Matthew practices at Wardell Chambers in Sydney and Aickin Chambers in Melbourne.
Matthew has a national practice that covers all aspects of employment, industrial, and workplace health and safety law. Matthew also appears in administrative law proceedings, regulatory prosecutions, inquiries and inquests.
Matthew acts for clients across a broad range of industries, including building and construction, mining, aviation, financial services, health, education, transport, retail, manufacturing, power generation and stevedoring. He also acts for various State and Federal government agencies.
Matthew is recognised in Doyle's Guide's Leading Employment Law Junior Counsel - Australia, Leading Employment Law Junior Counsel - Victoria, and Leading Workplace Health & Safety Law Junior Counsel - Victoria .
A selection of Matthew's cases include:
Industrial
- Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia v Metro Trains Melbourne Pty. Ltd. T/A Metro Trains Melbourne [2023] FWC 2022
- The Association of Professional Engineers, Scientists and Managers, Australia v Metro Trains Melbourne Pty. Ltd. T/A Metro Trains Melbourne [2023] FWC 2046
- Application by Bunnings Group Limited [2023] FWCFB 125
- CEPU v Icon Distribution Investments Limited And Jemena Networks (Act) Pty Ltd T/A Evoenergy [2023] FWC 1576
- Target Australia Pty Ltd v Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees’ Association [2023] FCAFC 66 (with C O'Grady KC); [2021] FCA 1422; [2021] FCA 1038 (with P Wheelahan KC)
- AMWU v Kempe Engineering Pty Ltd T/A Kempe Engineering Portland [2023] FWC 664
- AWU v Santos Ltd; AMWU v Santos Ltd [2023] FWC 133
- Airservices Australia v Luke Crouch [2023] FWCFB 21
- Fire Brigade Employees’ Union of New South Wales v Industrial Relations Secretary of NSW on behalf of Fire and Rescue NSW [2023] NSWIRComm 1004
- United Firefighters' Union of Australia v Fire Rescue Victoria [2023] FWC 1235; [2022] FWC 3170 (with M Harding SC)
- Clark v Port Authority of New South Wales [2022] FWCFB 202; [2022] FWC 1915
- Application to vary the Victorian Local Government Award 2015 [2022] FWCFB 197
- TWU v dnata Airport Services Pty Ltd [2022] FWC 2009
- CEPU/ASU v Utilities Management Pty Ltd [2022] FWC 1981; [2022] FWC 1918
- Police Federation of Australia v Victoria Police / Chief Commissioner of Police [2022] FWCFB 11
- CFMMEU v Hully Foundations Pty Ltd [2021] FWCFB 3659
- CFMMEU v Qube Ports Pty Ltd [2021] FWC 732
- Dr Ngoc Le v Western Health [2020] FWC 6461
- Lloyd v Department of Justice and Community Safety [2019] FWCFB 7804; [2019] FWC 5020
- Australian Municipal, Administrative, Clerical and Services Union v Virgin Australia Airlines Pty Ltd [2019] FWC 7960
- Civil Air Operations Officers’ Association of Australia v Airservices Australia [2019] FCA 1542 (with R Dalton KC)
- Application by Independent Purchasing Company (Australasia) Limited (AG2019/1966)
- Civil Air Operations Officers' Association of Australia v Airservices Australia [2019] FWC 5369
- AMWU v Stramit Corporation Pty Ltd [2019] FWC
- CFMMEU v Townsville Marine Logistics Pty Ltd & Ors [2019] FWCFB 3589 (with F Parry KC)
- Tiger Airways Australia Pty Ltd T/A Tigerair Australia v Australian Federation of Air Pilots [2018] FWC 7845
- National Patient Transport Pty Ltd T/A National Patient Transport v United Voice; Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation [2018] FWC 2068
- Electrical Home-Aids Pty Limited t/a Godfreys v Employee represented by the Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees' Association [2018] FWC 237
Workplace Health & Safety
- SafeWork NSW v Bozzi & Co Produce Pty Ltd [2023] NSWLC
- VWA v Monash University [2022] VMC (with D Neal SC)
- VWA v Arrow Wood Products Pty Ltd [2020] VMC
- VWA v Clifford Hallam Healthcare Pty Ltd [2020] VMC
- Work Health and Safety Queensland v Mackay Sugar Pty Ltd [2019] QMC
- VWA v A Alderton Plumbing Services Pty Ltd [2019] VMC
- VWA v Roger Keen Plumbing Pty Ltd [2019] VMC
- VWA v Safety Scaffolding Pty Ltd [2019] VMC
Employment
Administrative Law, Regulatory Proceedings & Other Matters
