Expertise

Adrian has wide experience in litigation and enforcement matters before all Victorian Courts, other State Courts, the Federal Court and Federal Magistrates' Court of Australia and VCAT.

He has been involved in litigation across a range of matters, including leases, contractual disputes and trade practices.

Adrian also acts for personal insolvency (bankruptcy trustees) and corporate insolvency practitioners (including receivers, administrators and liquidators) in matters arising from insolvency administrations.

Recent experience

Adrian's recent experience includes:

• advising on complex retention of title claims. In one case, 29 of 30 claims made by suppliers were successfully resisted, resulting in significant funds for the administration of the insolvent company
• advising, litigating and making significant recoveries of unfair preference payments, often for 100 per cent of the claim, interest and costs
• successfully achieving various recoveries of voidable transactions (unfair preferences and uncommercial transactions)

• successfully resisting many retention of title claims asserted by suppliers against corporate insolvency practitioners.

Qualifications

Bachelor of Laws (Honours) (Monash University)

Bachelor of Economics (Monash University)

Jurisdictions Admitted to Practise

Victoria