Julia practises principally in public, regulatory, employment and disciplinary law.
She is regularly briefed to appear in a diverse range of public law matters acting for and against State and Commonwealth Government clients. She has particular expertise in judicial review of administrative decisions and actions. She is listed in Doyle’s Guide as a leading junior counsel in administrative law and public law.
Julia appears and advises in employment and industrial law related disputes. She has a particular interest and experience in the intersection between administrative and employment law. She has acted and advised in occupational health and safety prosecutions and in disciplinary tribunal proceedings.
Before coming to the bar, Julia was a Senior Lawyer at the Australian Government Solicitor, a Solicitor at the Crown Solicitor’s Office of South Australia and Associate to the Hon. Justice Sulan of the Supreme Court of South Australia.
Some examples of cases in which Julia has acted as counsel:
Beechworth Lawn Tennis Club v Australian Sports Commission & Ors (acting for Australian Sports Commission in sports rorts judicial review proceeding in the Federal Court of Australia, led by Richard Knowles QC) (resolved).
United Firefighter's Union of Australia v Country Fire Authority [2023] FWC 1956 (acting for the Respondent in an application to deal with a dispute arising under an enterprise agreement).
Farquhar v Commonweath of Australia (acting for the Commonwealth in a general protections application in the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia) (Judgment reserved).
O'Neill and Degendhardt v Uniting (Victoria) and (Tasmania) Limited (Resolved) (acting for the Respondent in an unfair dismissal proceeding in the Fair Work Commission.
Victoria Institute of Teaching v Adams (3751 & 3933) – Acting for a teacher before the VIT panel in disciplinary proceedings (led by Nick Green QC).
Secretary, Department of Social Services v Doherty [2022] FCA 1242.
Watkins v Monash University (acting for WorkSafe Victoria in a prosecution under the Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013 (Vic) involving the alleged dismissal of an employee on the grounds that the employee took steps to lodge a WorkCover claim - resolved (led by Jenny Firkin QC, resolved).
Heenan v Jetstar Australia & Anor (2020, VID368/2020, resolved) (led by Jenny Firkin QC with Laura Hilly) (on behalf of the applicant, disability discrimination, access to facilities and services).
Coffey v WorkSafe Victoria (acting for the applicant in relation to an adverse action claim, resolved).
Wynd and Australian Securities and Investments Commission [2020] AATA 3387 (acting on behalf of ASIC).
The Commissioner for the Australian Federal Police v Fuhai Li and Fanwei Meng (acting for the AFP in relation to proceedings under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Cth), ongoing)
AIU16 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection & Anor [2020] HCATrans 40 (acting for the respondent in a High Court special leave application) (led by Richard Knowles QC).
Traljesic v Bosnia and Herzegovina [2017] FCAFC 70 (Extradition) (led by Lisa De Ferrari)
Swanton v Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission [2017] FCA 1142 (unled)
BCR16 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (No 2) [2017] FCAFC 120 (led by Peter Gray SC)
Rooney and National Disability Insurance Agency [2021] AATA 3523
CYHY and National Disability Insurance Agency [2021] AATA 4751
A large number of migration cases, including:
Sexton v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs [2022] FCA 1463 (unled)
AVL15 v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs [2022] FCA 452 (unled)
Kura v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs [2021] FCA 1343 (unled)
Sapkota v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs [2021] FCA 91 (unled)
STZS v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs [2021] FCA 1140 (unled)
DWX16 v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs [2020] FCA 1688 (unled)
Kura v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs [2020] FCA 1478 (unled)
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