Melanie Szydzik

Manus Island Class Action – Kamasaee v Commonwealth & Ors

1. Supreme Court of Victoria, ongoing, negligence and false imprisonment, with David Curtain QC
2. Kamasaee v Commonwealth of Australia (No 6) [2016] VSC 605 – Public interest immunity – Foreign relations and International Committee of the Red Cross documents
3. Kamasaee v Commonwealth of Australia (No 5) [2016] VSC 595 – Public interest immunity – Cabinet documents, with Bret Walker SC
4. Ruling No 4 [2016] VSC 492 - Public interest immunity - Sample foreign relations claims, with Bret Walker SC
5. Ruling No 3 [2016] VSC 438 – Public interest immunity - Cross examination in relation to cabinet documents, with Bret Walker SC
6. Ruling No 2 [2016] VSC 404 – Client legal privilege

Money Max Int Pty Limited v QBE Insurance Group Limited – Federal Court of Australia, ongoing, securities class action, with Michael Lee SC

Weber v Greater Hume Shire Council – Supreme Court of New South Wales, ongoing, negligence, with Tim Tobin SC

Murrindindi Black Saturday Bushfire Class Action – Rowe v AusNet Electricity Services Pty Ltd & Ors

1. [2015] VSC 232 – Settlement approval application, with Fiona McLeod SC and Richard Attiwill QC
2. [2014] VSC 553 – Expert conclaves
3. [2014] VSC 474 – Appeal, client legal privilege, with Fiona Forsyth

Kilmore Black Saturday Bushfire Class Action – Matthews v AusNet Electricity Services Pty Ltd & Ors

1. [2014] VSC 663 – Settlement approval application, with Robert Richter QC and Lachlan Armstrong (now QC)
2. Ruling No 32 [2013] VSC 630 – Role of assessors, with Andrew Keogh SC (now the Honourable Justice Keogh)
3. Ruling No 31 [2013] VSC 575 – Application made pursuant to s 138 of the Evidence Act 2008 (Vic) to exclude evidence obtained improperly, with Andrew Keogh SC
4. Ruling No 19 [2013] VSC 180 – Appointment of assessors, with Andrew Keogh SC
5. Ruling No 10 [2012] VSC 379 – Expert conclaves, with Tim Tobin SC and Lachlan Armstrong
6. Ruling No 9 [2012] VSC 340 – Expert evidence, with Tim Tobin SC and Lachlan Armstrong
7. Ruling No 6 [2013] VSC 422 – Client legal privilege, with Andrew Keogh SC
8. Ruling No 3 [2013] VSC 116 – Obligations under the Civil Procedure Act 2010 (Vic) and client legal privilege, with Andrew Keogh SC
9. Ruling No 1 [2011] VSC 167 – Application to regularise the proceeding when issued without authority of the representative Plaintiff, with Robert Richter QC and Michael Lee

Earglow Pty Ltd v Sigma Pharmaceuticals Ltd – Federal Court of Australia, securities class action, with Julian Burnside QC and Lachlan Armstrong. 

IOOF Holdings Limited v Maurice Blackburn Pty Limited – Supreme Court of Victoria, ongoing, confidentiality in whistleblower documents, with Richard Attiwill QC

GW & BR Crameri Pty Ltd v Byford Equipment Pty Ltd – County Court of Victoria, ongoing, contractual dispute

Westpac Banking Corporation v Anderson [2015] VCC 1117 – Application for judgment for possession

Judd v Milawa Transport Services Pty Ltd – VCAT, retail lease

Bennett v Reid – County Court of Victoria, contractual and partnership dispute

Hamayan Learning Institute v Glen Eira CC [2011] VCAT 1665 – Application for removal of restrictive covenant

Noone, Director of Consumer Affairs Victoria v Operation Smile (Australia) Inc & Ors (No 2) [2011] VSC 153 – Misleading and deceptive conduct, with Alex Richards QC

Deborah Glass (Ombudsman) v President of the Legislative Council and the Attorney-General for the State of Victoria [2016] VSC 507 – Scope of powers under s 16 of the Ombudsman Act 1973 (Vic), with Peter Hanks QC

MZAIR v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2015] FCA 1316 – Appeal

Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v Kaur [2014] FCA 1384 – Appeal

Hazelwood Mine Fire Inquiry 2015 – Investigation into increased incidence of deaths (report available athttp://hazelwoodinquiry.vic.gov.au/201516-report/volume-ii-investigations-into-2009-2014-deaths)