Justin Brereton

Justin practises in commercial, administrative, regulatory and tort law and has extensive experience in matters involving commercial fraud, directors’ duties, professional negligence and class actions.

He appears in all jurisdictions at trial and appellate levels. He has also appeared in Royal Commissions, Inquiries and Inquests and is often briefed to appear on injunctions and freezing order applications.

Justin regularly provides advice to both government agencies and business particularly in highly regulated industries such as financial services. In that context he regularly works directly with in-house counsel.

He is also regularly briefed to conduct high-level inquiries and investigations in both the public and private sectors.

Since 2016 Justin has been annually recognised by Best Lawyers in the area of class action litigation.

Before signing the Bar Roll, Justin was a senior lawyer in the law enforcement directorate of ASIC. In that context, Justin was responsible for high profile matters across all areas of ASIC's jurisdiction, including matters of corporate finance, consumer protection and law reform, particularly in the area of superannuation.

Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards legislation