Greens List Barristers

Travis Mitchell SC Silk : 2023|Bar : 2005| Admitted : 2002

Travis has a broad commercial, property, equity and public law practice, including extensive experience in proceeds of crime litigation.

Phone : +61 3 9225 6109

Email : travis.mitchell@vicbar.com.au

Chambers : Castan Chambers

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Travis provides clear and accurate advice to allow clients to make fully informed decisions. He welcomes briefs to appear or advise. Travis appears in all jurisdictions in trials and appeals, in matters involving commercial, property, equity and public law. Travis also has extensive experience in proceeds of crime litigation.

He conducts litigation strategically to achieve the best commercial results, recognising when resolving the problem will be better than winning an argument.  

Travis' clarity of thinking and persuasive legal reasoning are well-suited to appeals, in which he is often briefed to appear. 

Travis has had two readers, Reiko Okazaki and Melanie Albarella.

Travis was Recommended in Doyles Guide's 2023 list of leading Victorian Commercial Litigation & Dispute Resolution junior counsel.


Other Languages


After studying Chinese language, history and culture in Melbourne for 10 years, including Chinese legal translation at the University of Melbourne, Travis travelled to China to enhance his language skills. Travis lived in Beijing for one year while studying Chinese language at Beijing Normal University. 

Travis has acted for many Chinese clients using his language skills and cultural understanding.


Appearances


  • Lordianto v Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police - Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 litigation in the NSW Supreme Court at first instance (unled), on appeal to the NSW Court of Appeal (with Ian Temby AO KC), and on appeal to the High Court (with Bret Walker SC)
  • Keybridge Capital Ltd v Molopo Energy Ltd - Statutory directors' duties claims in respect of an ASX listed company (leading Edwina Keynes and Louise Hulmes)
  • Eynesbury Property Development v AXF Properties - Victorian Supreme Court proceedings raising contractual and Australian Consumer Law claims arising out of a land development joint venture (leading Christie Jones)
  • ACN 115918959 Pty Ltd v Hoeys Lawyers - A professional negligence claim against solicitors, senior and junior counsel arising out of a building dispute (with Jeremy Twigg KC)
  • Linke v Linke - A complex will trust dispute in the Victorian Supreme Court and on appeal to the Court of Appeal.
  • Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police v Dong Hua International Investments - Successful defence of Supreme Court and Court of Appeal proceedings seeking forfeiture of property under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Cth)
  • Haritos v Commissioner of Taxation  - The leading judgment on appeals on a question law: a Federal Court Appeal in which a Full Court of five Justices overruled prior authority concerning the Court's jurisdiction to determine appeals 'on a question of law' (with Richard Niall KC)
  • Ubertini v Saeco International Group SpA - A Supreme Court proceeding for novel relief against oppressive conduct by a parent company against the minority interest holder of its subsidiary (with Noel Magee KC)
  • Vermillion Resources Pty Ltd v Gibbins Investments Pty Ltd - A Federal Court appeal raising equitable estoppel/ laches/ pre-emptive rights (with Philip Crutchfield QC)
  • Kotzmann v Adult Parole Board of Victoria - A challenge to the constitutional validity of the Adult Parole Board of Victoria (with Peter Hanks QC)
  • Lew & Ors v Priester & Ors - A claim by Solomon Lew to beneficial ownership of loan accounts held by his children (with Noel Magee QC)
  • Sino Oakleigh International Development Pty Ltd v Mainland Projects (Oakleigh) Pty Ltd - A proceeding seeking winding up under the oppression provisions of the Corporations Act (with Tony Nolan QC)
  • Vigliaroni & Ors v CPS Investment Holdings Pty Ltd & Ors - An oppression proceeding involving unit trusts (with Noel Magee QC and Albert Monichino QC)
  • Brown v Forestry Tasmania - A Federal Court trial and an appeal seeking to protect Tasmanian forests under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act (with Debbie Mortimer SC and Peter Tree SC)

Selected Cases

Lordianto v Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police:
Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 litigation in the NSW Supreme Court at first instance (unled); on appeal to the NSW Court of Appeal (with Ian Temby AO QC); and on appeal to the High Court (with Bret Walker SC)

Eynesbury Property Development v AXF Properties:
Victorian Supreme Court proceedings raising contractual and Australian Consumer Law claims arising out of a land development joint venture (leading Christie Jones)

Linke v Linke:
A complex will trust dispute in the Victorian Supreme Court and on appeal to the Court of Appeal

Haritos v Commissioner of Taxation:
The leading judgment on appeals on a question law

Vermillion Resources Pty Ltd v Gibbins Investments Pty Ltd:
A Federal Court appeal raising equitable estoppel/ laches/ pre-emptive rights (with Philip Crutchfield QC)

Lew & Ors v Priester & Ors:
A claim by Solomon Lew to beneficial ownership of loan accounts held by his children (with Noel Magee QC)

Vigliaroni & Ors v CPS Investment Holdings Pty Ltd & Ors:
An oppression proceeding involving unit trusts (with Noel Magee QC and Albert Monichino QC)

Keybridge Capital Ltd v Molopo Energy Ltd:
Statutory directors' duties claims in respect of an ASX listed company (leading Edwina Keynes and Louise Hulmes)

ACN 115918959 Pty Ltd v Hoeys Lawyers:
A professional negligence claim against solicitors - senior and junior counsel arising out of a building dispute (with Jeremy Twigg QC)

Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police v Dong Hua International Investments:
Successful defence of Supreme Court and Court of Appeal proceedings seeking forfeiture of property under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Cth)

Ubertini v Saeco International Group SpA:
A Supreme Court proceeding for relief against oppressive conduct by a parent company against the minority interest holder of its subsidiary (with Noel Magee QC)

Kotzmann v Adult Parole Board of Victoria:
A challenge to the constitutional validity of the Adult Parole Board of Victoria (with Peter Hanks QC)

Sino Oakleigh International Development Pty Ltd v Mainland Projects (Oakleigh) Pty Ltd:
A proceeding seeking winding up under the oppression provisions of the Corporations Act (with Tony Nolan QC)

Brown v Forestry Tasmania:
A Federal Court trial and an appeal seeking to protect Tasmanian forests under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act (with Debbie Mortimer SC and Peter Tree SC)

 

Memberships & Committees

Victorian Bar

To get in touch with Travis Mitchell SC | or for more information please contact the Clerk on:

+61 3 9225 7222clerkb@greenslist.com.au

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