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Sean Cash Bar : 1989| Admitted : 1987

With over 3 decades experience as a barrister, Sean Cash practises across the Disciplinary, Coronial and Criminal Law jurisdictions.

Phone : +61 3 9225 7133

Mobile : 0423 247 115

Email : seancash@vicbar.com.au

Chambers : Owen Dixon Chambers West

Profile

With over three decades of extensive experience at the Victorian Bar, Sean Cash practises across the Disciplinary, Coronial and Criminal Law jurisdictions.

In disciplinary proceedings, Sean Cash appears on behalf of Health Practitioners, Legal Practitioners and other professionals across the board, most notably at VCAT (and the various state and territory equivalents). On behalf of Health Practitioners in particular, he generates written submissions and/or appears regularly at Immediate Action Hearings, Medicare Australia PSR (Professional Standards Review) hearings and in proceedings prosecuted by the Department of Health & Human Services, Victoria Police and/or the Department of Public Prosecutions.

In coronial proceedings, Sean Cash appears in Coroners’ Courts across Australia at Inquests in relation to deaths which arise in medical, workplace and police related contexts. In medical related coronial investigations, he accepts briefs to advise and appear at Inquests on behalf of health practitioners, hospitals, government departments and other organisations, and brings his knowledge and experience of investigatory (including police) practice and procedure when appearing on behalf of interested parties (including employers) in workplace and police related coronial investigations.

In criminal proceedings, Sean Cash appears in all jurisdictions, in both summary and indictable matters. He predominantly appears on behalf of professionals who face allegations which arise out of the practise of their profession and for employers in relation to allegations concerning Occupational Health & Safety.

Sean Cash has had 9 readers: Haley Bate, Phil Brown, Daniel Cash, Adam Coote, Samantha Dixon, Jason Harkess, Andrew Imrie, Diana Price and Vytas Valasinavicius. [Please note that Sean Cash does not take any more readers] 

Selected Cases

Inquest into the death of 5 occupants of Broughton Hall Nursing Home - re gastroenteritis related deaths representing 3 locum general medical practitioners

 Inquest into the death of Anton Bartolich - representing Geelong Hospital

 Inquest into the death of Connie Petzierides - representing the Western Hospital

 Inquest into the death of Jesse Sangster - representing Ambulance Victoria

 Inquest into the death of Salvatore Accardo - representing the Austin Hospital in relation to a death due to an aortic dissection

 Inquest into the death of Lillian McClurkin - representing Stanlake Private Hospital in relation to a death following bariatric surgery (i.e. Iaparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy)

 Inquest into the death of Jason Barnsley - representing general medical practitioner

  Inquest into the death of Sebastian Hewitt - representing general medical practitioner

 Inquest into the death of Kylie Lightfoot - representing general medical practitioner

    Medical Board of Australia v Jigau [2022] VCAT 30 - representing general medical practitioner in disciplinary proceedings

 Medical Board of Australia v Pang [2021] VCAT 1175 - representing specialist geriatrician in disciplinary proceedings

 Medical Board of Australia v Islam [2020] VCAT 994 - representing radiation oncologist in disciplinary proceedings

 Medical Board of Australia v Lee [2019] VCAT 2036 - representing general medical practitioner in disciplinary proceedings

 Medical Board of Australia v Jiang [2018) VCAT 1999 - representing general medical practitioner in disciplinary proceedings

 Medical Board of Australia v Griffiths [2017] VCAT 822 - disciplinary proceedings representing general medical practitioner

 Medical Board of Australia v Garland [2015] VCAT 873 - disciplinary proceedings representing general medical practitioner

 Physiotherapy Board of Australia v Amerasekera [2013] VCAT 1548 - disciplinary proceedings representing physiotherapist

 Medical Board of Australia v Erhardt [2011] VCAT 1702 - disciplinary proceedings representing general medical practitioner

 Chinese Medicine Registration Board of Victoria v Eskander [2011] VCAT 1387 - disciplinary proceedings representing general medical practitioner

 Medical Board of Australia v Janz [2011] VCAT 1026 - disciplinary proceedings representing general medical practitioner

 Medical Radiation Practitioners Board of Victoria v Munzel [2011] VCAT 712 - disciplinary proceedings representing radiation therapist

 Medical Radiation Practitioners Board of Victoria v. Sketcher [2010] VCAT 1770 - disciplinary proceedings representing radiographer

 Optometrists Registration Board of Victoria v. De Santis [2010] VCAT 1055 - disciplinary proceedings representing optometrist

 Medical Practitioners Board of Victoria v Kelly [2009] VCAT 2109 - disciplinary proceedings representing general medical practitioner

 Medical Practitioners Board of Victoria v. Swieca [2009] VCAT 419 - disciplinary proceedings representing general medical practitioner

