Reegan Morison
- Bar :
2017 | - Admitted :
2014
Reegan has a general commercial law practice with a particular focus on matters involving trusts, equity and probate law as well as corporations and insolvency law.
Phone : +61 3 9225 7892
Mobile : 0435 606 313
Email : reegan.morison@vicbar.com.au
Chambers : Lonsdale Chambers, Room 2916, 140 William Street, Melbourne VIC 3000
Expertise
Banking and Finance
Competition and Consumer Law
Contractual Disputes
Insurance and Professional Negligence
Wills and Probate
Asia Practice
Choice of Law
Conflict of Laws
Private International Law
Profile
Reegan has a general commercial law practice. She has a breadth of experience in matters involving corporations and insolvency law as well as trusts, equity and probate law and represents clients across a range of industries.
Reegan appears led and unled in both Victorian and Federal courts in contested trials and applications. She is also available to draw Court documents for and advise on a wide range of commercial, insolvency, trusts and probate disputes.
In 2025, Reegan was recognised in the Doyle's Guide list of Leading Wills & Estates Litigation Barristers (Victoria) and Leading Insolvency & Restructuring Junior Counsel (Victoria).
Reegan’s commercial litigation experience includes:
- shareholder and director disputes (including oppression proceedings);
- disputes regarding breach of directors’ duties;
- general contract disputes (including debt disputes);
- real property disputes; and
- interlocutory disputes such as matters relating to discovery, subpoenas, injunctions, security for costs, strikeout/summary judgment and default judgment applications.
Reegan has appeared in and advised on matters arising under the Corporations Act 2001 and Bankruptcy Act 1966 for insolvency practitioners, debtors and creditors alike. Her experience includes statutory demands, opposing winding up/sequestration orders, derivative actions, assignments of choses of action, recovery proceedings (including voidable transactions such as unfair preference claims), judicial advice for liquidators as well as approval of remuneration applications.
Reegan has a wealth of experience in trusts and probate matters, stemming from her experience as an Associate at the Supreme Court of Victoria during which time she assisted with complex trusts, equity and probate matters. Since coming to the Bar, she has appeared in matters including breach of trust and fiduciary duty, construction of trust deeds and wills, removal of trustees and executors, contested probate caveats, statutory wills, and judicial advice applications under Order 54 of the Supreme Court (General Civil Procedure) Rules 2015.
Reegan was a member of the Victorian Bar Council in 2019-2020 (category C). She has been a member of the Student Engagement Committee and the ADR Committee. She is currently a member of the New Barristers' Committee.
Prior to coming to her Associateship and coming to the Bar, Reegan was the Principal Researcher for the Asian Law Centre (Japan Program). She also did research at the Centre for Corporate Law and Securities Regulation at Melbourne Law School, and published articles with Professor Ian Ramsay and Associate Professor Stacey Steele. Examples of her publications are listed on her Linkedin profile.
Reegan holds a Masters of Law and Juris Doctor from the University of Melbourne. She is an Associate of the Asian Law Centre and was also an Honorary Fellow of Melbourne Law School, having co-taught Insolvency Law in the Juris Doctor Program with Michael Gronow KC.
In addition to her legal qualifications, Reegan holds a Bachelor of Arts with First Class Honours, majoring in Japanese and Politics, from the University of Queensland. She worked for the Japanese government (Kobe City) for 3 years and is fluent in Japanese.
Reegan read with Sam Hay KC. Her senior mentor is Wendy Harris KC.
Selected Cases
Supreme Court
Re Nanut; Nanut v Nanut [2024] VSC 212 (application for a grant of probate pursuant to leave to apply - led by Jonathan Evans KC)
Eyre-Walker v Swyrydan (Costs) [2024] VSC 29 (13 February 2024)
Cavanagh v Mace [2023] VSC 670 (21 November 2023) (passing over application where executor has conflict of interest and unfit to act)
Re Hall [2023] VSC 482 (11 August 2023) (application for statutory will pursuant to s 21 of the Wills Act 1997)
O'Halloran v Coffey (No 3) [2023] VSC 130 (23 March 2023) (costs; estate litigation)
Lynch v Perpetual Trustees Co Ltd [2022] VSC 702 (16 November 2022) (appeal from decision of Associate Justice; prima facie case to revoke grant of probate on the grounds of testamentary capacity and knowledge & approval)
Re Ghosh [2022] VSC 410 (22 July 2022) (cremation of body; injunctions to restrain person from dealing with estate and company assets)
Re Thompson; Thompson v Chen & Anor [2022] VSC 400 (15 July 2022) (discovery application in TFM claim)
