I am a barrister practising in corporate and commercial law, including contract law, insolvency, real property, consumer law, and equity and trusts. I accept briefs to advise and to appear in all Victorian and federal jurisdictions, and am also admitted in New Zealand.
I signed the Bar Roll in April 2015 and read with Christopher Archibald KC.
Before coming to the Bar, I was an associate to his Honour Judge Cosgrave (now the Honourable Justice Cosgrave) in the Commercial Division of the County Court of Victoria. In that role, I gained experience in commercial litigation across a number of practice areas and assisted with legal research. Prior to that time, I worked as a consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers where I advised Australian and foreign large business clients on a range of domestic and foreign income tax issues. My clients included Top 100 ASX listed companies in most industry sectors.
I studied at the University of Melbourne and hold a Bachelor of Laws with Honours, and a Bachelor of Arts with a major in Chinese Mandarin. I am also self-taught in Korean and have taken an intensive Korean language program with Seoul National University. As a result of these language studies, I possess basic conversational skills in both Korean and Mandarin as well as a strong awareness of the respective cultures.
I am the Assistant Editor and a reporter for the Victorian Reports, the authorised publication of significant judgments handed down by the Supreme Court of Victoria and a valuable resource for legal practitioners. I have published articles and given papers on various developments in corporate and commercial law.
I am a member of the Australian Bar Association and the Commercial Bar Association of Victoria, and served on the Victorian Bar’s ADR Committee for five years. I am an associate member of the Korean Australian Lawyers Association.
For further details about my experience, please visit my LinkedIn page or view my curriculum vitae.
Some recent cases in which I have appeared
Decisions I have reported
List of decisions of the Supreme Court of Victoria (Trial Division and Court of Appeal) which I have reported for the Victorian Reports (view)
Publications and papers
‘Property Law: Recent Cases of Note’, presented at the Law Institute of Victoria’s Property Law Conference, Melbourne, 19 September 2024 (view)
‘Unconscionable Conduct: The Latest in an Ever-developing Landscape’ (co-authored with Stewart Maiden KC and Scott Cromb), presented to members of the Victorian Bar, Melbourne, 2 March 2023 (view)
‘Compensatory Damages and the Role of “Loss” in Actions for Tort and Breach of Contract’ (2022) 51(3) Australian Bar Review 320 (view)
‘Challenging the Exercise of Power Under a Discretionary Trust’, presented at the 17th Annual Wills and Estates Symposium, hosted by Legalwise Seminars, Melbourne, 2 March 2022 (view)
‘Debt, Damages and Interest’, presented to attendees of a seminar hosted by the Leo Cussen Centre for Law, Melbourne, 19 May 2021 (view)
‘Recent Developments in Property Law’, presented to members of the Eastern Solicitors Law Association, Box Hill, 18 June 2019 (view)
‘Recent Decisions: Morris Finance Ltd v Brown [2017] FCAFC 97’ (2017) 15(3) Personal Insolvency Regulator 13 (view)
‘Caveats, Covenants and Couch-Surfers: Recent Developments in Property Law’, presented to members of the Goulburn Valley Law Association, Shepparton, 26 October 2016 (view)
‘Equitable Defences: An Overview’, presented at Monash University Law Chambers, Melbourne, 19 November 2015 (view)
‘An Appealing Change’ (2015) 89(10) Law Institute Journal 40 (view)
‘Striking the Balance: Victoria’s Open Courts Act 2013’ (2014) 88(1–2) Law Institute Journal 40 (view)
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