• Bachelor of Law, Queensland University of Technology (1994)

• High Court of Australia 1997
• Supreme Court of Queensland 1996
• Supreme Court of Victoria 2003
• Supreme Court of Western Australia 2010

Arbitration

• Chevron ats CBI Constructors [2024] HCA 28 – appeared as counsel, led by Shane Doyle KC, in successfully resisting an appeal against a first instance decision (Chevron v CBI Constructors [2021] WASC 323, affirmed on appeal by the Court of Appeal in [2023] WASCA 1) that ruled an arbitration award should be set aside by the Court because the tribunal was functus officio when it made the award. Uniquely, this case is the first Australian case to set aside an award because the tribunal was functus relying on a particular provision of the Commercial Arbitration Act, as well as being a case where factual findings made by the tribunal were successfully challenged. This case is the first time an apex court in any of the 100+ Model Law countries has considered this particular issue. 
• Advising a State in defence of a multi-billion-dollar investor-state claim arising out of an allegedly failed mining project.
• StoneX Financial Inc v Ambrose [2024] FCA 501 – successful application to enforce a foreign arbitral award in Australia.
• TCL Air Conditioner (Zhongshan) Co Ltd v Judges of the Federal Court [2013] HCA 5 – High Court of Australia challenge to the constitutional validity of the International Arbitration Act 1964 (Cth). This case is repeatedly cited as one of the leading authorities on arbitration law in Australia.
• TCL Air Conditioner (Zhongshan) Co Ltd ats Castel Electronics Pty Ltd – international arbitration award where our client, the respondent, was found liable for less than 10% of the claim value.
• TCL Air Conditioner (Zhongshan) Co Ltd v Castel Electronics Pty Ltd [2009] VSC 553 – successful challenge to an arbitral award conferring jurisdiction on certain claims.
• Oil & Gas majors – representing a group of Oil & Gas Majors in two significant gas price review arbitrations.
• Chevron ats CBI & Kentz – representing Chevron in defence of a $411m claim made in an arbitration arising out of a large-scale LNG project.
• Oil & Gas Major – defended a USA headquartered Oil & Gas Major in defence of a $30m+ charter party arbitration. Settled for approximately 7% of the claim value.
• Oil & Gas Contractor – represented an international oil & gas contractor against a sub-contractor in a London arbitration concerning claims valued in excess of $140m following the construction of critical infrastructure on a large-scale LNG project. The award dismissed nearly all of the sub-contractor's claims.
• Oil & Gas Major – defended a USA-headquartered Oil & Gas Major in defence of a $30m+ charter party arbitration. The dispute was settled for approximately 7% of the claim value.
• Thai energy company – represented a Thai energy company in a London-seated arbitration concerning an approximately US$20m claim made against it arising out of an investment agreement for a European oil & gas asset.
• A confidential LCIA arbitration award published in favour of our client, a Chinese buyer of scrap steel.
• A confidential Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration award published in favour of our client, an Australian buyer of industrial machinery supplied by a Chinese manufacturer.

Energy sector litigation

• BP Australia Pty Ltd ats Shahin Enterprises Pty Ltd [2019] SASC 12 – a successful defence of breach of contract claims, and the first case to consider the interaction between the Privacy Act and contractual rights to information.
• BP Australia Pty Ltd ats Velocity Frequent Flyer Pty Ltd [2017] QSC 293 – successful outcome in dispute about the termination of a high-profile commercial agreement.
• Chevron Australia Pty Ltd v Valuer General [2019] WASAT 7 – a successful appeal against land valuations for the site of a major LNG project.
• TEC Hedland v The Pilbara Infrastructure – represented the Australian subsidiary of major Canadian power generation company Transalta, in a long-running Supreme Court dispute about the commissioning of a gas-fired power plant that settled less than 24 hours before a 6-week trial was to commence.
• Arrow Energy – represented Arrow Energy in Supreme Court proceedings to obtain orders regularising certain corporate filings.
• Petronas and TotalEnergies ats APLNG – representing non-operating defendants in a dispute in the Supreme Court of Queensland about certain project agreements for a major CSG-LNG project.
• Beijing Joseph Investment Co Ltd ats Cauldron Energy Ltd [2016] WASC 22 – shareholder dispute concerning a uranium mine investment, successfully resisted most of the plaintiff's claims after being instructed on the eve of the trial.
• Multi-national Oil & Gas joint venture – advising the operator of a CSG-LNG project about disputes issues arising under a gas banking agreement.

Energy sector risk management

• Oil & Gas Major – advised a USA-headquartered Oil & Gas Major following a significant critical incident affecting a drilling rig on a large-scale LNG project.
• Oil & Gas Major – advised a USA-headquartered Oil & Gas Major in relation to fatality at sea in connection with a large-scale LNG project.
• Oil & Gas Major – advised a Middle East-based Oil & Gas Major in relation to access arrangements.
• Oil & Gas Major – advised a USA-headquartered Oil & Gas Major in relation to regulatory issues concerning airport access arrangements supporting a large scale LNG project.
• Oil & Gas Major – advised a USA-headquartered Oil & Gas Major about the risk of 'greenwashing' claims.
• Oil & Gas Major – advised a USA-headquartered Oil & Gas Major about the domestic and international regulatory regime for exporting hazardous waste.
• Large state-owned operator of a major coal-fired power station – assisting the operator of a power station respond to a critical incident that resulted in the destruction of a significant portion of its generating capacity.

Non-energy sector commercial litigation

• AVS Property Pty Ltd v McMaster [2010] FCAFC 81 – successful appeal in connection with the winding up of a managed investment scheme concerning a large-scale real property development project.
• Perth Airport ats Ridgepoint & Ors [2014] WASCA 235 – successfully defended an appeal in a dispute about the meaning of a settlement deed.
• Perth Airport Pty Ltd ats BGC (Australia) Pty Ltd [2013] FCA 60 – successful outcome in a claim about competing real property interests in the context of Federal regulations for Airports.

Australian Consumer Law prosecutions

• ACCC v Lorna Jane [2021] FCA 852
• ACCC ats Ali [2021] FCAFC 109
• ACCC v Smart Corporation [2021] FCA 347
• ACCC v Geowash [2019] FCA 72
• ACCC v Domain Name Corp [2018] FCA 1269
• ACCC v Aveling Homes [2017] FCA 1470
• ACCC v Snowdale Holdings [2017] FCA 834
• ACCC v DuluxGroup (Australia) [2016] FCA 1286
• ACCC v Snowdale Holdings [2016] FCA 541
• ACCC v CLA Trading [2016] FCA 377
• ACCC v Derodi [2016] FCA 365
• ACCC v RL Adams [2015] FCA 1016
• ACCC v Pirovic Enterprises [2014] FCA 1028

Pro Bono

• Rodi v State of Western Australia [2018] HCA 44 – a successful appeal to the High Court concerning the duty of a prosecutor to disclose certain information to an accused person in criminal proceedings.

• Best Lawyers – Litigation, 2013–24
• Best Lawyers – Alternative Dispute Resolution, 2014–22
• Best Lawyers – International Arbitration, 2016–24
• Best Lawyers – Competition Law, 2017–24

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