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Christine Boyle is an experienced advocate practising in Common Law.  Her main areas of practice are institutional  abuse, medical negligence and public liability.

Christine appears regularly in damages trials, interlocutory applications, mediations and settlement conferences.

Before coming to the Bar, Christine was a solicitor at Freehill Hollingdale and Page (now Herbert Smith Freehills) , Rigby Cooke and for a major international funds manager in its Melbourne, London and Paris Offices.

 

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Duncan practices in the areas of occupational health and safety, disciplinary proceedings, employment law and coronial inquests.

Before coming to the Bar, Duncan was a Senior Lawyer at the Victorian WorkCover Authority (WorkSafe) where he prosecuted offences under the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004, Accident Compensation Act 1985 and Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013.  Before joining WorkSafe, Duncan was a Senior Solicitor in the Workplace Relations Branch of the Victorian Government Solicitor’s Office, where he provided advice on matters related to safety law, employment law and workers’ compensation.

In 2010, Duncan was an Associate to his Honour Judge Misso.  Prior to that, Duncan completed his legal traineeship at Slater & Gordon Lawyers. 

 

Phillip welcomes briefs in common law, commercial and criminal matters. He has particular experience in personal injury claims of all types and has a general interest in commercial, administrative law and crime.

Before coming to the Bar, Phillip worked in mid to large tier law firms serving both plaintiff and defendant clients.

Most recently, Phillip worked in a defendant firm as part of the WorkCover and Commonwealth teams. He defended worker’s compensation claims under the Accident Compensation Act, handled claims against Comcare and claims made under the Asbestos and Dust Diseases Torts legislation.

Prior to this, his experience was as a senior lawyer with two plaintiff firms where he had the conduct of numerous WorkCover, medical negligence, public liability and TAC matters.

Before coming to Australia Phillip was a sole practitioner in South Africa where he ran a law practice that focused on personal injury, corporate work in regards to small to medium commercial enterprises, family law and crime. The broad experience of running such a practice empowers Phillip to accept briefs across these wide areas of interest.

Phillip completed his Bachelor Procurationsand postgraduate Bachelor of Laws degree at the University of Kwa Zulu Natal, in South Africa. He was awarded Certificates of Merit in Partnership and Company Law and Specific Contracts by the Dean of Law.

Phillip read with His Honour Judge Rob Dyer, before he was called to the County Court bench and his senior mentor is Mr Philip Jewell SC.

 

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

Carina accepts briefs in all areas of personal injury law, including WorkCover and TAC matters (both common law and statutory benefits); medical negligence; public liability; and institutional abuse. She advises and prepares paperwork in all of these areas, and accepts briefs for mediations and settlement conferences. She regularly appears alone on interlocutory applications and statutory benefits disputes, and regularly appears as a junior in common law damages trials, serious injury applications, judicial review proceedings, and civil appeals before the Court of Appeal.

Before coming to the Bar, Carina was Senior Associate to the Honourable Justice Keogh in the Supreme Court of Victoria. She had previously held positions as a Research Associate and as Associate to the Honourable Justices Redlich and Tate in the Court of Appeal, and as class actions legal officer and research assistant in the Court’s Common Law Division, where she worked under the supervision of Justices J Forrest and John Dixon.

Carina has assisted some of Victoria’s most disadvantaged people through her work as a solicitor in Victoria Legal Aid’s civil justice and summary crime divisions. She has significant experience appearing before the Mental Health Tribunal on behalf of involuntary inpatients, and as a duty lawyer briefed by Victoria Legal Aid in residential tenancies, guardianship and administration, and infringements matters.

Carina holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Laws (both with First Class Honours) from Monash University. She is a member of the Common Law Bar Association, the Compensation Bar Association, and the Women Barristers’ Association.

Carina read with Maria Pilipasidis, and her senior mentor is Bernard Quinn QC.

Daniel is an established commercial and common law junior with experience in:

• Class actions
• Commercial including contractual disputes, misleading or deceptive conduct, property, sale of land
• Coronial inquests and inquiries
• Crime compensation applications (s 85B of the Sentencing Act)
• Personal injury including common law and statutory benefits trials
• VCAT civil claims, retail leases, residential tenancies and guardianship applications
• Freezing orders
• Suppression orders

Daniel is a co-author (with John K Arthur and David L Bailey) of Practical Guidance Dispute Resolution in the Supreme Court and County Court on civil procedure and best practice in litigation published by LexisNexis, 2021.

He is a Nationally Accredited Mediator.

Previous experience

Daniel was previously the Class Actions Coordinator at the Supreme Court of Victoria where he worked with Justice Jack Forrest in the 2009 Black Saturday bushfire cases and other judges in class actions proceedings.

