients in significant cases including • the middle man in Australia’s largest GST fraud case;• instructing solicitor in a high profile aviation case involving ten Defendants including the Commonwealth Government which featured on the front page of the Australian newspaper and Australian Story;• instructing solicitor in a medical negligence case of national significance involving the practice of podiatric surgery in Australia;• recently, Stuart has acted for a Plaintiff involved in revenge internet pornography issuing equitable proceedings for breach of confidence. Stuart acts for people from all walks of life and undertakes pro bono work.‘I get the most satisfaction from helping every day people or businesses navigate the legal system and achieve the result they want.’ Stuart’s areas of practice include all areas of compensation law, criminal law, family law, employment law, estate litigation, civil and commercial litigation.

Kerin Lawyers is a boutique full service plaintiff civil litigation firm.• Motor vehicle injury claims• Workplace injury claims• Public liability claims• Medical negligence• Aviation injury claims• Comcare, including seafearer claims• Criminal Law• Employment law• Discrimination Law• General litigation• Estate Litigation, family provision, Wills, equity• Insurance litigation, including fire claims, TPD / income protection• Advocacy experience in Magistrates Court, District Court, Supreme Court, Court of Appeal, QCAT, Coroners Court, Queensland Industrial Relations Commission, Federal Court, Federal Circuit Court, Administrative Appeals Tribunal, Queensland Anti-Discrimination CommissionExamples of work - reported decisions• http://archive.sclqld.org.au/qjudgment/2012/QDC12-237.pdf - Bannister v Healey • http://archive.sclqld.org.au/qjudgment/2013/QDC13-024.pdf – freezing order, Bannister v Healey• http://www.courts.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0018/212517/cif-hempel-bi-lovell-ir-20131004.pdf • http://archive.sclqld.org.au/qjudgment/2011/QDC11-212.pdf, extension of time application, opposed by Counsel• http://archive.sclqld.org.au/qjudgment/2013/QCATA13-124.pdf, QCAT Appeal, where concurrent Supreme Court Proceedings

During my time with Legal Aid Western Australia, I worked as a Duty Lawyer and then as a criminal lawyer at their Midland office. During this period, I gained valuable advocacy experience, often appearing for between 20 to 40 people per day in the Magistrates Courts of Western Australia.