Masters Jeremy

Jeremy Masters

Bar roll 2012 Admitted 2004
  • Commercial Law Intellectual Property
  • Tort Law Public Law
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Jeremy predominantly practises in commercial law and has extensive experience in complex commercial disputes and litigation.

His areas of expertise include real property, equity, trusts, product liability, professional negligence, trade practices and telecommunications.

He has appeared in the High Court of Australia, the Federal Court of Australia, all Victorian courts, the Supreme Court of New South Wales, the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, the Victorian Civil and Administrative Appeals Tribunal, and the National Sports Tribunal, among other courts and tribunals.

Before joining the Bar, Jeremy was a senior associate in the commercial litigation group of Freehills where he worked for 9 years.

Jeremy has a Master of Laws from the University of Melbourne. He is the author of the Nuisance subtitle of Laws of Australia and author of the Third Party Procedure chapter of Court Forms, Precedents and Pleadings Victoria. He is a former Editor of the Melbourne University Law Review and a former author of Victorian Conveyancing Law and Practice.

Jeremy has had three Readers: Rebecca Kelly, Sarah Weinberg and Oliver Keogh.

Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards Legislation

Contact

Chambers & Clerk

Aickin Chambers
Level 28

200 Queen Street 
Melbourne VIC 3000 

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Jane King

03 9225 8558

Expertise

Commercial Law
  • Appellate
  • Banking & Finance
  • Bankruptcy
  • Commercial Arbitration
  • Competition
  • Consumer Law
  • Contractual Disputes
  • Corporate Insolvency
  • Corporations & Securities
  • Equity & Trusts
  • Private International Law
  • Real Property
  • Residential & Retail Tenancies
Intellectual Property
  • Privacy & Data Protection
  • Telecommunications
Tort Law
  • Appellate
  • Major Torts
  • Negligence
  • Product Liability
  • Professional Negligence
Public Law
  • Administrative Law
  • Appellate
  • Freedom of Information
  • Judicial Review
  • Privacy

Qualifications

Qualifications

Master of Laws (Melb)

Bachelor of Laws (Hons)(Melb)

Bachelor of Arts (Hons)(Melb)

Admitted

Victoria

Entitled to practise in

State and Territory Courts and Tribunals

Federal Court of Australia

High Court of Australia

Recent Cases

Significant cases

Les Denny Pty Ltd v Valmorbida [2025] VSCA 319 (led by Strahan KC) (special leave to appeal granted in Les Denny Pty Ltd v Valmorbida [2026] HCADisp 103) - prescriptive easements

Talacko v Talacko (2021) 272 CLR 478 (led by B W Walker SC) - conspiracy

Talacko v Bennett (2017) 260 CLR 124 (led by B W Walker SC) - private international law, bankruptcy law

Memberships

Victorian Bar - Commercial Bar Association