Barrister

Brian has 45 years’ experience as a barrister and solicitor, practising for the last 20 years solely as an independent barrister. Brian has highly developed advocacy and communication skills demonstrated by his breadth of experience and the wide range of courts, tribunals and commissions he appears in. He is an experienced negotiator and qualified mediator and has provided strategic advice to Boards of hospitals, public companies and statutory authorities. Brian handles complex legal matters that require him to exercise high level judgement and is briefed by senior lawyers who seek his advice and guidance. His practice has evolved such that most of the matters he is briefed in are regarded as complex, carrying reputational risk or are “scheme critical”. The depth of Brian’s expertise and experience allows him to bring a commercial approach to disputes.

Barrister

Sean has 25 years’ experience as a barrister, solicitor, and Police prosecutor. Sean has prosecuted and defended in criminal matters in the Magistrates Court, including trials and committal proceedings, and appeared as counsel in the Supreme Court for appeals from the Magistrates Court. Sean has appeared as counsel in a wide range of civil matters, including contract, motor vehicle accident, personal injury, and property disputes in the Magistrates Court, the District Court and Supreme Court. Sean has extensive experience in dealing with family violence matters, including acting in Family Court matters for men and women where allegations of domestic violence and applications for intervention orders are running concurrently with the Family Court proceedings. He was appointed as a Special Magistrate for the Australian Capital Territory in January 2023….

Barrister

Matoula specialises in civil litigation with a particular interest in employment, industrial, workers compensation, disciplinary and work health and safety matters. Prior to coming to the bar, Matoula held various roles in government and in private practice. She was a practitioner in several law firms specialising in Workplace Relations, Employment and Safety becoming Workplace Relations and Safety partner at HWL Ebsworth Lawyers. Matoula was also a prosecutor for the Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman and worked as an industrial officer for the Police Association of South Australia and legal officer for the Police Complaints Authority.

Barrister

Kate has significant workplace relations experience having worked in corporate and legal roles across a wide variety of industries in Victoria, South Australia and New South Wales over the past 30 years. Kate specialises in all areas of workplace law, including compliance and work health safety across multiple industries. She has a special interest in enterprise bargaining and litigation and a commitment to navigating complex legal challenges in workplace law. She makes regular appearances in Federal Circuit Court mediations and Fair Work Commission disputes and jurisdictional matters.

Barrister

Adam has a deep knowledge of government legal practice in three large Commonwealth agencies, significant advocacy experience in merits review, and a strategic understanding of health, social security and disability programs. Although Adam had a career spanning over two decades in government, he has a commercial focus and is well versed in risk management across program and project management, operations and logistics, and legal and reputational domains.

Adam’s practice spans family law, administrative law and merits review, worker’s compensation (RTW SA, Comcare and DVA), and civil litigation. Adam is also an experienced mediator.