Jonathan McCoy

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Jonathan has a general commercial and equity practice. In particular, he accepts briefs to appear and advise in commercial, equity, trusts and probate matters. His practice encompasses equitable claims, including constructive, resulting and other implied trusts, as well as commercial and family trust disputes. He also has extensive experience with applications under the Trustee Act 1958, the Wills Act 1997 and the Administration and Probate Act 1958, including testators family maintenance.

Jonathan has a busy trial and advice practice. He routinely advises in complex probate and trusts disputes and has trial experience in those and related areas, including property law and equity. He is also familiar with urgent and unusual probate applications, including limited grants ad colligendum bona, ad litem and pendente lite. Prior to coming to the Bar, Jonathan was the senior associate to the Honourable Justice McMillan at the Supreme Court of Victoria.

Before his associateship, Jonathan was a solicitor with Hall & Wilcox. Whilst there, Jonathan worked in the Corporate & Commercial division, principally in the intellectual property team. He assisted clients with trademark registrations and disputes, mergers and acquisitions and the drafting of complex contracts in the IT and media industries.

Jonathan read with Meg O’Sullivan KC.