Experience and significant reported cases

• Australian Olympic Committee (AOC), Australian Rugby Union (ARU), Football Federation of Australia (FFA), National Rugby League (NRL) - advising on contractual, reputational and disciplinary issues generally.
• Reputational issues for high profile figures and celebrities.
• Helen Liu v The Age - disclosure of journalists' sources.
• Macdonald v ABC - apology/settlement for Ita Buttrose's ex husband.
• AOC v D’Arcy - expulsion of an Australian Olympic team member.
• Coates v Jones - acting for John Coates, President of AOC, in defamation action against Alan Jones - award of $360,000 plus interest and costs.
• GEA v Kai Peng - acting for a US multinational in an international arbitration against a Malaysian company.
• Gèostock ats Elgas - acting for a French engineering company in an international arbitration in defence of a $180 million claim.
• Court of Arbitration for Sport - sports disputes.

Areas of expertise

• Defamation, Privacy and Reputational issues
• Media Law
• Sports Law
• Insurance Law and Policy coverage
• Professional Indemnity and Directors & Officers
• International Arbitration including CAS arbitration and ICC arbitration

Publications

• Textbook - Defamation Law in Australia (2011) 2nd Edition, LexisNexis Butterworths.
• Book - Carter Ruck on Libel and Privacy (2010), LexisNexis Butterworths, Contributor, Chapter 37(2) Australian Law.

Articles

• 'Sport in Disrepute' (2009) 4 ANZSLA Journal 24
• 'Qualified Privilege: A Defence too Qualified?' (2007) 30 Australian Bar Review 46.

Seminars

• Defamation: UNSW Defamation Seminar Series
  • 'Surveillance and Invasion of Privacy' (2012)
  • Chairman of Seminar (2011)
  • 'Bloggers, Tweeters and Parties by any Other Name' (2010)
  • 'Sport in Disrepute' (2009)
  • 'Public Lies, Private Truths' (2008)
  • 'Qualified Privilege: A Defence too Qualified?' (2007)
  • 'Defamation is as Defamation does' (2005)
  • 'What Price a Reputation?' (2004)
• Insurance: APIG National Conference
  • D&O Fundamentals (2008)
  • PI Fundamentals (2007)
• Insurance: Zurich International D&O Conference
  • 'D&O Liability and Insurance in Australia' - New York (2008) and London (2007)
• Arbitration: UNSW Diploma in International Commercial Arbitration
  • 'Delays and Costs in Complex Commercial Arbitration' (2006, 2007)