Expertise

Appellate | Commercial Law | Common Law | Criminal Law | Industrial Relations Law & Employment Law | Inquests, Inquiries, Tribunals & Commissions | Public Law & Administrative Law |

Profile

Kate accepts briefs across a range of criminal, regulatory, employment and common law matters, including disciplinary matters, inquests and inquiries, victims of crime, OHS, sexual harassment and institutional liability.

Kate has particular experience working with children and applying the laws of evidence.

Kate’s practice is trauma informed. She is committed to ensuring clients and witnesses understand the court process.

Memberships & Committees:

Kate is a member of the Victorian Bar’s:

• The Children’s Court Bar Association;
• The Common Law Bar Association;
• The Criminal Bar Association;
• The Industrial Bar Association; and
• The Women Barristers Association.

Kate is also a member of Women in Crime. 

Other experience:

Kate practised for nine years as a solicitor, including at the Office of Public Prosecutions, the Centre for Innovative Justice at RMIT University and Ashurst Australia in Canberra.

In 2014, Kate was Tipstaff to the Hon. Justice Julie Ward, President of the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of NSW.

To get in touch with Kate Ottrey | 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.