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Mr Peter Creighton-Selvay
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List G Barristers.
Position
Peter Creighton-Selvay practises in general commercial litigation and has specialist expertise in intellectual property litigation. He has significant trial and appellate experience and is regularly briefed to appear in the Federal Court, Supreme Court and IP Australia in a wide range of commercial and intellectual property proceedings.
Peter has been widely recognised as a leading barrister in his field, including in Doyle’s Guide to Technology, Media & Telecommunications Barristers (Australia and Victoria), Doyle’s Guide to Intellectual Property Barristers (Australia and Victoria), Chambers and Partners, and The Legal 500.
Prior to joining the Bar, Peter was a solicitor at Mallesons Stephen Jaques in Melbourne and a managing associate at Linklaters in London. He holds a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Melbourne (first class honours) and a Master of Laws from the University of Cambridge (also first class honours).
Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards Legislation
Memberships
Intellectual Property Society of Australia and New Zealand (IPSANZ)
Education
Bachelor of Laws (Hons)
Master of Laws (Hons)
Bachelor of Arts
Lawyer Rankings
Australia Bar > TMT and IP
(Leading Juniors)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.’
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.