 Medical Practitioners Board of Victoria v Lal [2009] VSCA 109 - representing respondent general medical practitioner upon appeal by Medical Practitioners Board of Victoria et al

 OPP Dr Azit Das - County Court criminal trial representing general medical practitioner regarding allegation of sexual assault of a patient

 OPP v Dr David Mackey - County Court criminal trials representing general medical practitioner regarding historical indecent assault allegations regarding former patients; OPP v Dr Manu Gopal - County Court criminal trial representing general medical practitioner charged with rape of patient

 OPP v Dr Adel Botrous -County Court criminal trial representing general medical practitioner charged with rape of patient

 OPP v Frank Babic – Murder trial (Supreme Court)

OPP v Peter Rattya - Murder trial (Supreme Court)

  LMB v. Secretary to the Department of Justice [2011] VCAT 595 – Working With Children

 Legal Services Commissioner v Barrett [2012] VCAT 1800 - disciplinary proceedings representing legal practitioner; et al

 Committee for Counselling and the Presbytery of Loddon Mallee v Rev Colin Honey - prosecuting discipline proceedings on before the Uniting Church in Australia Synod of Victoria and Tasmania Committee for Discipline

 Inquest into the death of Nathan Francis - re death of Scotch College Army Cadet from peanut anaphylaxia - representing general medical practitioner

 Inquest into the death of Andrew O'Donnell - representing Monash Hospital

 Inquest into the death of Zoran Georgievski - representing the Northern Hospital

 Inquest into the death of Caroline Lovell - representing midwife

 Inquest into the death of Domenic Chiodo - representing the Alfred Hospital

Inquest into the death of Lauren James - representing plastic surgeon in relation to death following liposuction

 Inquest into the death of William Keays - representing obstetrician

 Inquest into the death of Phul Kumari - representing general medical practitioner

 Inquest into the death of Stuart Judd - representing general medical practitioner; et al

 Medical Board of Australia v CQW [2021] VCAT 346 - representing trainee intensivist in disciplinary proceedings

 Medical Board of Australia v Sayeed [2020] VCAT 432 - representing general medical practitioner in disciplinary proceedings

 Medical Board of Australia v Leowe [2019] VSC 532 - representing dermatologist in appeal brought by Medical Board of Australia against Immediate Action decision

 Medical Board of Australia v Xie [2019] 1924 - representing general medical practitioner in disciplinary proceedings

 Piesse v Medical Board of Australia [2017] VCAT 1615 - representing general medical practitioner upon stay application regarding immediate action decision

 Physiotherapy Board of Australia v Sette [2015] VCAT 932 - disciplinary proceedings representing physiotherapist

 Dental Board of Australia v White [2014] VCAT 1968 - disciplinary proceedings representing dentist

 Medical Board of Australia v Topchian [2013] VCAT 86 - disciplinary proceedings representing cosmetic surgeon

 Medical Board of Australia v Laska [2011] VCAT 1888 - disciplinary proceedings representing rheumatologist

 Medical Board of Australia v Skehan [2011] VCAT 2424 - disciplinary proceedings representing general medical practitioner

Medical Board of Australia v Samaddar [2011] - disciplinary proceedings representing general medical practitioner

 Psychology Board of Australia v. Love [2010] VCAT 2040 - disciplinary proceedings representing psychologist

 Medical Board of Australia v. Young [2010] VCAT 1542 - disciplinary proceedings representing general medical practitioner

 Chinese Medicine Registration Board of Victoria v. Schulte [2010] VCAT 457 - disciplinary proceedings representing Chinese medicine practitioner

 Lal v. Medical Practitioners Board of Victoria [2008] VCAT 2077 - review of Decision of the Medical Practitioners Board of Victoria representing general medical practitioner

 Medical Practitioners Board of Victoria v. Naik [2009] VCAT 755 - disciplinary proceedings representing general medical practitioner

  OPP v Dr Christopher Foord - County Court criminal trial representing general medical practitioner charged with sexual assault of a patient

OPP v Dr Parminder Singh - County Court criminal trial representing orthopaedic surgeon charged with rape (originally) and sexual assault of a patient

 OPP v Dr Arthur Obi – County Court trial criminal trial representing general medical practitioner charged with Rape of patient

 OPP v Vincent Benvenuto – Murder trial - Supreme Court

 OPP v Benjamin Smith - Murder trial (Supreme Court)

OPP v Aaron Rolls – Conspiracy to Murder trial (Supreme Court). et al

Legal Services Commissioner v Dwyer [2012] VCAT 886 - disciplinary proceedings representing legal practitioner

Professional Standards Committee of the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne v. Fr Antony White - prosecuting disciplinary proceedings on behalf of the Anglican Archdeacon of Yarra before the Professional Standards Board of the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne

  Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse 2015 - representing survivor.

 

Memberships & Committees

Victorian Bar

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

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

Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards legislation.