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List G Barristers
OWEN DIXON CHAMBERS WEST, 525 LONSDALE STREET
MELBOURNE
VICTORIA
Australia

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Australia Bar > Commercial disputes Tier 1

List G Barristers are known in the Victoria market for its broad commercial practice, with members involved in various complex and high value litigation in areas including banking, employment, professional negligence and dispute resolution. The set is unique due to its combination of having a member-owned structure while enjoying the benefits of a strong clerking and administrative team led by Jane King, the senior clerk and CEO. Hamish Austin KC is noted by one client as ‘extremely thorough, and has the ability to get straight to the heart of an issue,‘ while employment specialist Jenny Firkin KC is the Vice President of the Victorian Bar’s Industrial Barristers Association. Natalie Hickey is noted for her involvement in the case of Directed OE Pty Ltd v OE Solution Pty Ltd where she was junior counsel for the successful applicant and was led by Michael Wise KC (as was, prior to his January 2024 judicial appointment) in a case which arose after the applicant discovered that its general manager had engaged in a conspiracy with its Korean supplier.

Leading Silks

Justin L Bourke KC – List G Barristers

Stewart Maiden KC – List G Barristers

Jeremy Slattery KC – List G Barristers ‘A very capable advocate, across detail of evidence. Engages well with witnesses, strategic and a source of strong team leadership.’

Jenny Firkin KC – List G Barristers

Paul O’Grady KC – List G Barristers

Hamish Austin KC – List G Barristers ‘Hamish is one of a handful of leading insolvency and restructuring silks in Victoria. He is formidable when cross-examining witnesses, both expert and lay. He is respected by the bench. He is extremely hard-working and does not rely on juniors to cover for him.’

Malcolm Harding SC – List G Barristers

Nicholas De Young KC – List G Barristers

Martin Scott KC – List G Barristers

Tomo Boston KC - List G Barristers

Philip Corbett KC – List G Barristers 'Phil's ability to distil the issues and the risks associated with them is fantastic. He is a highly skilled negotiator and advocate.'

Matthew Harvey KC – List G Barristers

Rachel Doyle SC – List G Barristers

Ian Waller KC – List G Barristers

2022 Silks

William Edwards KC – List G Barristers ‘William is an expert in class actions and a passionate advocate for his clients. He also is very commercial and strategic which is an asset to his clients which include class action applicants and litigation funders.’

2023 Silks

Richard Harris SC – List G Barristers

Leading Juniors

Leigh Howard – List G Barristers 'Leigh is an extremely smart and pragmatic operator. He is involved in the leading cases across Australia working with some of the most experienced senior counsel. You have great trust and confidence putting Leigh before the most sophisticated clients to run their most sensitive and important matters.'

David Morgan – List G Barristers

Nico Burmeister – List G Barristers 'Excellent written and oral advocacy skills on industrial relations matters. Highly responsive. A pleasure to work with.'

Andrew Pollock – List G Barristers 'Andrew is a highly accomplished counsel that has either run or been involved in all the leading cases.'

Eugenia Levine – List G Barristers

Adam Segal – List G Barristers ‘Adam is very easy to work with. He is very attentive – responds quickly to enquiries and turns work around promptly. Adam is a very capable advocate and strategist. He has a confident assured manner, is very organised in court, reads the room well and has a good rapport with the judiciary.’

Jennifer Collins – List G Barristers

Dean Luxton – List G Barristers

Brendan J Avallone - List G Barristers

Dion Fahey – List G Barristers ‘Dion is super smart, hard working, knowledgeable across all areas of class action work and on the rise. He has appeared in a diverse range of interlocutory issues in three high profile class actions over the last year on which he has led the full spread of the work for the barristers’ team including the advocacy – and against leading silks instructed by the banks. Dion has more than held his own. His written work is outstanding and has the distillation and focus of the best barristers.’

Laura Hilly – List G Barristers 'Laura is an exceptional junior who brings unique regulatory experience and background to complex commercial disputes matters.'

Thomas Warner – List G Barristers

Rebecca Davern – List G Barristers 'Her strengths are her work ethic, attention to detail in case preparation, and a superb sense of pragmatism. I cannot identify any weaknesses. Above all, she is a nice human who is so easy to work with and understands and has empathy for her instructing solicitors and their workload.'

Benjamin Ryde – List G Barristers ‘Ben is clever, analytical, measured and considered. He relates easily to all, and inspires trust and confidence. He is excellent given his intelligence, efficiency and the quality of his written and oral work. As an advocate, he is calm, reasoned and able to make complex issues seem simple. He quickly earns a judge’s confidence by limiting himself to ordered and well reasoned propositions without pressing weaker points.’

Tom Clarke – List G Barristers 'Tom is considered and practical. He brings complex issues back to the discipline of the pleadings and relevant source material and cuts through the noise. Tom is a persuasive advocate but never puts propositions too highly. He is a market leader in the energy sector.'

