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Mitchell practises largely in commercial, employment and common law with a particular focus on:

Personal injury matters;

Contractual and consumer law disputes; and

Unfair dismissal, general protections and underpayment claims.

He also accepts briefs in criminal law.

Before coming to the Bar, he was Associate to Judge Misso at the County Court of Victoria. He assisted his Honour with common law and criminal trials, serious injury applications, pleas, appeals and interlocutory hearings.

Mitchell holds a Bachelor of Laws (First Class Honours) and was recognised as the most outstanding law graduate. He is an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, has lectured at Victoria University and is currently completing a Master of Laws.

Mitchell read with Geoff Chancellor. His senior mentor is Paul O’Dwyer SC.

Andrew Newman practises in personal injury and industrial/employment law.

Andrew has been regularly briefed to appear in the Supreme Court, County Court, Magistrates’ Court, Federal Circuit Court, Fair Work Commission and VCAT. Andrew has extensive experience in serious injury applications, common law damages trials, statutory benefit claims, unfair dismissals, employment-related contractual disputes and criminal fraud prosecutions under the TAA and ACA. Andrew also has an active conferencing, mediation and paperwork practice related to these areas.

Prior to coming to the Bar, Andrew worked as a solicitor at the Transport Accident Commission. Andrew also worked as a legal academic, including as a Research Fellow to the Centre of Employment and Labour Relations Law and a Teaching Fellow of Corporate Law at Melbourne Law School. He has also lectured and tutored at Deakin University’s School of Law. Andrew began his career in Canada in 2006, where he worked as an Associate in the Employment and Labour Law department of a large national law firm, Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP.

Andrew is a recipient of the 2011 Julian Small Foundation Annual Research Grant for his academic work. He has also received several commendations for the teaching of law, including Deakin University’s Vice-Chancellor’s Commendation for Excellence in Teaching (for his lecturing of Workplace Law in 2011). Andrew has acted as a legal education consultant to the Australia and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance in the design of their statutory personal injury law training programme. He has also advised a range of international and governmental organizations, including a northern Canadian Aboriginal Tribal Council and the United Nations Development Programme’s Human Rights Project in Sana’a, Yemen.

Andrew has completed a PhD (Law) at Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne. He holds an LLB and BCL from McGill University, Montreal and a BA from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver. He speaks and reads advanced French, as well as intermediate Spanish, German and Dutch.

Andrew read with Áine Magee QC and his senior mentor was Frank Parry QC.

Professional Memberships:

Common Law Bar Association

Compensation Bar Association

Industrial Bar Association

Recent Journal Articles, Conference Papers and Submissions:

John Howe and Andrew Newman, ‘Collective Bargaining and the Ownership of Employee Creation’ (2013) 26 Australian Journal of Labour Law 273.

Andrew Newman, ‘The Legal In/Security of Temporary Migrant Agricultural Work: Case Studies from Canada and Australia’ (2013) 18(2) Deakin Law Review 362.

Andrew Newman, ‘Book Review: The Role of Collective Bargaining in the Global Economy: Negotiating for Social Justice, S Hayter (ed)’ (2013) 26 Australian Journal of Labour Law 112.

J. Howe and A. Newman, ‘Statutory Industrial Instruments and the Ownership of Employee Creation: An Empirical Study of Selected “Creative” Industries’, at the 2nd Mobility and Competition Clause Workshop, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany, December 2012.

Andrew Newman, ‘The Legal Precariousness of Temporary Migrant Work: Common Regulatory Challenges to Security of Employment in Canada and Australia’, at the Australian Labour Law Association National Conference, Canberra, 16-17 November 2012.

John Howe, Andrew Newman and Tess Hardy, Submission to the Independent Inquiry into Insecure Work in Australia, 25 January 2012.

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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Prior to joining the Bar, Stephen practised as a solicitor for almost eight years. During this time, he specialised in workers’ compensation litigation.

Stephen accepts briefs in all common law matters (including damages trials and ‘serious injury’ applications), for both plaintiffs and defendants, as well as statutory workers’ compensation disputes in the Victorian and Commonwealth jurisdictions.  Stephen also accepts briefs to appear, and to provide advice, with respect to transport accident (TAC) statutory benefits disputes; judicial review applications; and employment / industrial disputes.

Stephen completed his Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Arts degrees at the University of Melbourne in 2008.  In 2016, Stephen completed a Master of Laws at Monash University.

Ray’s been a lawyer for over a decade, and a barrister for more than five years.  He has a broad practice, reflecting a desire to be a well-rounded advocate.  He works primarily in personal injury law, but also appears regularly in administrative law, employment law and commercial law matters.  He appears in Victoria and interstate.

Ray has an interest in claims for psychiatric injury, and acts for clients in statutory entitlement schemes and the common law area.  He has particular expertise in handling all types of claims under the Commonwealth workers’ compensation system (‘Comcare’ work).

Ray was awarded the Public Interest / Justice Innovation Pro Bono Award in 2016, as part of team of three barristers, for work on the Hazelwood Mine Fire Board of Inquiry (report dated 2/12/15).

He’s been the Treasurer of the Compensation Law Bar Association since 2015.

Ray completed degrees in Arts and Law (with Honours) at Monash University and then undertook articles at Sparke Helmore Lawyers.  He practised at that firm for a number of years until he took up a position at one of Australia’s best-known companies, where he worked for several years before coming to the Bar.

Ray is pleased to accept e-briefs or conventional hard-copy briefs.

Some notable and recent cases in which Ray appeared include:

• Goulburn Valley Suns FC, 2015 FFV Tribunal (TA15022)
• Tye and Tase 0508 P/L [2016] FWCFB 8733
• Arumugam and TNT Australia P/L [2017] AATA 2660
• Halliday v Pomare & Pazzan [2017] MCV (21/6/17, a bailment case)
• Hill and Comcare [2018] AATA 670
• Gates v Robinson [2018] VCAT 40
• KR v BR & Anor [2018] VSCA 159 (led by I Fehring)
• Gropel v Comcare [2018] FCA 1146 (led by N Horner)
• Li v West Sands P/L & Gao [2018] MCV (20/11/18, a civil penalties case under the Fair Work Act 2009)
• Courtney v Ray & State of Victoria [2019] VSC 175
• Barnes and Victorian Building Authority [2019] AATA 4796

For a full list of decisions in cases where Ray appeared, please contact him directly.