Barrister

Nicholas Bird

BA, LL. B. (Hons.), LLM
Admitted
2018
Bar
2019

Details

Admission
2018
Signed Bar Roll
2019
Chambers
Room 923
Owen Dixon Chambers West
525 Lonsdale Street
Melbourne Victoria 3000
Admitted to Practice
Victoria

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

Chris Chapman
Chris Chapman
Principal Barristers' Clerk

Details

Admission
2018
Signed Bar Roll
2019
Chambers
Room 923
Owen Dixon Chambers West
525 Lonsdale Street
Melbourne Victoria 3000
Admitted to Practice
Victoria

Nicholas has experience in a broad range of commercial law matters. Nicholas regularly advises on disputes concerning, among other things, building and construction, property, corporations, insolvency, consumer matters and succession.

Nicholas is available to appear in all courts and tribunals.

Nicholas completed degrees in Arts and in Law at Monash University, and has completed a Master of Laws at the London School of Economics and Political Science, specialising in Corporate & Securities Law.

He is a contributing author to Victorian Courts, a Thomson Reuters publication concerning civil procedure issues in Victoria. He is a reporter for Victorian Reports. He is also a contributing author to The Law Handbook, which is published annually by the Fitzroy Legal Service.

He serves as the Secretary to the Professional Standards Board of the Anglican Church in Victoria and in South Australia.

He serves as Treasurer to the Richard Wagner Society Inc, a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to promoting opera in Victoria.

Committee memberships

  • Victorian Bar, New Barristers’ Committee – 2020 – 21
  • Victorian Bar, Library Committee – 2021 – present
  • Chapman’s List Committee (formerly Howells’ List) – 2020 – present

Recent CPD seminars

“Establishing financial need in TFM applications”, presented with LegalWise, 3 March 2021

“The Regulation of Terms Contracts for the Sale of Land in Victoria”, presented with LegalWise, 19 September 2024

“When courts will make special cost orders”, presented with LegalWise, 29 March 2022

“Removing an executor of a deceased estate”, presented with LegalWise, 15 September 2021

Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards legislation.

Practice Areas

Appellate

Civil Appeals
Merit Appeals

Commercial Law

Banking & Finance
Bankruptcy Law & Insolvency Law
Building Law & Construction Law
Civil Procedure Law
Competition Law & Consumer Law
Contractual Disputes
Corporations Law & Securities Law
Insurance Law & Professional Negligence Law
Intellectual Property & Trade Practices
Property & Probate

Equity & Trusts

Family Provision
Guardianship & Administration
Powers Of Attorney
Real Property
Wills & Probate

Family Law

Guardianship & Administration
Powers Of Attorney
Property Disputes

Industrial Relations Law & Employment Law

Discrimination
Employment Contracts
Industrial Disputes
Industrial Tribunals
Public Sector Appeals
Restraint Of Trade
Statutory Employment Rights
Unfair Dismissal

Inquests, Inquiries, Tribunals & Commissions

Disciplinary Tribunals
Fair Work Commission
Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal (VOCAT)
Victorian Civil & Administrative Tribunal (VCAT)

Public Law & Administrative Law

Compliance & Investigations
Disciplinary Proceedings
Discrimination & Equal Opportunity
Freedom Of Information (FOI)
Immigration
Industry Regulations
Information Privacy
Judicial Review
Liquor Licensing
Merits Review
Migration Law

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

Chris Chapman
Chris Chapman
Principal Barristers' Clerk
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