Christian Dimitriadis SC
‘Christian is an excellent senior counsel, especially for patent matters.’
Nigel Bowen Chambers
‘Clearly one of the leading sets in Australia’, Nigel Bowen Chambers specialises in IP matters, with its members routinely acting for clients in passing off and consumer protection proceedings. Additionally, the set regularly advises on trade mark, patent, and copyright infringement cases. Richard Cobden SC, leading Gabrielle Rubagotti and Ed Heerey KC, successfully defended a major Italian coffee manufacturer in Cantarella Bros v Lavazza Australia, in which the company had been accused of infringing a trade mark by the use of the word ’ORO’. Sophie Goddard SC acted in Elanco Australasia v Abbey Laboratories, a patent appeal concerning an ectoparasitic treatment in the veterinary field. Led by Christian Dimitriadis SC, Gilbert Tsang acted in a dispute over the alleged infringement of copyright and confidential information in the real estate sector.
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Leading Silks
KCs at the very top of their field, with a long-established record of market-defining cases, and widespread endorsement from clients and peers. All silks appointed in the last two rounds are listed further below.
Ed Heerey KC
‘Ed is an outstanding advocate. He is an expert at working out what the judge is going to want to focus on and addressing those matters in careful detail.’
Richard Cobden SC
‘Richard is preeminent in this area. He is a pleasure to work with and approaches new and innovative matters with enthusiasm as well as wisdom and a deep knowledge of the law.'
Sophie Goddard SC
Justine Beaumont SC
Justine is meticulously prepared and extremely smart.'
Hamish Bevan SC
‘Hamish has the ear and the respect of the IP judges in Australia. As an advocate he is both subtle and compelling.'
Michael Hall SC
Michael's strengths are his outstanding intellect, encyclopedic knowledge of the law (especially trade marks) and no-nonsense approach.'
Leading Juniors
Leading juniors are those with significant experience of key cases, strong market recognition from both peers and clients, and are seen as future candidates for silk.
Gabriella Rubagotti
‘Gabriella’s advocacy skills are excellent, and she is able to provide succinct advice on legal issues.’
Gilbert Tsang
‘Gilbert’s strengths are his hard working nature, strong intellect and excellent knowledge of the law.’
Shauna Ross
‘Shauna is a credit to the profession. She has built a reputation for delivering the gold standard in everything that she does.’
Edwina Whitby
‘Edwina’s strengths are her dedication to the task at hand, intellect and solid understanding of the underlying legal principles at issue.’
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Laura Thomas
‘Laura is an outstanding counsel – a deep thinker, quick on her feet, and easy to work with.’
Jesmini Ambikapahty
Robert Boadle
Rebecca De Stoop
‘Rebecca is very thorough and undertakes excellent preparation for her briefs.’
Megan Evetts
‘Megan is a very talented barrister, with acute judgement for the issues, very sound legal knowledge and a remarkable work ethic.’
Jessie McKenzie
‘Jessie was very user friendly and able to work to a short timeframe.’
Melissa McGrath
‘Melissa’s strengths lie in her ability to advise in a comprehensive and holistic manner, bringing decades of private practice experience to bear in her role as counsel.’