Justin practices in the areas of wills and estates, trusts, equity and property and general commercial.
Prior to coming to the bar Justin was a senior associate at a national law firm. He has significant experience in wills and estates disputes, commercial litigation and property matters.
Justin is accredited as a specialist in Wills and Estates with the Law Institute of Victoria and is currently completing a Master of Laws at the University of Melbourne. He is also a recommended Wills and Estates barrister in Doyles Guide 2016.
He has presented numerous papers on topics related to succession law and has written papers published in the Law Institute Journal and Wills and Probate Bulletin.
Justin read with Rick Wells and his senior mentor is Jeffery Gleeson QC.
A selection of matters in which Justin has recently appeared include:
- Re Sanders [2016] VSC 694 (application to admit informal will to probate)
- Cherukuri v Danthuluri (Civil Claims) [2016] VCAT 1444 (definition of ‘services’ under the Australian Consumer Law)
- Farrugia v State Trustee Limited [2016] VCC (Part IV trial – reasons restricted)
- Kempson v Davison [2016] VSC 366 (extension of orders sought by administrator)
- Wales v Wales [2015] VSCA 345 (trust dispute) led by R C Wells
- Re Watson [2017] VSC 322 (revocation of grant of probate)
