Patrick George - Partner
Experience and significant reported cases
- Australian Olympic Committee – Advising the AOC on contractual and selection issues generally
- AOC v D’Arcy – Expulsion of 2008 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 $180million claim
- GHD ats Baulderstone - Defending a claim against engineers relating to the design of the third runway at Sydney Airport
- Acting for company directors and officers under examination or investigation by ASIC and APRA
- Estate Mortgage – acting for one of the directors defending a $800m claim
Clients
- Insurers
- Australian Olympic Committee
- Accountants/Solicitors
- Energy & Resources
- Media publishers
- Engineers/Architects
- ASX 100 Companies
Professional
- 1980 Admitted to practice in Supreme Court of New South Wales and in High Court of Australia
- 1988 Admitted to practice in Supreme Court of Victoria and in Supreme Court of ACT
- 1992 Admitted to practice in Supreme Court of Queensland
Publications
- Text Book: ‘Defamation Law in Australia’ (2006) LexisNexis Butterworths
- Articles: ‘Sport in Disrepute’ (2009) 4 ANZSLA Journal 24
- ‘Qualified Privilege: A Defence too Qualified?’ (2007) 30 Australian Bar Review 46
- ‘Chasing Gold: Insurance Documents in Litigation’ (1996) 8 Insurance Law Journal 21
- ‘Congruency: Unravelling the Defamation Action’ (1990) 6 Australian Bar Review 124
- Seminars - Defamation: UNSW Defamation Seminar Series
- ‘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)
- Seminars - Insurance: APIG National Conference
- D&O Fundamentals - (2008)
- PI Fundamentals - (2007)
- Seminars - Insurance: Zurich International D&O Conference
- ‘D&O Liability and Insurance in Australia’ - New York (2008) and London (2007)
- Seminars - Arbitration: UNSW Diploma in International Commercial Arbitration
- Delays and Costs in Complex Commercial Arbitration - (2006) and (2007)
Memberships
- APIG (Secretary - National Committee)
- AILA
- CAMLA
- ICC Arbitration Commission
- ANZSLA
Office
Sydney
Telephone
+61 2 8215 5901
Practice areas
Defamation and Privacy
Sports and Media Law
Directors & Officers
ASIC / APRA Compliance
