Ffyona Livingstone Clark

Ffyona accepts briefs in criminal law and select areas of public law that intersect with or are adjacent to criminal practice, including OH&S matters, coronial inquests, commissions of inquiry, disciplinary and regulatory proceedings, professional negligence claims, suppression and non-publication order applications, and public interest immunity claims.

Ffyona has appeared across every level of the Victorian courts hierarchy  and appears in jury trials, led, unled, and leading, in both Victoria and the ACT. She has particular experience in death investigations and prosecutions, white collar crime (fraud, securities, directors' duties and misconduct) and disciplinary matters.

Ffyona also undertakes independent investigation work for public and private sector organisations. Her recent work in this space includes assisting Fiona McLeod AO SC with the investigation into embryo transfer errors on behalf of Monash IVF Pty Ltd. 

Before coming to the Bar, she worked in private practice, Victoria Legal Aid, the Coroners' Court of Victoria, and at what is now DFFH.

Ffyona is a member of the VLA Criminal Trial Preferred Barrister List and VLA's Equity & Diversity List. She holds an LLB (Bond University) and LLM in Criminal Practice with Distinction (University of Wollongong). Ffyona read with Elizabeth Ruddle KC; her senior mentor is Rachel Doyle SC.

Bar Council & Committees

Ffyona is currently serving as the Assistant Honorary Treasurer of the Victorian Bar, and has been a member of the VIctorian Bar Council since 2022. She is the Co-Deputy Chair of the Audit Finance and Risk Committee, and is a member of the Counsel Committee and the Judicial Conduct Committee. She has previously served as the Bar Council representative on the Innovation & Technology Committee, and the International Advocacy Training Committee.