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Lionel Wirth Bar : 2011| Admitted : 2010
Lionel has a broad, general commercial and public law practice.
Phone : +61 3 9225 6204
Mobile : 0410 617 803
Email : lionel@vicbar.com.au
Chambers : Castan Chambers
AppellateProfile
Lionel has a broad, general commercial and public law practice.
His commercial practice has a focus on property disputes, corporations and insolvency matters and building and construction disputes, with a particular interest where these types of disputes overlap or give rise to complex issues. Other matters in which he has been briefed include contract disputes, professional negligence claims and banking and finance disputes.
His public law practice includes both advice and appearances in in disciplinary, licensing and regulatory prosecutions, including matters brought by the Victorian Legal Services Commissioner. He also accepts briefs in matters of merits and judicial review of government decision-makers.
Lionel has appeared in the Court of Appeal (led and unled) and conducted appeals on questions of law in the Trial Division of the Supreme Court.
Lionel graduated with first-class honours in law from Monash University. He received the Peter Twining Prize for the Best Honours Thesis in Common Law, the topic of which concerned the law of restitution.
Selected Cases
COURT OF APPEAL:
Chan v Liu [2020] VSCA 28 (removal of caveat)
COURT OF APPEAL:
Fraser v Sperling [2017] VSCA 53 (domestic building contract)
COURT OF APPEAL:
P'Auer AG v Polybuild Technologies International Pty Ltd [2015] VSCA 42 (sale of business)
SUPREME COURT:
Alpine Valley Flour Mill Pty Ltd v Grainlink (NSW) Pty Ltd [2020] VSC 85 (statutory demand; genuine offsetting claim)
SUPREME COURT:
HRF Nominees Pty Ltd (in liq) v MAN Civil Constructions Pty Ltd (preference claim; directors’ liability; phoenixing conduct; professional negligence of pre-insolvency advisers; settled prior to trial)
FEDERAL COURT: Zhao v Ausin Group Pty Ltd (share reduction; fair and reasonable; ongoing)
FEDERAL COURT:
Hoskin v Robert Balzola & Associates (Legal) Pty Ltd [2019] FCA 1353 (bankruptcy; appeal against sequestration order)
FEDERAL COURT:
Francis v Eggleston Mitchell Lawyers Pty Ltd [2013] FCA 564 (bankruptcy annulment; assignment of debt)
COUNTY COURT:
Fisher v Fisher (2017-18) (family farming; water rights; unconscionable conduct and estoppel; settled prior to trial)
COUNTY COURT:
MW Accounting Pty Ltd v Tenni [2014] VCC 1541 (sale of business)
VCAT:
Lewis v Volkswagen Group Australia Pty Ltd (2019) (consumer guarantees; major failure; settled prior to hearing)
VCAT:
Victorian Legal Services Commissioner v Johansson [2015] VCAT 2034 (professional discipline; costs agreements)
VCAT:
Westside Real Estate Investments Pty Ltd v Nguyen [2011] VCAT 1830 (retail lease; right to renew)
COURT OF APPEAL:
Bisognin v Hera Project Pty Ltd [2018] VSCA 93 (sale of land)
COURT OF APPEAL: Brirek Industries Pty Ltd v McKenzie Group Consulting (Vic) Pty Ltd (No 2) (2015) 48 VR 558; [2015] VSCA 185 (professional negligence; building permits; damages)
SUPREME COURT:
Re JSSP Holdings Pty Ltd; Lee v Liang [2021] VSC 33 (winding-up on just and equitable grounds)
SUPREME COURT:
Kahan v Strauss [2017] VSC 8 (pro bono amicus curiae; question of law under the Private Security Act 2004)
SUPREME COURT:
Perpetual Trustees Victoria Ltd v Miller (unconscionable lending in relation to Storm Financial; professional negligence; settled prior to trial)
FEDERAL COURT:
Modscape Holdings Pty Ltd v Caspaney [2019] FCA 2137 (meeting of creditors; interlocutory orders)
FEDERAL COURT:
Donaldson v Natural Springs Australia Ltd [2015] FCA 498 (oppressive conduct; interference with contractual relations)
FEDERAL COURT:
Feiglin v National Australia Bank Ltd (bankruptcy annulment; unconscionable conduct; discontinued prior to trial)
COUNTY COURT:
Sportzcom Australia Pty Ltd v Ekera Dental Pty Ltd [2018] VCC 398 (employment)
COUNTY COURT:
Horne (as liquidator of Unikon Pty Ltd (in liq)) v Southeast Investment Holdings Pty Ltd (preference claim; complex transaction; accessorial and Barnes v Addy liability; settled prior to trial)
VCAT:
Victorian Legal Services Commissioner v Joseph [2018] VCAT 864 (professional discipline; trust money; breach of undertaking)
VCAT:
Ross v Planet Platinum Limited [2012] VCAT 1670 (liquor licensing)
Memberships & Committees
To get in touch with Lionel Wirth | 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.
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ExpertiseAppellate | Banking & Finance | Bankruptcy Law & Insolvency Law | Building Law & Construction Law | Commercial Law | Competition Law & Consumer Law | Corporations Law & Securities Law | Equity & Trusts Law | Inquests, Inquiries, Tribunals & Commissions | Property Law | Public Law & Administrative Law | ProfileLionel has a broad, general commercial and public law practice. His commercial practice has a focus on property disputes, corporations and insolvency matters and building and construction disputes, with a particular interest where these types of disputes overlap or give rise to complex issues. Other matters in which he has been briefed include contract disputes, professional negligence claims and banking and finance disputes. His public law practice includes both advice and appearances in in disciplinary, licensing and regulatory prosecutions, including matters brought by the Victorian Legal Services Commissioner. He also accepts briefs in matters of merits and judicial review of government decision-makers. Lionel has appeared in the Court of Appeal (led and unled) and conducted appeals on questions of law in the Trial Division of the Supreme Court. Lionel graduated with first-class honours in law from Monash University. He received the Peter Twining Prize for the Best Honours Thesis in Common Law, the topic of which concerned the law of restitution. Recent Cases |
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To get in touch with Lionel Wirth | or for more information please contact the Clerk on:
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