Experience

• 61 South Australian local government councils Advising local councils and the State of South Australia (the public lighting customers) in obtaining an arbitrated determination from the Australian Energy Regulator in respect of public lighting pricing under the Australian Energy Law for the 2005-2010 regulatory period resulting in a repayment of $13 million to the public lighting customers.
• a company officer Successfully defending a misleading and deceptive conduct and breach of contract claim in the Victorian Supreme Court arising from alleged misrepresentations during the acquisition of a food production business (111-day trial) and an appeal against the indemnity costs order made in those proceedings.
• Australian Vintage Limited Advising in relation to a leasing dispute over the largest vineyard in the Southern Hemisphere including an application to the New South Wales Supreme Court to set aside an Expert Determination and subsequent successful appeal to the New South Wales Court of Appeal on a question of law.
• a fuel retailer Successfully obtaining urgent interim injunctive relief arising from the purported termination of retail supply agreements in the Supreme Court of South Australia.
• a steel manufacturer Defending a claim in the Western Australian Supreme Court by an engineering contractor for alleged variations and in a cross-claim for liquidated and other damages.
• A trust beneficiary Acting for a beneficiary in the South Australian Supreme Court in relation to alleged breaches of fiduciary duty following a trust restructure
• the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) Advising in proceedings before the Administrative Appeals Tribunal for review of decisions concerning access to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (the NDIS) and provision of supports under the NDIS.
• the Department of Home Affairs Advising in relation to matters before the Administrative Review Tribunal and Federal Circuit Court.