Duncan Chisholm

BA (Hons), LL B

ADMITTED:

2011

SIGNED BAR ROLL:

2017

PHONE:

+61 3 9225 7555

FAX:

+61 3 9225 8968

MOBILE:

0416 852 613

E-Mail:

dchisholm@vicbar.com.au

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CHAMBER:

Room 3104
140 William Street
Melbourne Vic 3000

Areas of Practice

Appellate

Common Law

Corporations Law & Securities Law

Criminal Law

Industrial Relations Law & Employment Law

Inquests, Inquiries, Tribunals & Commissions

Public Law & Administrative Law

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

Duncan regularly appears in appeals, jury trials, committals, contested hearings and pleas in occupational health and safety matters in Victoria and interstate. He also regularly appears in disciplinary proceedings and review hearings at the VCAT and VSC as well as conducting workplace investigations on behalf of employers and government departments.

Duncan is recommended in Doyle’s Guide’s Leading Work Health and Safety Junior Counsel – Victoria (2022, 2023, 2024 & 2025).

Before coming to the Bar, Duncan was a Senior Lawyer at the Victorian WorkCover Authority (WorkSafe) where he prosecuted safety offences. 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 employment and safety law matters.

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

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