Educated Melbourne Grammar School and Melbourne and Monash Universities LLB BSc
Articled at AJ Fisher 1978-9
At the bar since 1980.
Nominated for the pro bono awards in 1996 and 1997 PILCH; Court of Appeal appearances for refugees.
Instructed at the Leo Cussen Institute, Bar Readers Course, Victorian Bar CLE Program, and the Royal Australian College of Surgeons in Melbourne and in Sydney.
Served on the Bar Human Rights Committee and the List Committee for list “L”.
Ethics officer for the Australian Karate Federation
Other Interests: Karate, the two children, old cars and primary production.
The following cases are for the accused when criminal, and mostly the plaintiff if civil. Sex trials and appeals have been prominent recently. Victims need to be properly compensated in civil trials. In criminal trials, the stakes are extremely high, the trials are technical, and difficult, and the criminal justice system can be very hostile for an accused facing such a trial. It is vital to confront a well resourced prosecution with a better defence team. In criminal litigation it is not the time to cut corners.
Royal Commissions
2015 Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse
The Royal Commission into the Building and Construction Industry - Cole Royal Commission
Reported Cases
Reported High Court cases:
Henderson v Queensland [2014] HCA 52; 255 CLR 1; 89 ALJR 162; 315 ALR 188; 243 A Crim R 120
Joosse v Australian Securities and Investment Commission [1998] HCA 77; (1998) 159 ALR 260; (1998) 73 ALJR 232
Reported Court of Appeal Cases
Lancaster v The Queen [2014] VSCA 333, (2014) 44 VR 820
SLS v The Queen [2014] VSCA 31; (2013-14) 42 VR 64
Priest v West (in his capacity as Deputy State Coroner) and Another (2011) 35 VR 225
A J v The Queen (2011) 32 VR 614
Worsnop v R (2010) 28 VR 662
DPP v BDX (No 2) (2010) 27 VR 536
R v B D X [2009] VSCA 28; (2009) 24 VR 288,
R v Henderson (2009) 22 VR 662
R v Gose (2009) 22 VR 150
R v BDX (2009) 194 A Crim R 57 after DBA [2008] VSCA 138 then DPP v BDX & Anor (No 2) [2010] VSCA 134
R v Hendy (2008) 191 A Crim R 81
R v Bertrand (2008) 188 A Crim R 223
Poynder v Kent [2008] Australian Torts Reports ¶81-984
R v Huynh (2006) 165 A Crim R 586
R v Lo Presti (2005) 158 A Crim R 54
R v Yusuf (2005) 11 VR 492; 153 A Crim R 173
Henderson v Magistrates’ Court (2004) 151 A Crim R 366
R v Jongsma (2004) 150 A Crim R 386
R v Dardovska (2003) 6 VR 628; 137 A Crim R 580
R v Blennerhasset (2002) 137 A Crim R 125
Valimi v Maniotis (2002) 4 VR 386
R v Marijancevic (2001) 3 VR 611; 127 A Crim R 461
Gigante v Hickson (2001) 3 VR 296; 120 A Crim R 483; 33 MVR 51
Selectrix Pty Ltd v Humphries (2001) 159 FLR 348
R v Osip (2000) 2 VR 595; 116 A Crim R 578
R v Pope (2000) 112 A Crim R 588
R v Hewitt [1998] 4 VR 862 after R v Hewitt [1997] 1 VR 301
R v Clarke [1996] 2 VR 520; (1995) 85 A Crim R 114
Anderson v Blashki [1993] 2 VR 89
R v Zakaria (1992) 62 A Crim R 259
R v Stavropoulos (1990) 50 A Crim R 315
Matosic v Hamilton (1990) MVR 171
Bogdanovski v Buckingham [1989] VR 897
R v Pectas [1989] VR 239
High Court Special leave applications
Henderson v State of Queensland [2014] HCATrans 102
Poynder v Kent & Ors; Sodomaco v O'Bryan & Anor [2009] HCATrans 120
Parsons v The Queen [2008] HCATrans 275
BO v The Queen [2007] HCATrans 396
The Queen v Marijancevic M116/2001 [2002] HCATrans 457
Hewitt v The Queen M30/1996 [1997] HCATrans 179
Unreported Court of Appeal Judgments
Clark (a pseudonym) v The Queen [2015] VSCA 297
Jamieson v The Queen [2014] VSCA 294
Papazoglou v The Queen [2014] VSCA 194
Warwick v The Queen [2014] VSCA 114
P A v The Queen [2012] VSCA 294
Priest v West & Anor [2012] VSCA 327
B C H v The Queen [2011] VSCA 350 A J v The Queen [2011] VSCA 215
Priest v West & Anor [2011] VSCA 186
Miller v The Queen [2011] VSCA 143
Kamsma v The Queen [2011] VSCA 123
L A L v The Queen [2011] VSCA 111
A J v The Queen [2010] VSCA 331
Farrell v The Queen [2010] VSCA 251
DPP v Groube [2010] VSCA 150
DPP v Foot [2010] VSCA 112
DPP v Patterson [2009] VSCA 301
DPP v DZ [2009] VSCA 222
R v OPM [2009] VSCA 165
R v BIC [2009] VSCA 155
R v Hakeem [2009] VSCA 131
R v Kiernan [2008] VSCA 194
R v Holmes [2008] VSCA 128
R v Greenway [2007] VSCA 204
R v BO [2006] VSCA 247
R v DW [2006] VSCA 204
R v Davis [2006] VSCA 8
R v MAG [2005] VSCA 47
R v Jongsma [2004] VSCA 218
R v Cupid [2004] VSCA 183
R v Memery [2002] VSCA 223
Woods and Geary v Legal Ombudsman [2002] VSCA 91
R v Thompson [2001] VSCA 208
West v Creasy [2000] VSCA 80
R v Spokes [1999] VSCA 210
R v Kerr [1998] VSCA 125
Many appearances in the Full Court since 1989
Extensive trial experience.
Interstate and Federal unreported appeal cases
Marijancevic v Mann [2008] FCAFC 161
Johnson v Filaria [2005] ACTCA 27 and earlier [2005] ACTCA 16
Aitken v The Queen [2002] FCAFC 274
