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Since coming to the Bar in 2011, Nick has worked almost exclusively in Personal Injuries including Workcover, TAC and Public Liability claims in the Magistrates, County and Supreme Courts and at VCAT. He also has experience in  Coronial Inquests.

Prior to coming to the Bar, Nick worked at Galbally & O’Bryan from 2002 to 2011. He worked in Commercial Litigation and then in Personal Injuries. He was made a Senior Associate in 2005.

Prior to joining Galbally & O’Bryan, Nick worked as a refugee lawyer for the Jesuit Refugee Service in Cambodia in 2000.

Stella practices in common law personal injury, administrative law (particularly, review of medical panels) and equal opportunity including discrimination and sexual harassment cases.

Stella regularly appears in common law trials, appeals, serious injury applications, judicial review, coronial inquests, and in discrimination claims in the state and federal jurisdictions. Stella has been involved in significant litigation involving the duties of statutory bodies, intentional torts, human rights and novel duties of care in negligence.

Stella is listed in the Doyles Guide as a leading insurance law junior counsel. Stella graduated with first class honours, and has been awarded academic prizes including at a Masters level for Administrative Law and published research.

Brendan is an Accredited Specialist in Personal Injury Law who appears regularly in the Magistrates’ Court, County Court and Supreme Court of Victoria. He has extensive experience in litigation of personal injury claims, having acted for both plaintiffs and defendants.

Brendan practises primarily in civil litigation specialising in personal injury, TAC, WorkCover, Public Liability, Medical Negligence and Dust Diseases. Brendan’s practice also covers Employment and Industrial law in which he has significant experience.

As an NMAS Nationally Accredited Mediator, Brendan can also assist parties seeking to mediate disputes.

Brendan has appeared led and unled in a number of serious injury applications, and has been led in successful trials in the County Court and Supreme Court.

Before signing the Bar Roll, Brendan worked as a solicitor for over a decade, specialising in the area of personal injuries.  He had also previously worked as a Federal Industrial Officer for the Transport Workers’ Union of Australia appearing regularly in the Fair Work Commission in conciliations and arbitrations in industrial disputes, unfair dismissals and full bench appeals.

Brendan read with Maria Pilipasidis and his senior mentor was Paul O’Dwyer SC

 

Prior to coming to the Bar, Millicent was a Judge’s Associate at the County Court of Victoria.

Mr Panayi is an appellate specialist, who predominately acts for government in appeals pertaining to judicial review, administrative law, statutory interpretation, constitutional law, human rights and criminal law.  He is lead Counsel in Victorian Government appeals in the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal, and preferred Counsel to the Department of Justice and Community Safety.

Mr Panayi’s trial work includes government, administrative, commercial, criminal, and family law litigation; principally in the Supreme, Federal and Family Courts, VCAT and often before juries.  He has extensive experience before Military Courts, Military Inquiries and Royal Commissions.

Mr Panayi has also appeared before International Courts, including on behalf of the Commonwealth of Australia, together with the Solicitor-General and Chief General-Counsel of Australia, before the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea in Hamburg, in Russian Federation v Australia (Re Volga) 11 ITLOS 2002.

Mr Panayi was first called to the Bar in 1995 and practiced as a Barrister from 1995 to 1998.  He then served as an Australian Diplomat from 1998 to 2004 including overseas and domestically as Director International Law, Director Maritime Law, Executive Director Treaties Secretariat, Acting Assistant Secretary and Senior Adviser to the Minister for Foreign Affairs.  Mr Panayi is a member of the International Commission of Jurists and holds a Commission as Lieutenant Commander, Royal Australian Navy.

 

Experienced in commercial and common law matters with an emphasis on employment and administrative/regulatory law.

In-house, corporate procurement and private practice pre-Bar background.

Accepts direct briefs and instructions from in-house counsel.

Regularly acts and advises pre-court/non-court matters on strategy, commercial objectives and dispute resolution.

Appears in most forums including Alternative Dispute Resolution forums such as mediations.

Regularly drafts/settles all manner of pleadings, letters, correspondence, affidavits, witness statements, Notices and other documents.

Provides a flexible, modern and tailored range of legal services including general and specific advice as required, as well as advice on litigation and dispute resolution strategy.

Approved Worksafe Counsel.

Member of the Victorian Bar Pro Bono Scheme.  He also has a long-standing association with the arts.

In 2009 and again in 2012 he was a recipient of Arts + Law’s Print Commission Award in recognition of the pro bono support he provided to Arts + Law for those years.

Holds a CASA Part 61 Private Pilot Licence (Aeroplane) with retractable undercarriage, constant speed unit and tailwheel endorsements.  He also holds an aerotow endorsement and an Instrument Rating.

 

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