Barrister

Greg is recognised as a leading barrister in commercial law, including international commercial arbitration, construction and infrastructure, transportation law (maritime & aviation) and insurance law. With chambers in Sydney and London and 40 years at the Bar, including 19 years as Senior Counsel, Greg skilfully represents clients in complex disputes, domestically and internationally.

Greg is Head of 13 Wentworth Chambers in Sydney and is a member of Gatehouse Chambers. With an extensive network of contacts worldwide and unlimited access to facilities in his London chambers, Greg is uniquely placed to represent clients globally. His expansive international practice ensures that he provides a service that is seamless and co-ordinated.

He has postgraduate qualifications in international commercial and competition law; is entitled to practise in all Australian jurisdictions and is admitted to the New South Wales Bar and the Bar of England and Wales. Greg regularly advises and appears in a broad range of complex litigation in civil and common law jurisdictions in an extensive range of areas, including the following.

Selected by his peers for inclusion in Best Lawyers in Australia 2024 for his expertise in:

• Alternative Dispute Resolution and International Arbitration
• Insurance Law
• Product Liability

Greg was previously awarded Australian Arbitration Barrister of the Year in the Lawyer Monthly Legal Awards in 2021 and was selected by his peers for inclusion in Best Lawyers in Australia for his work in International Arbitration.

He contributes to the professional development of legal professionals world-wide through his advocacy training in an international arbitration and cross-cultural context.

SELECT CASES AS COUNSEL

• Laser Clinics Australia Franchising Pty Ltd v KKR – Acting for 57 franchisees in a dispute concerning the entitlement of an international franchisor for the renewal of franchise agreements (2022).

• Acting for a Chinese owned investment company, concerning the sale of its shares in a major international fund manager (ongoing).
  
  
• Acted for the association of firearms retailers, as to termination by its international carrier of firearms into Australia and the terms upon which firearms are carried (2022).
  
  
• BBC Developments and Roni Oeuik ats the Owners of SP 90047 – Acted for a major property developer and its managing director in a dispute of approximately 75 owners of units in a residential development alleging latent defects in the construction of a department complex in western Sydney (2021).
  
  
• Bondi Road Development Pty Ltd v Selected Properties Pty Ltd [2020] NSWSC 845 – Acted for a major property developer concerning the construction of a joint venture agreement between it and the co-venturer before the Supreme Court of NSW (2020).
  
  
• Gram Engineering Pty Ltd v Bluescope Steel Ltd [2018] FCA 539 – Appeared in the Federal Court of Australia in a claim for damages by an engineering firm for breach of an engineering design by a major steel company.
  
  
• Appeared for the parents of a newborn baby against a hospital where the child was administered nitrous oxide instead of oxygen. This was a highly publicised case (2017).
  
  
• Joseph v Commissioner of Police [2017] NSWCA 31 (6 March 2017) New South Wales Court of Appeal – Administrative Law on the entitlement of the Appellant to a Firearms Dealer License.
  
  
• Bestcare Foods Ltd v Origin Energy LPG Ltd (formerly Boral Gas (NSW) Pty Ltd) [2013] NSWSC 1673; New South Wales Supreme Court (Equity Division) – Appeared for the directors of Bestcare Foods Limited in proceedings against the Administration of the company.
  
  
• Hampton & Farley [2013] FamCA 213 (5 April 2013) Family Court of Australia – Concerning the circumstances in which a constructive trust will arise based on a   representation of future intention.
  
  
• Carbone v Calabria Community Club Pty Ltd [2013] NSWSC 998 (26 July 2013) – New South Supreme Court (Equity Division) – Dealt with the obligations of the Directors of a community-based corporation to its members and the     circumstances in which a Company can be wound up on just and equitable grounds.
  
  
• State of New South Wales v Tyszyk [2008] NSWCA 107 – New South Wales Court of Appeal – Dealt with the liability of police in emergency situations and the liability of the owner of commercial premises to an innocent passer-by.
  
  
• Chandos Development Pty Limited v Mulkearns & Anor [2008] NSWCA 62 – New South Wales Court of Appeal – Dealt with the circumstances in which a vendor of commercial property could terminate a contract for sale of land for breach by a purchaser, notwithstanding its own breach.
  
  
• Erect Safe Scaffolding (Australia) Pty Limited v Sutton [2008] NSWCA 114 – New South Wales Court of Appeal – The construction of an indemnity clause in a subcontract between a builder and a scaffolder was considered, in the context of an insurance policy, covering public liability of the builder.
  
  
• Coshott v Principal Strategic Options Pty Limited [2004] FCAFC 50 – Full Court of the Australian Federal Court – Dealt with the principles of damages and causation in relation to a wrongly obtained injunction.
  
  
• Nominal Defendant v Gardikiotis [1996] HCA 53; (1996) 186 CLR 49 – High Court of Australia – Clarified in favour of the insurer, the liability to pay damages for fund management for catastrophically injured plaintiffs.
  
  
• Andjelic v Marsland [1996] HCA 55 – High Court of Australia – Clarified in favour of the insurer the obligation to pay damages for funds management to injured plaintiffs.
  
  
• Columbia Coffee & Tea Pty Ltd  & Ors v Churchill & Ors (1993) 9 ACSR 415 – New South Wales Supreme Court – Major case involving the negligence of the auditor of an international coffee trading company. The case clarified the Australia position on the scope of the duty of care of auditors.