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Barrister, Accredited Mediator

David Robertson KC

B.A., LL.B., LL.M., Dip.I.C.Arb., F.C.I.Arb
Admitted
1981
Bar
1985
Silk
2014
(03) 9225 8236
Email me dgr@vicbar.com.au
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Biography

David practises mainly in Commercial Law, including Banking, Finance, Securities, Consumer Credit, Trusts and Superannuation and also Constitutional Law, Equity, Company Law, Administrative Law and Professional Negligence.

Details

Accreditation
Accredited Mediator
Accredited Arbitrator
Admission
01 April 1981
Signed Bar Roll
23 May 1985
Appointed Silk
26 November 2014
Chambers
Room 0119
Owen Dixon Chambers West
525 Lonsdale Street
Melbourne VIC 3000
Admitted to Practice
Victoria, New South Wales, Australia Capital Territory, Western Australia

To discuss the availability, suitability and fees of this barrister, please contact Chris Chapman.

Chris Chapman
Chris Chapman
Principal Barristers' Clerk

Details

Accreditation
Accredited Mediator
Accredited Arbitrator
Admission
01 April 1981
Signed Bar Roll
23 May 1985
Appointed Silk
26 November 2014
Chambers
Room 0119
Owen Dixon Chambers West
525 Lonsdale Street
Melbourne VIC 3000
Admitted to Practice
Victoria, New South Wales, Australia Capital Territory, Western Australia

Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards legislation.

Practice Areas

Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
Arbitration
International Arbitration
Mediation
Neutral Evaluation
Referees

Appellate
Civil Appeals
Merit Appeals

Commercial Law
Banking & Finance
Commercial Lending, Consumer Credit Code, Consumer Lending, Documentary Credit, Guarantees, Managed Investment Schemes, Mistaken / Fraudulent Transactions, Mortgages, Trade Finance
Bankruptcy Law & Insolvency Law
Corporate Insolvency
Civil Procedure Law
Class Actions
Competition Law & Consumer Law
Consumer Credit Disputes, Consumer Protections, Franchising Law, Restraint Of Trade, Trade Practices
Contractual Disputes
Corporations Law & Securities Law
Directors' Liabilities, Financial Products Regulation, Investments, Partnership Disputes, Shareholder Disputes
Insurance Law & Professional Negligence Law
Directors' & Officers' Insurance
International Commercial Law
Carriage Of Goods, Hague Rules, International Tribunals, Jurisdictional Issues, Sale Of Goods, Status Of Foreign Judgements, Vienna Convention, Warsaw Convention
Property & Probate
Adverse Possession, Caveats, Commercial Tenancies, Conveyancing, Estate Agents Licensing & Disputes, Joint Ventures, Land Acquisition, Land Valuations, Leases, Mortgage Law, Residential Tenancies, Testator's Family Maintenance, Trusts, Wills & Estates

Common Law
Insurance Law
Life Insurance, Total & Permanent Disability (TPD) Insurance
Negligence
Professional Negligence

Equity & Trusts

International Law
Choice Of Law / Jurisdiction
Conflict Of Laws
Private International Law

Public Law & Administrative Law
Civil Liberties
Constitutional Law
Disciplinary Proceedings
Information Privacy
Judicial Review

To discuss the availability, suitability and fees of this barrister, please contact Chris Chapman.

Chris Chapman
Chris Chapman
Principal Barristers' Clerk

Experience

Previous occupation
  • Articles of Clerkship with Mr J.G. Wilkin of Corr & Corr, Melbourne, 1980.
  • Employed by Corr & Corr as a Solicitor and then as an Associate and then Senior Associate from 1981 to 1985 working mainly in Banking, Finance and Commercial Litigation.
Memberships and Associations
 
  • Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Academic Position
 
  • Member of the Human Research Ethics Committee of the Royal Children’s Hospital.
  • Senior Honorary Fellow and Part-Time Lecturer in Finance Law, University of Melbourne.

Publications and articles

  • “The Application of the Credit Act 1984” in Consumer Credit Series, Seminar Papers, 1989, Leo Cussen Institute.
  • Chattel Securities Chapter in Butterworths, Court Forms, Precedents & Pleadings – Victoria (1997 – 2006).
  • “Consumer Credit Code: What is Credit?” in Butterworths, Consumer Credit Bulletin (1999) No.10, p. 4.
  • “Consumer Credit: Charge for Credit” in Butterworths, Consumer Credit Bulletin (2000) No. 1, p. 7.
  • “My Flotsam or Your Jetsam: International Trade or Ownership of Goods in the Event of Insolvency” (written jointly with M. Flood) in International Trade & Business Law Bulletin (2000) Vol. 1, No. 2, p. 26 and also in In house Counsel (1999) Vol. 3, No. 3, p. 25.
  • “Consumer Credit: Purpose of Credit” in Butterworths, Consumer Credit Bulletin (2000) No. 3, p. 3.
  • “Enforcement under the Consumer Credit Code” in The Consumer Credit Code, 2002, Leo Cussen Institute.
  • “Defences in Mortgage Enforcement” presented at the Legalwise Seminar, Resolving Mortgage Disputes, 14 September 2005; updated and re-presented, 14 March 2008.
  • “Recent Tribunal and Supreme Court Cases Relating to the Consumer Credit Code” in Consumer Credit Disputes, Seminar Papers, 2007, Leo Cussen Institute.
  • “Invoking the Statutory Power of Sale of a Mortgagee of Land” presented at the Television Education Network Seminar, The Mortgagee’s Power of Sale, 21 February 2008.
  • “Commercial and Retail Leases” presented to the Western District Law Association, 26 March 2015.
  • “Caveats Over Joint and Common Interests in Land” presented to the Commercial Litigation Specialist Study Group at the Law Institute of Victoria, 16 August 2017.
  • “Notes on Medical Treatment Planning and Decisions Act 2016” presented to the Human Research Ethics Committee of the Royal Children’s Hospital, 7 May 2018; updated and re-presented to the Western District Law Association, 15 March, 2019.
  • “Topical Ethics” presented to the Western District Law Association, 15 March, 2019.
  • “Marshalling Securities and Words of Release” presented to the Commercial Litigation Specialist Study Group at the Law Institute of Victoria, 18 September 2019.
  • “Trustee Responsibilities and Overpayments” presented at the Superannuation Law Conference, Leo Cussen Centre for Law, 25 October 2019.
  • “Common Law Rules for the Construction of Releases”, Letter to the Editor in Australian Law Journal, (2019) Vol. 93., p. 904.
  • “Settlements and Releases” presented (jointly with I.W.D. Upjohn C.S.C, Q.C.) at the Howells’ List Barristers Continuing Professional Development Breakfast, 28 November 2019.

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