Expertise

Environmental Law & Planning Law | Industrial Relations Law & Employment Law | Public Law & Administrative Law |

Profile

Jim practises predominantly in industrial and administrative law. He also maintains an employment practice, involving discrimination and contractual claims.

Jim's industrial practice encompasses both advice and appearance work across the Federal Courts and the Fair Work Commission.  

His particular experience in the Federal jurisdiction includes complex modern award variation proceedings, industrial disputes, bargaining disputes, general protections claims and breach of award and enterprise agreement proceedings.

His administrative work includes judicial review matters in both Federal and State jurisdictions and merits review proceedings.

Jim has most recently appeared in the Fair Work Commission in proceedings achieving an increase to the minimum award wages for aged care workers across the Nurses Award 2020 and the Aged Care Award 2010 - [2022] FWCFB 200.

Prior to signing the Bar Roll Jim was Associate to the Honourable Justice Marshall in the Federal Court of Australia and was a solicitor with Minter Ellison in Melbourne.

Jim read with Rachel Doyle SC and Melinda Richards SC (now the Hon. Justice Richards). He has a Master of Laws from Monash University.

To get in touch with Jim McKenna | or for more information please contact the Clerk on:

+61 3 9225 7222

clerkb@greenslist.com.au

Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards legislation.