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Ben practises primarily in employment and industrial relations law and administrative and public law.
Before coming to the Bar, Ben worked for 5 years as a solicitor, starting his career at Maurice Blackburn Lawyers in their employment and industrial team. Ben is a former Associate to the Hon Justice Richards of the Supreme Court of Victoria.
Some of Ben's recent cases include:
- Australian Building and Construction Commissioner v Pattinson & Anor [2022] HCA 13 (High Court of Australia, acting for the CFMMEU, led by R Doyle SC and P Boncardo)
- AB (a pseudonym) v Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission [2024] HCA 10 (High Court of Australia, acting for the CFMMEU, led by N Wood SC and C Tran).
- Elliott-Carde v McDonald’s Australia Limited [2023] FCAFC 162 (Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia, acting for the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, led by D Star SC).
- Elliott-Carde v McDonald’s Australia Limited (Stay Application) [2023] FCA 1210 (Federal Court of Australia, acting for the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, led by D Star SC).
- Elefantis v The Trustee for Timber Ridge Unit Trust [2022] FWCFB 43 (Full Bench, Fair Work Commission, acting for Mr Elefantis and led by C Dowling SC)
- HJ and PQ v Independent Broad-Based Anti Corruption Commission (Supreme Court of Victoria, S ECI 2019 3955, acting for the plaintiffs, led by H Borenstein KC).
- CRS20 v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs [2021] FedCFamC2G 189 (Federal Circuit and Family Court, acting for the applicant, unled)
- Association for Employees with a Disability v The Commonwealth of Australia [2021] FCAFC 36 (Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia, VID336/2020, acting for the ACTU and the HSU, unled)
- Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs v CRS20 [2022] FCA 579 (Federal Court of Australia, acting for the applicant, led by Georgina Costello KC)
- United Firefighters' Union of Australia v Fire Rescue Victoria [2022] FWC 3170 (Fair Work Commission, acting for the UFU, led by H Borenstein KC)
- United Firefighters' Union of Australia v Fire Rescue Victoria [2023] FWC 1235 (Fair Work Commission, acting for the UFU, led by H Borenstein KC)
- United Firefighters' Union of Australia v Fire Rescue Victoria [2023] FWCFB 225 (Full Bench of the Fair Work Commission, acting for the UFU, led by H Borenstein KC)
- Ventia Australia Pty Ltd v United Firefighters’ Union of Australia [2023] FWC 3041 (Fair Work Commission, acting for the UFU, unled)
- CYTW v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs (Administrative Appeals Tribunal No 2020/5942, acting for the applicant, unled)
Ben is a contributing author to The Law of Civil Penalties by Kayis, Gluer & Walpole (eds) (Federation Press, 2023).
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