I have acted predominantly, but not exclusively, for employers in NZ and Australia for over 15 years in the public and private sectors and in industries including State & Local Government, Health, Aged Care, Education, Agribusiness, Finance, Insurance and Tech.

From a history at the blended bar in NZ and a strong public sector practice I also have a not so secret passion for administrative law.

Career Highlights

• Advising numerous employers on strategic Industrial Relations matters, Union engagement, Enterprise agreement negotiations, termination of agreements and business structuring across a number of sectors
• Acting for professional services firms and medical partnerships in partnership dissolutions and contentious disputes
• Acting for various Federal, State and Local Government departments and statutory bodies in defence of administrative decision making including in the Administrative Appeal Tribunal and the Supreme Court of Queensland
• Advising on large public sector change programmes involving various stakeholders and unions
• Repeatedly enforcing comprehensive restraints in both the State and Federal Courts for a large national insurer
• Successfully defending Ramsay Healthcare in a class action led by the Queensland Nurses Union claiming all 24/7 rostered nursing staff were entitled to all gazetted public holidays whether or not they had rostered or ordinary hours
• Successfully defending Blue Care in a large classification and demarcation dispute in relation to unregistered care workers
• ProBono work with the Domestic Violence Action Centre, Basic Rights Queensland and many more.