He completed his legal internship at Galbally Rolfe and began his legal career as Associate to the Hon. Tony Pagone QC, then head of the Commercial Court at the Supreme Court of Victoria (current President of the International Association of Judges).

Daniel read with Simon McGregor (now Coroner) and his senior mentor is Andrew Keogh SC (now Supreme Court Judge).

A selection of Daniel’s cases

Civil

• Newlan v Cycling Victoria Inc. & Ors (2021) S ECI 2019 05055: Supreme Court motorcycle accident negligence and damages trial – settled (led by Timothy P Tobin SC).
• Firth v AAPC Properties Pty Ltd (2021) CI-19-0518: County Court WorkCover negligence and damages trial – part-heard (led by Timothy P Tobin SC).
• Agricultural farm contractual dispute (2021) (led by William Lye OAM QC).
• Cai v Wimcam Pty Ltd (Civil Claims) [2020] VCAT 476 (24 April 2020): misleading or deceptive conduct claim regarding a lawn mowing franchise.
• Brunning & Anor v Bianco & Anor CI-20-01131: County Court promissory estoppel claim.
• C. Jankulovski Pty Ltd v MK-1 Pty Ltd & Ors S ECI 2017 00288: Supreme Court oppressive conduct claim (led by Cam Truong QC).
• Angeleska v Walshes World Agencies Australia Pty Ltd [2016] VCAT 31 (4 January 2016): misleading or deceptive conduct and negligence claim made purportedly against Swiss International Airlines.

Inquests and inquiries

• NSW bushfires coronial inquiry into deaths, property damage or destruction arising from the 2019-20 fires (ongoing): acting for some of the impacted property owners in the Northern Region fires.
• Inquest of Dylan Charlton-Smith (2021) COR 2018 6064 (ongoing): acting as Counsel Assisting Coroner Katherine Lorenz concerning a death in prison.
• Inquest of Taniela Ahokava (2020) COR 2016 4157: acted as Amicus Curiae concerning a death from a police shooting.
• Inquest of Hizir Ferman [2019] COR 2016 3497: acted as Counsel Assisting Coroner Rosemary Carlin (now County Court Judge) concerning a death in prison.
• Inquest of Sarah Cafferkey [2016] VicCorC 55: acted for the family of the deceased concerning a murder by the offender shortly after his release on parole (led by Fiona McLeod AO SC with Amy Brennan and Penny Harris).

Criminal & Quasi-criminal

• Paulino v Paulino [2020] VSC 642: for the respondent in a crime compensation application.
• DPP v Gild (2017) CR 14-00883; Gild v The Queen [2018] VSCA 317: County Court jury trial of theft charges (led by Paul Kounnas), and subsequent appeal on conviction to the Court of Appeal (led by Deborah Mandie).

Memberships

• Australian Advocacy Institute accredited advocacy coach: Daniel teaches advocacy in the Victorian Bar Readers’ Course, the Legal Training Institute of Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands Appellate Advocacy Course.
• Immediate past Victorian President and founding committee member – Asian Australian Lawyers Association Inc.
• Member of the Victorian Bar Council.
• Secretary General – International Commission of Jurists Victoria (past).
• Board Member – Flemington-Kensington Community Legal Centre (past).

Publications and presentations

• Co-author (with John K Arthur and David L Bailey) of Practical Guidance Dispute Resolution in the Supreme Court and County Court on civil procedure and best practice in litigation published by LexisNexis, 2021.
• Interview with Law in Colour, published 23 September 2020.
• ‘Victims of Crime Assistance and Crime Prevention’ presented in Vietnam at Ho Chi Minh University of Law on 2 October 2018.
• ‘The Advent of E-Litigation: The Paperless Trial’ an article published in the Australian Lawyers Alliance, Precedent Journal, March/April 2017 Edition.

LinkedIn profile: www.linkedin.com/in/danieldominicnguyen

 

Rohan practices predominantly in common law with a particular focus on personal injury, product liability, and insurance law.

Before coming to the Bar, Rohan worked as a Senior Associate in the General Insurance team at Wotton Kearney. Rohan acted as the solicitor with conduct in a range of public and product liability claims across the Victorian jurisdictions, including advising on indemnity issues. Rohan also worked as a solicitor at DLA Piper in the Litigation & Regulatory team, focusing on general insurance matters. This included an extensive Dust Diseases Practice.

Rohan has appeared unled in the Victorian County and Supreme Courts, as well as the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal.

Rohan also worked as an Associate at DAC Beachcroft in London, primarily working on the Grenfell Tower Public Inquiry and related civil litigation proceedings.

Rohan holds a Bachelor of Laws with honours from the University of Melbourne, as well as a Bachelor of Arts and an Associate Performance Diploma (Piano).

Rohan is reading with Mr Daniel Wallis and his senior mentor is Ms Barbara Myers SC.