Rudi Kruse
- Commercial Law Public Law
Before coming to the Bar, Rudi was an associate to the Hon Justice Hayne AC at the High Court of Australia, an associate to the Hon Justice McLeish at the Victorian Court of Appeal and was the Researcher to the Solicitor-General for Victoria (then Stephen McLeish SC). Rudi previously worked as a solicitor in commercial disputes at Minter Ellison.
Rudi is a graduate of the University of Melbourne, where he received a number of academic prizes and scholarships and was an editor of the Melbourne University Law Review.
Rudi is a reporter for the Commonwealth Law Reports. He read with Michael Borsky QC.
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Contact
- P03 9225 6182
- M0431 663 443
- F03 9225 8668
- E[email protected]
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Owen Dixon Chambers West
Level 23 Room 16
525 Lonsdale Street
Melbourne VIC 3000
Jane King
03 9225 8558
Expertise
- Appellate
- Class Actions
- Competition
- Consumer Law
- Contractual Disputes
- Corporations & Securities
- Equity & Trusts
- Real Property
- Administrative Law
- Appellate
- Civil & Human Rights
- Constitutional Law
- Freedom of Information
- Immigration
- Judicial Review
- Privacy
- White Collar Crime
Qualifications
Juris Doctor (Melb)
Bachelor of Science (Syd)
Bachelor of Arts (Syd)
Victoria
State and Territory Courts and Tribunals
Federal Court of Australia
High Court of Australia
Recent Cases
Timbercorp Finance Pty Ltd v Collins [2016] VSC 776 – Supreme Court of Victoria – breach of trust, representative proceedings, failed managed investment scheme (led by Don Farrands)
McCrohan Super Investments v Ashdown [2018] VSC 422 – Supreme Court of Victoria – misleading or deceptive conduct (led by Bernard Quinn QC)
Towers Watson Superannuation Pty Ltd v IBM Superlife Services Pty Ltd – Federal Court – negligence, misleading or deceptive conduct, diverted superannuation benefits (led by Michael Borsky QC) (settled)
Rossignoli v Rossignoli – Supreme Court of Victoria – discretionary trusts (led by Don Farrands) (settled)
Advices to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission about market manipulation, unfair practices and other regulatory issues (led by Christopher Winneke QC; Michael Borsky QC; unled)
Advices on various commercial law issues (led by Michael Borsky QC; Jonathon Moore QC; Norman O'Bryan QC; unled)
Northern Land Council v Quall – High Court – judicial review, native title (led by Sturt Glacken QC)
Friday v Northern Territory – Federal Court – judicial review, native title (led by Sturt Glacken QC)
Bald Hills Wind Farm Pty Ltd v South Gippsland Shire Council – Supreme Court of Victoria – judicial review, nuisance (led by Jason Pizer QC)
Marika v Northern Land Council – Federal Court – judicial review, Aboriginal land rights (led by Sturt Glacken QC) (settled)
Gumurdul v Northern Land Council; Gunbalanya Sports and Social Club Inc v Northern Land Council – Federal Court – judicial review, Aboriginal land rights (led by Sturt Glacken QC) (settled)
Rirratjingu Aboriginal Corporation v Northern Land Council – Federal Court – proceedings concerning the Rio Tinto Alcan Gove Mining Agreement (led by Sturt Glacken QC, with Sam Hay) (settled)
XYZ v State of Victoria – Supreme Court of Victoria – negligence, statutory duties, release of private information (led by Rowena Orr QC, with Olaf Ciolek) (settled)
Efron v Victorian Legal Services Commissioner – Supreme Court of Victoria – judicial review (led by Jason Pizer QC) (settled)
Advices on constitutional law, administrative law, judicial review, statutory construction and other public law issues (led by Kristen Walker QC, Solicitor-General for Victoria; Richard Niall QC, then Solicitor-General for Victoria; Peter Hanks QC; Neil Clelland QC; Sturt Glacken QC; Jason Pizer QC; unled)
Memberships
Commercial Bar Association
Australian Association of Constitutional Law
Migration Law Bar Association