Maher v Kuperholz [2022] VSC 224 (9 May 2022) (unlawful occupation of land; mesne profits - led by Rick Wells)
Re McPhee; Perpetual Trustees Co Ltd v Lynch [2022] VSC 213 (29 April 2022) (application for revocation)
Re Matthews [2022] VSC 15 (25 January 2022) (contested probate application)
Laird v Laird & Anor [2021] VSC 352 (18 June 2021) (proprietary estoppel claim - led by Sam Hay QC)
Re Christu; Christu v Christu [2021] VSC 162 (31 March 2021) (Part IV claim by estranged adult son)
Re Owies Family Trust (No 3) [2021] VSC 114 (15 March 2021) (application for leave to amend pleadings - consideration of distinction between void and voidable decisions of a trustee - led by Jonathan Evans QC)
Re Owies Family Trust (No 2) [2021] VSC 14 (27 January 2021) (application to admit fresh evidence - led by Jonathan Evans QC)
Re Owies Family Trust [2020] VSC 716 (28 October 2020) (construction of trust deed - whether real and genuine consideration given to objects of trust - removal of trustee - led by Jonathan Evans QC)
Joss v Joss [2020] VSC 424 (4 August 2020) (Part IV claim by estranged adult daughter in large estate - led by Simon Pitt)
Re Gleeson [2019] VSC 589 (application for grant of letters of administration - whether domestic partner at the date of deceased's death)
Re Valkenburg; Valkenburg v Valkenburg [2019] VSC 550 (proper jurisdiction for probate - location of company shares)
Zeninvest Pty Ltd v Altus Development Pty Ltd [2019] VSC 363 (31 May 2019) (application under s 459S of the Corporations Act 2001 - led by Michael Gronow QC)
CC Growth Pty Ltd v Amiga Growth No 2 Pty Ltd [2019] VSC 340 (estoppel - scope of directors' fiduciary duties - unclean hands - breach of contract - led by Chris Brown and Michael Galvin QC)
Seoud v Fortythird Garland Pty Ltd [2019] VSC 192 (statutory interest on sum recovered in proceeding and whether beneficiary of a discretionary trust is a 'creditor' of the trustee)
Re Black [2019] VSC 29 (contradictor in an application for a grant in respect of an informal will)
Re Haynes [2018] VSC 778 (application pursuant to rr 54.02 and 75.08 of the Supreme Court (General Civil Procedure) Rules 2015 for payment of legacy and interest on the legacy)
Re Theodoulou [2018] VSC 601 (caveat proceeding objecting to grant of probate on the basis of undue influence and knowledge & approval - led by Michael Wise QC)
Maher v Maher [2018] VSC 318 (application for an extension of time under Part IV - led by Rick Wells)
Pandolfo v Finadri & Ors [2018] VSC 211 (preliminary discovery application)
Federal Court
Bryant, in the matter of Gunns Limited (in liq) (receivers and managers appointed) v Badenoch Integrated Logging Pty Ltd [2024] FCA 97 (20 February 2024) (Corporations Act 2001, whether winding up proceeding automatically dismissed under s 459R(3) - led by Michael Gronow KC)
Lifestyle Holdings Australia & New Zealand Pty Ltd, in the matter of Venice Lane Pty Ltd (in liq) v Wu [2023] FCA 795 (13 July 2023) (default judgment application; assignment of liquidators' statutory causes of action under s 100-5 of the Insolvency Practice Schedule(Corporations); ss 9; 91; 513C; 588FA; 588FB; 588FC; 588FDA; 588FE and 588FF Corporations Act 2001)
Badenoch Integrated Logging Pty Ltd v Bryant - in the matter of Gunns Limited (in liq) (receivers and managers appointed) [2021] FCAFC 64 (10 May 2021) (preference claim - whether running account or good faith receipt defences apply - whether doctrine of peak indebtedness applies to s 588FA(3) - led by Michael Gronow QC)
(Receivers and Managers Appointed) v Badenoch Integrated Logging Pty Ltd [2020] FCA 713 (unfair preferences under s 588FA of the Corporations Act 2001 - led by Michael Gronow QC)
Supreme Court - Court of Appeal
Owies v JJE Nominees Pty Ltd [2022] VSCA 142 (20 July 2022) (whether trustee exercised real and genuine consideration of objects of trust; whether income resolution made without giving real and genuine consideration to objects of trust void or voidable; removal of trustee - led by Jonathan Evans QC)
Carroll v Goff [2021] VSCA 267 (21 September 2021) (probate application - construction of codicil)
Food and Beverage Australia Ltd v Andrews [2017] VSCA 258 (acting for an administrator in an action for debt - led by Michael Galvin QC)
County Court
Higgins v Wilkinson (Ruling) [2017] VCC 1942 (costs application)
Higgins v Wilkinson [2017] VCC 1534 (Part IV application by adult daughter)
VCAT
Marc & Adam Station Pier Pty Ltd v Schiavello Bros Properties Pty Ltd (Building and Property) [2018] VCAT 1905 (application under s 75 of the VCAT Act - led by Jonathan Evans QC)
High Court
Bryant v Badenoch Integrated Logging Pty Ltd [2023] HCA 2 (8 February 2023) (peak indebtedness rule; continuing business relationship; s 588FA Corporations Act 2001 - led by Michael Gronow KC)
To get in touch with Reegan Morison | or for more information please contact the Clerk on:
+61 3 9225 7222
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