James Gray
- Commercial Law Employment & Industrial
- Tort Law Public Law
James' areas of expertise include class actions, royal commissions and inquiries, competition law, corporations law, and contractual disputes.
Before coming to the Bar, James was an Associate to Justice Maxwell, President of the Court of Appeal. Prior to this role, he was a solicitor in the disputes practice of Herbert Smith Freehills. During his time at HSF, James worked on large and complex commercial disputes, as well as the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System.
James holds a Juris Doctor and Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Melbourne. He read with Premala Thiagarajan and his senior mentor is Elizabeth Bennett SC.
Liability limited by a scheme approved under the Professional Standards Legislation.
Contact
- P+61 3 9225 7638
- M0424 473 821
- F+61 3 9225 8668
- E[email protected]
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Aickin Chambers
Level 23 Room 10
200 Queen Street
Melbourne VIC 3000
Jane King
03 9225 8558
Expertise
- Admiralty & Maritime
- Appellate
- Aviation
- Banking & Finance
- Bankruptcy
- Building & Construction
- Class Actions
- Commercial Arbitration
- Competition
- Consumer Credit
- Consumer Law
- Contractual Disputes
- Corporate Insolvency
- Corporations & Securities
- Energy & Resources
- Equity & Trusts
- Insurance
- Private International Law
- Real Property
- Residential & Retail Tenancies
- Sports Law
- Superannuation
- Taxation
- Wills & Probate
- Regulatory Investigations
- Confidential Information
- Discrimination
- Restraint of Trade
- Appellate
- Class Actions
- Commissions & Inquiries
- Common Law
- Defamation
- Inquests
- Major Torts
- Negligence
- Product Liability
- Professional Negligence
- Administrative Law
- Aged Care
- Appellate
- Civil & Human Rights
- Commissions & Inquiries
- Constitutional Law
- Customs Law
- Discrimination
- Extradition Law
- Environment
- Freedom of Information
- Guardianship & Administration
- Immigration
- Judicial Review
- Native Title
- Planning & Local Government
- Privacy
- Public International Law
- Taxation
- White Collar Crime
Qualifications
Juris Doctor (Melb) Bachelor of Commerce (Melb) |
Victoria
State and Territory Courts and Tribunals
Federal Court of Australia
High Court of Australia
Recent Cases
In a Queensland terminal pricing arbitration – led by A McClelland KC
Qantas Airways/Alliance Airways informal merger clearance – led by M Borsky KC with F Gordon SC, A Barraclough & S Snow
Applications for review of Honeysuckle Health Buying Group authorisation determination (No 2) [2022] ACompT 4 (Australian Competition Tribunal) – led by P Thiagarajan
Dreamstreet Lending Pty Ltd v Weiss (No 2) [2023] FCA 684 (Federal Court of Australia) – restraint of trade and inducement of breach of contract – led by P Wallis KC
Pickering v Bonafede & Ors (County Court of Victoria CI-22-03273) – application to set aside summary judgment – unled
Wilson Pateras Accounting Pty Ltd v Farmer (Federal Court of Australia) – breach of contract, restraint of trade and inducement of breach of contract – led by P Wallis KC
Appearing unled and advising on matters in the Supreme Court of Victoria Winding Up List and Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2 – Bankruptcy)
Advising on complaints made to the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA)
Appearing in proceedings in the Major Complex Financial Proceedings List of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 1) – led by B Tulloch
Acting for the Gymnastics Ethics Foundation (GEF) in an appeal from the Disciplinary Commission of the GEF – led by P Thiagarajan
Appearing in matters arising under the Residential Tenancies Act 1997 (Vic)