Tim Noonan

Profile

Tim has a broad practice spanning public and administrative law, criminal law and general civil law matters.

He is regularly briefed by government, corporate and individual clients to advise and appear across a range of jurisdictions, both in Victoria and interstate, including:

1. judicial review proceedings in Commonwealth and State Courts, including migration law matters and matters arising under the Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities 2006;
2. criminal law proceedings for both summary and indictable offences, including appellate matters;
3. quasi-criminal matters under the Crimes (Mental Impairment and Unfitness to be Tried) Act 1997, Sex Offenders Registration Act 2004 and Serious Offenders Act 2018;
4. merits review proceedings in the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal and Commonwealth Administrative Review Tribunal;
5. disability matters, including under the Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022, Guardianship and Administration Act 2019 and Disability Act 2006;
6. regulatory matters, including under the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 and associated customs legislation;
7. leasing and tenancy matters under both the Retail Leases Act 2003 and the Residential Tenancies Act 1997;
8. general civil litigation and disputes.

Prior to coming to the Bar, Tim practiced as a solicitor in Victoria Legal Aid’s civil justice program, and as an Associate Public Defender in Victoria Legal Aid Chambers, where he appeared (both led and unled) in a range of criminal and administrative law matters.

Tim was an associate to the General Division of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (working with a range of members, but primarily Senior Member Egon Fice and Member Ann Shanahan).

Tim holds degrees in Law (Honours) and Arts from Bond University and a Master of Laws degree from the University of Melbourne.

Tim is a teaching associate at the Monash Law School, teaching criminal and public law in undergraduate and postgraduate law programs.

Tim read with Sarala Fitzgerald SC, and his senior mentor is Kathleen Foley SC.

Recent cases

• Re Thomson and National Disability Insurance Agency [2025] ARTA 1950 (application for remittal of decision where Agency accept early intervention requirements met but no agreement on disability requirements, unled)
• Secretary, Department of Justice and Safety v SJW (No 3) [2025] VSC 441 (supervision orders and suppression orders under the Serious Offenders Act 2018, unled)
• Re Trapezanidis and National Disability Insurance Agency [2025] ARTA 1674 (supports under the NDIS including sole-occupancy SDA housing, unled)
• Re Rushen and National Disability Insurance Agency [2025] ARTA 1365 (access to the NDIS, unled)
• Re Maroti and National Disability Insurance Agency [2025] ARTA 1210 (dental supports under the NDIS, unled)
• Re YCTK and National Disability Insurance Agency [2025] ARTA 536 (general supports under the NDIS, unled)
• Singh v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2025] FedCFamC2G 684 (judicial review of visa refusal, unled)
• Kler v Filippelli & Ors [2025] VSC 156 (judicial review proceedings involving the Residential Tenancies Act 1997 and Charter matters, unled)
• Re NMFF and National Disability Insurance Agency [2024] AATA 3182 (supports under the NDIS, unled)
• EJ v Mental Health Review Tribunal & Anor [2024] NTSC 47 (injunctive relief in the context of judicial review of a decision authorising involuntary mental health treatment, unled)
• Tziavaras v Secretary, Department of Social Services [2023] FCA 1250 (judicial review involving statutory construction of savings provisions, led by Angie Wong)
• Inquest into the death of Baby A [2023] COR 2018 4096 (inquest into the death of an infant in custody, led by Julia Munster)
• Re EV [2023] VSC 498 (supervision under the Crimes (Mental Impairment and Unfitness to be Tried Act 1997, unled)
• Re AG [2022] VSC 534 (supervision under the Crimes (Mental Impairment and Unfitness to be Tried Act 1997, unled)
• Re CJC (No 4) [2022] VSC 412 (supervision under the Crimes (Mental Impairment and Unfitness to be Tried Act 1997, unled)