Natalie Hickey – List G Barristers

Kane Loxley – List G Barristers 'Very practical and commercial. Able to explain complex issues in a digestable manner. Great team player.'

Testimonials

‘Generally deep and high-quality in the areas in commercial litigation and contentious insolvency.’

‘They are a good set with some excellent juniors joining in recent years.’

‘List G is a highly regarded commercial litigation list.’

‘Excellent depth in IP and commercial disputes.’

‘A go to set for all of our complex commercial disputes matters.’

Work highlights

Australia Bar > TMT and IP Tier 1

A ‘strong set of IP barristers,‘ and being a ‘pre-eminent list for IP matters in Victoria,’ List G Barristers includes a large number of barristers with strong IP and technology practices, with members including Tom Cordiner KC having experience in areas such as patent and trade mark infringement, and media matters including high profile cases in the social media space. Bruce Caine KC and Colin Golvan KC are highly rated in the set, as is Craig Smith SC, who appeared in UbiPark Pty Ltd v TMA Capital Australia Pty Ltd, a patent infringement and revocation case relating to technology used to run car parks. Kate Beattie is ‘an exceptionally talented barrister‘ in complex patent disputes and intellectual property litigation, while Peter Creighton-Selvay has appeared in precedent-setting intellectual property cases, both at trial and appellate level.

Leading Silks

Tom Cordiner KC – List G Barristers 'He is one of the leading patent barristers in Australia. He had the ability to distil complex issues down to very simple statements.'

Bruce Caine KC – List G Barristers

Colin Golvan AM KC – List G Barristers

Siobhán Ryan KC – List G Barristers

Garry Fitzgerald KC – List G Barristers

2022 Silks

Craig Smith SC – List G Barristers ‘Craig has a knowledge of trade mark principles and case law that is likely unrivalled in the profession. His advocacy is also excellent. He thinks clearly and this translates into clarity in conveying concepts that are otherwise quite nuanced and complex.‘

Leading Juniors

Andrew Sykes – List G Barristers ‘Andrew is a strong advocate but equally a strategic and commercial thinker. Andrew is the pre-eminent barrister in the field of trade mark oppositions.’

Marcus Fleming – List G Barristers

Stephen Rebikoff – List G Barristers ‘Stephen is an outstanding advocate. His technical skills and knowledge are extraordinary, and perhaps most importantly, he is very easy and pleasant to work with, and is always willing to go over and above to help solicitors get the best possible results for lay clients.’

Luke Merrick – List G Barristers ‘Luke is another standout counsel at List G. He is astute, thoughtful and laser focused on presenting a case in the best light.'

Clare Cunliffe – List G Barristers ‘Clare immerses herself in the detail of each case and always has a thorough understanding of both the law and the facts. She has an exceptional depth of knowledge of patent law. She is always pleasant and a delight to work with.'

Peter Creighton-Selvay – List G Barristers ‘Peter is one of the smartest people at the intellectual property Bar in Australia. He is on top of the latest cases and everything before that, he is thoughtful, careful, pragmatic and commercial.’

Kate Beattie – List G Barristers ‘Always well-prepared, tenacious and a strong advocate.’

Lucy Davis – List G Barristers ‘Lucy is very hard working and gets across the details of a case in depth, she has great recall of evidence and appreciation for tactical points.’

Natalie Hickey – List G Barristers

Melissa Marcus – List G Barristers

Benjamin Gardiner – List G Barristers

Testimonials

‘Generally, a strong chambers focusing on IP matters.’

‘Preeminent.’

‘Very good depth in IP barristers. Most leading IP barristers have chambers there.’

‘List G Barristers have a strong set of IP barristers.’

‘List G Barristers are all excellent in my experience.’

Work highlights

Australia Bar > Competition Tier 2

List G Barristers fields a strong bench within competition law, with names such as Nicholas De Young KC appearing regularly in the Federal Court of Australia and the Australian Competition Tribunal – he has acted in a range of competition matters including mergers and cartel conduct. Daniel Preston was involved in Anthony v Apple Inc & Anor; McDonald v Google LLC and Ors, a class action seeking damages from Apple and Google in respect of loss and damage suffered by consumers as a result of alleged contraventions of competition law by Apple and Google due to imposed commissions on app developers with respect to the sale of apps by developers to consumers. Natalie Hickey is a name to watch from the set.

Leading Silks

Nicholas de Young KC– List G Barristers 'Very easy to work with, considered and with a great manner. Capable of distilling complexity into relatively simple propositions and strong strategic advisor.'

Leading Juniors

Daniel Preston – List G Barristers ‘Knowledgeable and pragmatic.'

Natalie Hickey – List G Barristers 'Clear expression, commercially minded and responsive.'

