Admitted to the Bar 2023
Experience
Emily has a broad practice which includes commercial law, regulatory proceedings, class actions, and corporations matters. She regularly appears led and unled in a range of courts and tribunals.
In 2023 Emily was awarded the Christopher Gee QC Memorial Prize for achieving first place in the NSW Bar Practice Course.
Prior to coming to the bar, Emily was a Senior Associate at Herbert Smith Freehills, where she acted in a range of commercial disputes in the Federal Court of Australia and the Supreme Courts of NSW and Victoria. She has particular experience as a solicitor in class actions, financial services regulatory investigations and proceedings, and anti-money laundering.
Emily holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Laws (First Class Honours) from Macquarie University. She was the recipient of the Dean’s Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement in Law and prizes for first place in constitutional law and international trade and finance law. Emily also holds a Masters of Laws from the University of Sydney, and was the recipient of the Judge Samuel Redshaw Prize for Administrative Law.
Principal Areas of Practice
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Commercial Law
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- Administrative Law
- Appellate
- Banking and Financial Services
- Bankruptcy and Insolvency
- Building, Construction and Technology
- Class Actions
- Competition and Consumer
- Contracts
- Corporations and Securities
- Insurance and Reinsurance
- Partnership disputes
- Product liability
- Professional liability
- Real property
- Restraint of trade
- Shareholder class actions
- Superannuation
- Trade Practices
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Common Law
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- Appellate
- Class Actions
- Insurance and Reinsurance
- Professional indemnity
- Professional liability
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Criminal
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- Fraud
- White collar and corporate crime
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Equity
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- Appellate
- Property
- Trusts
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Inquests and Inquiries
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- Commissions of Inquiry
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Public and Administrative Law
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- Judicial review and administrative law
- Public law