Celebrating 150 years of service in 2010
Garry T Bigmore QC
Email: garry_bigmore@vicbar.com.au
Phone:9225 7201
Secretary:9225 6059
Chambers: Lonsdale Chambers
Room: 0506
Date of Admission: 3 Dec 1973
Called to the Bar: 2 Mar 1998
Date Appointed Silk: 29 Nov 1994
Qualifications: LL.B
Profile

Profile

Articled to the Deputy Commonwealth Crown Solicitor, admitted in 1973, joined a small CBD firm in 1976, spent the eighties as a solicitor in sole practice and merged with J. M. Smith & Emmerton in 1990.
Appointed Queen's Counsel in 1994 (the first solicitor to be so appointed since the establishment of the Victorian Bar) and came to the Bar in March 1998.
Founding member of the Insolvency & Reconstruction Law Committee of the Business Law Section of the Law Council of Australia.
Reviewing Editor (since its inception) of LexisNexis' Bankruptcy Law & Practice (a loose-leaf service).
Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards Legislation.
Areas of Practice
  • Administrative Law (Judicial Review)
  • Administrative Law (Merits Review)
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution/Mediation
  • Banking and Finance
  • Bankruptcy/Insolvency
  • Commercial Law
  • Corporations and Securities
  • Equity/Trusts
  • Insurance
  • Licensing and Disciplinary Tribunals
  • Professional Negligence
  • Property Law
  • Trade Practices
Also Entitled to Practice in
  • Australian Capital Territory
  • Federal Court of Australia
  • High Court of Australia
  • Nauru
  • New South Wales
  • Northern Territory
  • Queensland
  • South Australia
  • Tasmania
  • Western Australia
Committee Memberships
  • Federal Court - Users Committee
From 1 Jul 2008, liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards Legislation.