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Felicity practises in personal injury and family law.

Within her personal injury practice, Felicity accepts briefs in workers’ compensation (both State and Commonwealth), transport accidents, public liability, medical negligence and coronial inquests.

As a solicitor, Felicity spent over 10 years representing the Victorian WorkCover Authority in both common law and statutory benefits proceedings.  She was made an Associate whilst in-house at the VWA and worked as a Senior Associate at Hall & Wilcox and then Wisewould Mahony.  She has litigated claims in the Magistrates’, County and Supreme Courts (including the Court of Appeal).   Immediately prior to coming to the Bar, Felicity practised in the area of Commonwealth workers’ compensation, acting for self-insurers in claims before the Administrative Appeals Tribunal.   Felicity commenced her legal career working as a Judge’s Associate in the County Court in the civil jurisdiction.

Manny specialises in medical negligence, personal injury, health law, coronial matters and professional disciplinary proceedings. He also has a broad practice and accepts briefs in a number of other areas including criminal, commercial and employment matters.

Prior to coming to the Bar, Manny was a General Surgeon. He graduated from medical school at the University of Melbourne in 2005 and undertook his surgical training through Western Health with rotations to the Alfred Hospital Trauma Unit and Goulburn Valley Base Hospital from 2006-2012. Since 2013, Manny has been a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and has been in both public and private practice in Central Victoria. He therefore has unique knowledge, skills and experience in contemporary medical practice and disease/injury causation together with a substantial understanding of the Victorian healthcare system. 

In addition to his medical and law degrees, Manny holds a Master of Business Administration and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. He was the Board Chair of the Otis Foundation for Breast Cancer Retreats from 2019-2021. 

Manny is reading with Dr Paul Halley and his senior mentor is Ms Michelle Britbart KC.

Nick did his articles at Galbally & O’Bryan in 2002. He worked in the Commercial Litigation department from 2003 to 2005, practising mainly in Employment law. He conducted numerous cases in the then Australian Industrial Relations Commission (now Fair Work Australia) and had the conduct of a number of sexual harassment/discrimination matters before the Equal Opportunity Commission of Victoria and the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal. He also conducted numerous civil litigation matters in the Melbourne Magistrates Court. The other main area Nick practised in was Testator’s Family Maintenance claims under Part IV of the Administration and Probate Act 1958.

Nick was made a Senior Associate at Galbally & O’Bryan in July, 2005.

From January, 2006 to August, 2011 he worked in the Personal Injuries Law department. His practice included the preparation of Serious Injury Applications (WorkCover and TAC), Damages claims (TAC, WorkCover and Public Liability) and Medical Negligence claims. He had the conduct of numerous Serious Injury Applications in the County Court and a number of Damages trials in the County Court.

Nick also has experience in Coronial Inquests having had the conduct of the Tyler Cassidy Inquest on behalf of the Cassidy family in 2010.

Prior to joining Galbally & O’Bryan in 2002, Nick worked in Refugee law and spent time working for the Jesuit Refugee Service in conjunction with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Phnom Penh (2000) and Bangkok (1997/98). Nick gained a Bachelor’s Degree in Theology in 1997.

Gary practices mainly in the areas of commercial law, administrative law, criminal law, personal injury, general torts, defamation and family law.

Gary returned to Victoria in 2001 having practised in South Australia as a prosecutor and then at the South Australian independent bar from 1985 to 2000.

He has prosecuted and defended serious criminal matters over many years at all levels.

Gary has appeared in numerous appeals in the High Court, Full Federal Court as well as various State Courts of Appeal and Criminal Appeal.

Gary has appeared as counsel assisting in a number of Commissions of Inquiry in various States and the ACT and has also represented parties before such inquiries. He has appeared in high profile coronial inquests on behalf of families and potentially affected parties.

Gary has also been appointed to facilitate conclaves of experts in Supreme Court proceedings involving aviation.

He has served as an Army Officer, both Regular and Reserve, and rose to the rank of Colonel.  He was appointed a Judge Advocate and Defence Force Magistrate in 1998 and resigned that appointment to become the Inaugural Director of Military Prosecutions between 2003 and 2006.  He has served two tours in Afghanistan and also served in Iraq and East Timor.

Gary has held a private pilot’s licence and an open water diver’s licence.