Andrew Cameron SC
- Commercial Law Public Law
His practice comprises complex matters involving administrative law, arbitrations, corporations law, class actions, contract, equity & trusts, valuation and real property, commercial crime, royal commissions and inquiries.
Andrew is retained by a range of entities and individuals, including multinational companies, ASX listed companies, company directors, litigation funders, Commonwealth and State Ministers, Government departments and regulators.
He appears regularly in trials and appeals in the Superior Courts, as well as various tribunals and integrity commissions.
Andrew has been recognised in The Legal 500, Best Lawyers in Australia (Litigation, Real Property Law and Regulatory Practice) and Doyle’s Guide to Leading Commercial Litigation & Disputes Barristers.
Andrew holds a Bachelor of Commerce, Bachelor of Laws (Hons) and a Master of Laws, all from the University of Melbourne.
Please see below for a list of Andrew’s representative cases.
Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards legislation.
Contact
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Aickin Chambers
Level 32 Room 15
200 Queen Street
Melbourne VIC 3000
Jane King
03 9225 8558
Expertise
- Appellate
- Class Actions
- Commercial Arbitration
- Contractual Disputes
- Corporate Insolvency
- Corporations & Securities
- Equity & Trusts
- Real Property
- Residential & Retail Tenancies
- Regulatory Investigations
- Administrative Law
- Appellate
- Commissions & Inquiries
- Constitutional Law
- Freedom of Information
- Judicial Review
- White Collar Crime
Qualifications
Bachelor of Commerce (Melb)
Bachelor of Laws (Hons) (Melb)
Master of Laws (Melb)
Victoria
High Court of Australia
State and Territory Courts and Tribunals
Federal Court of Australia
High Court of Australia
Recent Cases
Gillham v Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Pty Ltd & Ors: acting for Symphony Services Australia Ltd in the Federal Court of Australia, settled (leading Tim Burn-Francis).
Major Furnace Australia Pty Ltd v Spotswood: urgent ex parte freezing and ancillary orders in the Supreme Court of Victoria (leading Haley Aprile).
PNB Consolidated No 2 Pty Ltd v Thomson & Sons Pty Ltd: misleading or deceptive conduct claim in the Supreme Court of Victoria (leading Bernice Chen).
Stathopoulos v Cremin & Ors: contractual and real property dispute of development land in the Supreme Court of Victoria (leading Shakti Nambair).
In the matter of New Aim Pty Ltd: acting for one of the founders of the company in a shareholder oppression case in the Supreme Court of Victoria.
Ledge Pty Ltd v Harrison & Anor: contractual and real property dispute with a damages claim in excess of $75 million in the Supreme Court of Victoria.
Yara Pilbara Fertilisers Pty Ltd v Oswal & Ors [2016] VSC 440: acting on behalf of interests associated with Pankaj Oswal in relation to claims for in excess of $2.5 billion in the Victorian Supreme Court.
Kenros Nominees Pty Ltd & Ors v DPC Tipperary Pty Ltd & Ors [2009] VSC 524: acting on behalf of interests associated with Allan Myers AC KC in a shareholders’ dispute in the Victorian Supreme Court.
Acting in the appeal in relation to representative COVID-19 business interruption insurance claims in the Victorian Court of Appeal, settled.
Pacific Current Group Limited v Fitzpatrick & Ors: breach of directors’ duties dispute against five directors in the Full Federal Court of Australia.
Excel Texel Pty Ltd (as trustee for the Mandex Family Trust) & Anor v Quintis Ltd: acting for the applicant in the Federal Court securities class action.
Confidential commercial arbitration involving a gas plant before the Hon PJ Riordan KC.
Advising in relation to a Confidential Expert Determination: alleged contractual repudiation and damages claim in excess of $130 million.
Appearing in a Confidential Expert Determination: construction of a commercial lease of a landmark Collins Street building before the Hon Kenneth M Hayne AC KC.
Appearing in the High Court of Australia in relation to a referral under s 376 of Commonwealth Electoral Act1918 (Cth).
Various advices in relation to the Constitution Act 1975 (Vic) and sections 44 and 92 of the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act.
Appearances and advice to various Ministers and Government Departments in relation to freedom of information legislation.
Appearing at numerous IBAC Public Examinations, including Operation Sandon, Operation Dunham and Operation Lansdowne.
Advising and appearing at various Boards of Inquiry, IBAC Private Examinations, NACC Hearings, Parliamentary Inquiries, Ombudsman Examinations and ASIC Section 19 Examinations.
Advising a director of Crown Resorts Limited in relation to the Victorian and Western Australian Casino Royal Commissions.
Acting for a gambling company as an interested party in a Victorian Coronial Inquest (leading Shatki Nambiar).
Acting for an on-line bookmaker in relation to the review of a decision by the VGCCC to impose a penalty for alleged breaches of the Gambling Regulation Act 2003 (Vic) (leading Shatki Nambiar).
Acting for a metropolitan racing club charged with criminal offences relating to allowing a minor to gamble.
Acting for an international gaming company charged with offences relating to using premises for interactive gambling in Qld.
Acting for an ASX-100 listed company charged with in excess of 50 criminal offences.
Appearing in a 3 week committal for a former Managing Director of an ASX listed company charged with obtaining property by deception.
Acting in the Federal Court of Australia on behalf of the Chair of an ASX listed company seeking to set aside search warrants.
Acting for Racing Victoria and the Tax Practitioners Board in relation to certain regulatory and disciplinary matters.
Memberships
Andrew is currently a member of the Board of Directors of List G Barristers.
He is a former part-time member of the Commonwealth Administrative Appeals Tribunal, where he heard a range of matters in the General Division.