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Olivia Kelly (nee Cameron)

  • Bar : 2023
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  • Admitted : 2012

Olivia practises in commercial law (particularly technology law, telecommunications and IT), public law, criminal law, and regulatory law. 

Phone : +61 3 9225 7222

Email : olivia.kelly@vicbar.com.au

Chambers : Owen Dixon Chambers West, Room 1824, 205 William Street Melbourne VIC 3000

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Expertise

Appellate

Criminal Appeals

Bankruptcy and Insolvency

Bankruptcy

Corporate Insolvency

Public Examinations

Commercial

Banking and Finance

Commercial Class Actions

Competition and Consumer Law

Contractual Disputes

Insurance

Insurance - Public Liability

Insurance and Professional Negligence

Restraint of Trade

Superannuation

Corporations Law

ASIC investigations and Prosecutions

Charities and Not-for-Profits

Directors and Officers Claims

Mergers and Acquisitions

Partnership Disputes

Securities and Investments

Shareholder Disputes

Criminal

Crimes Against the Person

Criminal Appellate

Domestic and Family Violence

Drugs

Environmental and Planning Offences

Fraud

Juvenile Justice

Mental Illness

Proceeds of Crime or Money Laundering

Property Offences and Theft or Robbery or Burglary

Sexual Assault

Traffic

Victims of Crime

White Collar and Corporate Crime

Environment and Planning

Animal Welfare

Civil Enforcement

Local Government

Merit Appeals

Inquests Inquiries

Commissions or Tribunals and Other Inquiries

Coronial Inquests

Public Administrative

Civil and Human Rights

Compliance and Investigations

Constitutional Law

Corruption

Customs

Disciplinary Proceedings

Discrimination

Extradition – Public Administrator

Health and Medical

Immigration Law

Judicial Review and Administrative Law

Liquor Licensing

Merits Review

Migration Law

Native Title

Privacy or Freedom of Information

Proceeds of Crime

Public Administrative Appellate

Social Security and Veteran Entitlements

Technology and Media Law

Broadcasting

Defamation

Entertainment

Information Technology and Computing

Telecommunications

eCommerce

Profile

Olivia practices in commercial, regulatory, public, and criminal law matters.
Olivia has a broad practice and regularly appears unled. Olivia previously held roles at the Commonwealth Attorney-General’s Department and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and commenced her career as a solicitor at Herbert Smith Freehills.


Olivia’s areas of expertise are:


  • Privacy law and data protection: Olivia advises both individuals and regulatory bodies on issues arising under the Commonwealth Privacy Act 1988, including potential breaches of privacy obligations and responses to data breaches.
  • Crime: Olivia has appeared for the CDPP in both the County Court (led) and Magistrates Court (unled) and has a particular interest in financial/white collar crime. She also appears in PII claims in the Supreme Court and Magistrates Court.
  • Regulatory and public law: Olivia regularly appears in judicial review and merits review proceedings on behalf of the Minister for Immigration in the ART, Federal Circuit Court, and the Federal Court. She has also appeared for the eSafety Commissioner and the Information Commissioner. 
  • Financial services law and regulation: including financial services, and superannuation and associated misconduct. Olivia has appeared for defendants in ASIC compulsory examinations and in ART merits review proceedings.
  • Consumer law and contract: including breaches of consumer legislation.

Olivia holds a Bachelor of Arts (Philosophy) and a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) from the University of Melbourne where she studied on a Melbourne National Scholarship. She is currently studying a Masters of Laws at the University of Melbourne.


Olivia read with Stephen Rebikoff KC and her senior mentor is Richard Knowles KC.


Some examples of published decisions in which Olivia has appeared include the following:


Migration for the Minister (unled)


Asgary v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2026] ARTA 527


BRL17 v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2025] FCA 1083


Tran v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship & Multicultural Affairs [2026] FedCFamC2G 1586


Farrugia and Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs (Migration) [2024] AATA 1345


AAY19 v Minister for Immigration & Citizenship [2026] FedCFamC2G12


BDH18 v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs [2025] FedCFamC2G 1947


Ma v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2025] FedCFamC2G 2031 


EUF18 v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs [2024] FedCFamC2G 1285


BEX18 v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs [2024] FedCFamC2G 1161


FQT17 v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs [2024] FedCFamC2G 1280


FPR17 v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs [2024] FedCFamC2G 1282


AEK18 v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs [2025] FedCFamC2G 576


Bashar v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs [2023] FedCFamC2G 1013


 


For other Commonwealth entities


Li v Australian Information Commissioner [2026] FCA 1184 (unled)


X Corp. and eSafety Commissioner [2025] ARTA 852 (1 July 2025) (led by Christopher Tran)


YFZN and Secretary, Department of Home Affairs (Freedom of information) [2025] ARTA1844 (unled)


 


Financial Services against ASIC (unled)


Petrovic and Australian Securities & Investments Commission (Taxation and business) [2025] ARTA 2717


 


Commonwealth Prosecutions for the CDPP


CDPP v Davies [2026] VCC 1028 (unled)


Udemba v The King [2025] VSCA 61 (led by Michael Stanton SC)


Re DM v Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) [2024] VSC 559 (unled)


Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v Omer [2024] VCC 1810 (led by John Saunders)


Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v Galpin [2024] VCC 2084 (led by Georgina McMaster)


Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v Moody [2024] VCC 1886 (led by Michael Stanton SC)


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