Testimonials

‘Commercial and sensible chambers.’

Work highlights

Australia Bar > Construction, infrastructure and property

Leading Silks

Marita Foley SC – List G Barristers

Richard Harris SC – List G Barristers ‘Knowledgeable and calm under pressure.’

Name	Position	Profile
Ms Jennifer Collins	Jennifer practises in all areas of commercial and regulatory law. Jennifer has…	View Profile
Mr Tom Cordiner KC	Tom Cordiner KC holds the dual qualification of barrister and registered patents…	View Profile
Mr Peter Creighton-Selvay	Peter Creighton-Selvay practises in general commercial litigation and has specialist expertise in…	View Profile
Ms Rebecca Davern	Rebecca Davern is currently ranked by respected peer review publication Best Lawyers…	View Profile
Ms Rachel Doyle SC	Rachel Doyle SC is a leading trial and appellate advocate with a…	View Profile
Ms Jenny Firkin KC	Jenny Firkin QC practises in all areas of Industrial, Employment and Discrimination…	View Profile
Mr Marcus Fleming	Marcus Fleming practises in commercial litigation, with a particular focus on intellectual…	View Profile
Ms Marita Foley SC	Marita Foley SC specialises in environmental, planning and land acquisition matters for…	View Profile
Mr Colin Golvan KC	Colin Golvan AM QC practises predominantly in the intellectual property and trade…	View Profile
Mr Malcolm Harding SC	Malcolm Harding S.C is a trial and appellate barrister with extensive litigation…	View Profile
Dr Laura Hilly	Laura practises in public, commercial, regulatory, employment and anti-discrimination law Laura has…	View Profile
Mr Leigh Howard	Leigh practices in industrial relations, regulatory and public law litigation. Leigh’s industrial…	View Profile
Ms Melissa Marcus	Melissa Marcus practises in defamation law and all aspects of intellectual property.…	View Profile
Mr Luke Merrick	Luke Merrick practises in commercial litigation, with a particular focus on competition…	View Profile
Mr David Morgan	David Morgan has a broad general commercial and public law practice. David…	View Profile
Mr Andrew Pollock	Andrew has a national practice covering litigious, advisory and strategic matters with…	View Profile
Mr Daniel Preston	Daniel practises in commercial law, with a focus on regulatory and competition…	View Profile
Mr Stephen Rebikoff	Stephen Rebikoff practises in intellectual property, commercial law and administrative law. Stephen…	View Profile
Mr Warwick Rothnie	Warwick Rothnie practises in intellectual property law, trade practices, telecommunications and commercial…	View Profile
Mr Adam Segal	A banking and insolvency specialist with a commercial practice, Adam is an…	View Profile

Name	Position	Profile
Mr Hamish Austin KC	Hamish Austin KC is a leading trial and appellate advocate with a…	View Profile
Mr Brendan J Avallone	Brendan Avallone practises in all areas of employment and industrial relations law.…	View Profile
Ms Kate Beattie	Kate Beattie specialises in intellectual property litigation, with extensive experience in complex…	View Profile
Mr Tomo Boston KC	Tomo Boston KC practises in commercial law, corporations and insolvency, trade practices,…	View Profile
Mr Nico Burmeister	Nico Burmeister practises primarily in industrial relations and employment law. He is…	View Profile
Mr Bruce Caine KC	Bruce Caine KC has specialised in intellectual property law for over 35…	View Profile
Ms Clare Cunliffe	Clare Cunliffe has particular expertise in intellectual property litigation, with extensive experience…	View Profile
Mr Nicholas De Young KC	Nick De Young QC practises in all aspects of commercial litigation.	View Profile
Mr William Edwards KC	William’s expertise includes shareholder actions, consumer actions, mass tort actions, product liability…	View Profile
Mr Dion Fahey		View Profile
Mr Chris Fenwick		View Profile
Mr Benjamin Gardiner KC	Ben specialises in intellectual property law and practises primarily in patent, trade…	View Profile
Mr Matthew Harvey KC	Matthew Harvey KC is a leading senior counsel with a broad commercial…	View Profile
Mr Kane Loxley	Kane has been recognised as one of Victoria’s leading junior counsel in…	View Profile
Mr Stewart Maiden KC	Stewart Maiden KC is a preeminent commercial law trial and appellate advocate.…	View Profile
Mr Paul O'Grady KC		View Profile
Mr Benjamin Ryde	Ben Ryde has a general commercial law practice with a focus on…	View Profile
Mr Martin Scott KC		View Profile
Mr Jeremy Slattery KC	Jeremy Slattery KC is a leading trial and appellate barrister with extensive…	View Profile
Mr Craig Smith SC	Craig Smith practises in commercial law, with a specialisation in intellectual property,…	View Profile
Mr Tom Warner	Thomas Warner is an experienced commercial and public law junior counsel.	View Profile