Admitted to the Bar 2026
Experience
Patrick accepts briefs in all areas of law. He has particular expertise in commercial and corporations matters arising from his time as a solicitor working on various high-value and high-profile matters.
Patrick was admitted as a solicitor in 2019 and trained at Herbert Smith Freehills (now Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer) in Sydney.
He went on to practise at Slaughter and May in London. In that time he was recognised as a “key lawyer” in the Legal 500 2026 for Band 1 litigation premium and worked across the English Courts as well as those in Bermuda, Singapore, and Kenya. He has led mediations and has experience in arbitration, including a challenge to an arbitral award (SIAC) alleging damages in excess of US$5.5 billion.
Previously he was employed as a tipstaff in the Court of Appeal (Hon Justice R.W. White) and the Common Law Division (Hon Justice PR Garling RFD).
He holds a Bachelor of Civil Law (Distinction) from the University of Oxford and a Bachelor of Law (Hons I) from the University of Sydney alongside subject prizes. Patrick also enjoys an academic interest in the law. His peer-reviewed academic work has been cited in the Federal Court and the Supreme Court of the ACT and he was previously employed as a Tutor and Sessional Academic at the University of Sydney. He remains an editor of the leading academic work on civil procedure.
Principal Areas of Practice
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Commercial Law
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- Admiralty and Maritime
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Appellate
- Aviation and Transportation Law
- Banking and Financial Services
- Class Actions
- Competition and Consumer
- Conflict of Laws
- Contracts
- International Law
- Professional liability
- Restraint of trade
- Shareholder class actions
- Sports law
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Common Law
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- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Appellate
- Class Actions
- Defamation
- Professional liability
- Sports law
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Equity
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- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Appellate
- Property
- Trusts
- Wills and Estates
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Industrial/Employment
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- Civil and Human Rights
- Class Actions
- Disciplinary Proceedings
- Discrimination and Equality
- Diversity and Inclusion
- Employment Law
- Government Inquiries
- Health Law
- Investigations
- Privacy
- Restraint of trade
- Sexual Harassment
- Work, Health and Safety Prosecutions
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Public and Administrative Law
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- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Appellate
- Constitutional Law
- Disciplinary Proceedings
- Health Law
- Judicial review and administrative law
- Merits review
- Proceeds of crime
- Public law
Sectors
Agribusiness, Banks & Financial Services, Defence, Government,