Clerks
Barristers engage a Barristers’ Clerk, who in turn advise solicitors as to the suitability, availability and fees of counsel.
This webpage only contains the contact details of those barristers who are members of the Victorian Bar Association with current Victorian or Interstate practising certificates, and who have agreed to their details being made available. For more information read our disclaimer here.
If you need assistance finding the right barrister, we suggest you contact one of the barrister's clerks who will discuss your needs with you and recommend an appropriate barrister.
A clerk will also be able to advise you on the availability of the barristers on their list.
Lisa is an experienced advocate who practices primarily in the areas of criminal law and quasi-criminal law, including disciplinary tribunal proceedings, regulatory matters, public law and inquests.
Brendan appears regularly in personal injury matters in the Magistrates’ Court, County Court and Supreme Court of Victoria. He has extensive experience in litigation of personal injury claims, having acted for both plaintiffs and defendants.
Priya practices predominantly in commercial, insurance and defamation matters. Priya is regularly briefed (both led and unlead) in appearance, trial and advice work.
Matters in which Priya has been briefed include:
Anna practices in criminal and quasi criminal matters (including white-collar crime, OH&S prosecutions, regulatory and disciplinary matters), and in common law. She has trial experience as both as junior counsel and as sole counsel.
Sanjay practices primarily in commercial law and administrative law, with a focus on media law (defamation and contempt), intellectual property (copyright and trademarks), and trade practices.
Sanjay accepts briefs in the following areas:
Matt practices principally in criminal law in Victoria. He is experienced in drug related proceedings, property, fraud, firearms, and organised crime prosecutions.
Erik Dober is an experienced advocate available for briefs in regulatory proceedings, disciplinary matters, commercial litigation, state and federal criminal law, and administrative proceedings. He is regularly briefed for both advice and advocacy.
Tim is an experienced advocate appearing in criminal and quasi-criminal matter.
Philippa practices predominantly in commercial and public law and regulatory matters.
James practices principally in the areas of employment law and commercial law with a focus on:
Unfair dismissals, general protections, workplace discrimination and underpayments;
Stacey comes to the Bar with over 15 years experience in family law and related jurisdictions. As a solicitor, Stacey was an Accredited Family Law Specialist (LIV) and an Adjunct Lecturer at The College of Law between 2012 and 2019.
Patrick maintains a broad civil litigation practice (with both trial and interlocutory experience – led and unled), focussing on:
Lachlan accepts briefs to advise and appear predominantly in common law matters, with a particular focus on personal injury, intentional torts and insurance law. He is available to appear in all metropolitan and regional courts.
Anna practises primarily in commercial and public law.
Nicolas maintains a broad practice in commercial and public law, primarily in the fields of general commercial, competition and consumer law, insurance, equity and trusts, insolvency, corporations and securities, banking & finance, class actions, regulatory investigations, building & cons
Sahrah has a broad commercial law practice with particular experience in class actions, competition law and consumer protection, corporations and securities matters, corporate insolvency, insurance and financial services law.
Gregory is an experienced advocate who practices across all areas of criminal law, including quasi-criminal matters.
Nicholas is available to appear and advise in matters involving any area of commercial law. He has particular experience in corporations and insolvency/restructuring matters, schemes of arrangement, banking litigation and debt recovery proceedings, and class actions.
Sam practises primarily in commercial and public law. He has a broad practice with interests in corporate and commercial disputes, class actions, building and construction, property disputes, estate litigation, anti-discrimination law and human rights.
Jeremy is an experienced advocate who accepts briefs in all areas of criminal law and quasi-criminal law, including intervention orders proceedings, occupational health and safety matters and other disciplinary proceedings.
Maya Narayan practises in federal and state public law, commercial, industrial and regulatory law.
Peter is an experienced advocate practicing primarily in criminal and quasi-criminal matters. He also appears in administrative and employment matters.
Ryan Hartshorne accepts briefs in all criminal, disciplinary and quasi-criminal matters in metropolitan and regional courts.
Uthra accepts briefs to appear and to advise in criminal, regulatory and public law matters.
John Heard practices in all areas of commercial litigation with a focus on insolvency / restructuring, banking and finance, and more recently - defamation.
Robert has a wide-ranging commercial law practice, advising and appearing (led and unled) in disputes concerning:
Manuel accepts briefs to appear and advise in all areas of family law and related jurisdictions. Manuel also accepts briefs in contractual disputes, property disputes, common law, retail tenancies and commercial matters.
Michael practises and accepts briefs in commercial law.
Michael Keks practises in criminal law and related areas, including regulatory and enforcement matters and in commissions of inquiry.
Madeleine is an experienced advocate with a focussed practice on regulatory prosecutions. She has experience appearing for and advising the Victorian Government Solicitor's Office, WorkSafe, Victorian Building Authority, Environment Protection Authority and Victorian Fisheries Authority.
Barristers engage a Barristers’ Clerk, who in turn advise solicitors as to the suitability, availability and fees of counsel.
There are a number of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) options available for resolving disputes without recourse to litigation