Experience and significant reported cases
- Acting on behalf of national sporting bodies in relation to team selection issues, appeals to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, intellectual property protection and exploitation, misconduct, contractual and related reputational issues.
- Acting in defamation actions arising from publications in newspapers, radio broadcasts and on the internet.
- Acting on behalf of individual corporations in sensitive and high profile disputes. For example, acting on behalf of a well known research institute in the proceeding brought by a well known Australian retailer. The matter focussed on the alleged sexualisation of children in the advertising of children's clothing by that retailer.
- Acting in complex commercial disputes involving class actions, international arbitrations and alternative dispute resolution.
- Acting in financial services litigation arising from the global financial crisis. Acting on behalf of Absolute Capital, a collapse hedge fund and acting in the Storm financial litigation.
- Acting on behalf of engineers, architects, accountants, legal/medical practitioners and other professionals in claims alleging negligence and involving reputational risk.
- Acting on behalf of directors and officers in relation to ASIC investigations involving the compulsory examination of witnesses and production of documents.
- Acting in litigation in multiple jurisdictions in relation to the Lloyds of London Names litigation dealing with insurance issues, constitutional appeals and recovery of the Equitas premium.
- Acting on behalf of large developers and contractor in relation to claims made under the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payments Act 1999 and quantum meruit claims.
Areas of expertise
- Litigation and dispute resolution
- Defamation and reputational issues
- Media law
- Sports law
- Insurance law and policy coverage
- Professional indemnity and directors and officers
- International arbitration - CAS and ICC
Clients
- Sporting associations
- High profile individuals
- ASX 100 companies
- Professional services firms
- Insurers and reinsurers
- Developers, builders and building contractors