Expertise

Commercial Law | Criminal Law | Inquests, Inquiries, Tribunals & Commissions | Public Law & Administrative Law | Wills & Estates Law |

Profile

Lucy has a general commercial litigation practice. She accepts briefs in most areas of commercial law, including contract law, consumer and trade practices law, professional negligence, construction disputes, property and costs law. She has extensive experience in preparing paperwork, providing advice and appearing led and unled in applications, mediations, hearings and trials.

Lucy is also regularly briefed to advise and appear in matters involving probate, equity and trusts, including Part IV claims.

Lucy welcomes briefs in review and appeal matters and, drawing on her past experience working in criminal and quasi-criminal matters, is often briefed as Counsel Assisting in the Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal.

In addition to her practice as Counsel, Lucy is a nationally accredited mediator and accepts briefs as a mediator.

Before coming to the Bar Lucy was the Associate to his Honour Judge Meredith at the County Court Victoria, and a solicitor at a busy suburban practice.

Lucy read with her Honour Judge Anna Robertson and her senior mentor is Robert Heath KC.

Recent matters

Some of Lucy’s recent and ongoing matters include:

• Consumer disputes: acting for plaintiffs and defendants in small and large matters concerning breach of contract, statutory guarantees, misleading and deceptive conduct and unconscionable conduct.
• Probate, equity and trusts: acting for and against estates in Part IV claims, removal applications, informal will applications, Order 54 applications and other applications under the A&P Act and Wills Act. Further, acting for plaintiffs and defendants in matters concerning allegations of breach of trust, access to books and records and advising in relation to deeds.
• Professional negligence: acting for plaintiffs and defendants in matters concerning allegations of negligence against solicitors and other professionals.
• General commercial applications: applications for security for costs, summary judgment and dismissal, discovery and others.
• Class actions: acted for Fonterra in Iddles v Fonterra Australia Pty Ltd & Ors, a class action concerning allegations of breach of contract, misleading and deceptive conduct and unconscionable conduct, for the Defendants (led by Rob Heath QC, Paul Liondas and Tom Barry)
• Costs law: costs disputes (in the Supreme Court and VCAT) and numerous preliminary hearings concerning questions of statutory and contractual interpretation.

Recent Cases

• Iddles v Fonterra Australia Pty Ltd & Ors (Supreme Court of Victoria - 2020-current): a class action concerning allegations of breach of contract - misleading and deceptive conduct and unconscionable conduct - for the Defendants (led by Rob Heath QC and Paul Liondas)/span>
• Iddles & Anor v Fonterra Australia Pty Ltd & Ors [2021] VSC 609/span>
• Fonterra Australia Pty Ltd v Geoffrey and Lynden Iddles (County Court of Victoria - 2019-2020)/span>
• Guneser v Aitken Partners [2019] VSC 649/span>
• Guneser v Aitken Partners [2020] VSC 210 and Guneser v Aitken Partners (cross-appeal on costs) [2020] VSC 329: (led by Claire Harris QC)/span>
• Deliver Group Pty Ltd v Fonterra (County Court of Victoria - 2019-2020): action for breach of contract - estoppel - misleading and deceptive conduct and unconscionable conduct arising from warehousing dispute - proceeding settled in weeks prior to trial/span>
• DLA Piper Australia v Triclops Technologies Pty Ltd [2020] VSC 93/span>

To get in touch with Lucy Dawson | or for more information please contact the Clerk on:

+61 3 9225 7222

clerkb@greenslist.com.au

Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards legislation.