Admitted to the Bar 2022
Experience
David has a broad practice which includes commercial law, regulatory proceedings, class actions, corporations matters and equity. He regularly appears led and unled in a range of courts and tribunals.
He brings a unique a blend of commercial and practical experience to the bar, which enables him to provide strategic and straightforward advice.
David commenced his career as a solicitor at Herbert Smith Freehills. While at HSF, he completed a secondment to The Shopfront Youth Legal Centre, a legal service for homeless and disadvantaged young people, where he routinely appeared in criminal hearings and applications in the Local and District Courts. Immediately prior to coming to the Bar, he was a solicitor in a regional firm, Everingham Solomons Solicitors, where he had carriage of commercial and civil matters from initial advice to final hearing.
He is an author of the Australian Corporation Practice published by LexisNexis.
Principal Areas of Practice
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Commercial Law
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- Administrative Law
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Appellate
- Arbitration
- Banking and Financial Services
- Bankruptcy and Insolvency
- Building, Construction and Technology
- Class Actions
- Competition and Consumer
- Contracts
- Corporations and Securities
- Environment and Planning
- Insurance and Reinsurance
- Mining resources and energy
- Partnership disputes
- Product liability
- Real property
- Shareholder class actions
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Common Law
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- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Appellate
- Class Actions
- Insurance and Reinsurance
- Product liability
- Professional liability
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Criminal
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- Appellate
- Fraud
- White collar and corporate crime
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Equity
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- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Appellate
- Family Provision
- Property
- Trusts
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Public and Administrative Law
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- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Appellate
- Constitutional Law
- Judicial review and administrative law
- Merits review
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Taxation and Revenue
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- Goods and services tax
- International tax
- Land tax
- Stamp duty and other state taxes
Sectors
Agribusiness, Banks & Financial Services, Government, Transport and Infrastructure, Primary Resources, Technology, Media & Telecommunications,