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Tony Pagone AM KC

Bachelor of Arts - Monash University
Diploma of Education - Monash University
Bachelor of Laws - Monash University
Master of Laws - University of Cambridge
Doctor of Laws - University of Melbourne

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Admitted to the Bar 1985

Appointed Queens Counsel 1996

Experience

The Hon. Tony Pagone retired from the Federal Court of Australia where he had been the national co ordinating judge of the Taxation National Practice Area. Before his appointment to the Federal Court he was a judge of the trial division of the Supreme Court of Victoria and had been the judge in charge of the Commercial Court of that Court.

He graduated from Monash University in 1979 with a Bachelor of Laws and from Cambridge University with a Master of Laws in 1983. In 2014 he was awarded an LLD from the University of Melbourne for his research and published work on anti tax avoidance provisions.

He was admitted in Victoria as a legal practitioner in 1980, signed the roll of counsel in 1985, and was appointed Queen’s Counsel for Victoria in 1996. He practised widely in taxation law, commercial law, administrative law, constitution law, public and human rights law during his career at the Bar. He was also Special Counsel to the Australian Taxation Office between 2002 and 2004.

He is a professorial fellow of the Melbourne Law School and lectures in several post-graduate courses at the Melbourne Law School and from time to time in the Law Faculty at Monash University. He is the President of the International Association of Judges and had been on the board of the International Association of Tax Judges.

Principal Areas of Practice

  • Arbitrators / Mediators
  • Commercial Law See all +Close -
    • Administrative Law
    • Alternative Dispute Resolution
    • Appellate
    • Arbitration
    • Banking and Financial Services
    • Bankruptcy and Insolvency
    • Class Actions
    • Competition and Consumer
    • Conflict of Laws
    • Corporations and Securities
    • Cross-border Insolvency
    • Insurance and Reinsurance
    • Intellectual Property
    • International Law
    • Mining resources and energy
    • Partnership disputes
    • Product liability
    • Professional liability
    • Real property
    • Restraint of trade
    • Shareholder class actions
    • Sports law
    • Superannuation
    • Trade Practices
  • Common Law See all +Close -
    • Alternative Dispute Resolution
    • Appellate
    • Class Actions
    • Insurance and Reinsurance
    • Professional indemnity
    • Professional liability
    • Sports law
  • Criminal See all +Close -
    • Appellate
  • Equity See all +Close -
    • Alternative Dispute Resolution
    • Appellate
    • Property
    • Trusts
    • Wills and Estates
  • Industrial/Employment See all +Close -
    • Civil and Human Rights
    • Disciplinary Proceedings
    • Government Inquiries
  • Inquests and Inquiries See all +Close -
    • Commissions of Inquiry
  • Public and Administrative Law See all +Close -
    • Administrative Law
    • Alternative Dispute Resolution
    • Appellate
    • Constitutional Law
    • Disciplinary Proceedings
    • Judicial review and administrative law
    • Merits review
    • Proceeds of crime
    • Public law
  • Taxation and Revenue See all +Close -
    • Alternative Dispute Resolution
    • Appellate
    • Capital gains tax
    • Goods and services tax
    • Income tax
    • International tax
    • Land tax
    • Payroll tax
    • Stamp duty and other state taxes
  • Mediator

Sectors

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