Suganya Pathan ( Pathanjalimanoharar )


Barrister

Secretary:
Admitted:
13 Apr 2010
Bar:
2 May 2019
Location:
Room 1227, Owen Dixon Chambers West,
525 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, 3000
Call Foley’s on 03 9225 7777 to discuss availability
PROFILE

Suganya has a broad practice, primarily in public and commercial law. She also accepts briefs in planning, environment and quasi-criminal matters.

Suganya regularly appears in VCAT, particularly in the Review and Regulation List, the Human Rights Division and the Planning and Environment Division.

She has a particular interest in discrimination law and has represented both applicants and respondents in discrimination matters in the Victorian and federal jurisdictions.

Before coming to the Bar, Suganya was a government lawyer for five years, including as a Principal Solicitor at the Environment Protection Authority and at DHHS. Prior to working in government, she spent 5 years as a commercial litigator at Herbert Geer.

Suganya completed her Master of Public & International Law at the University of Melbourne in 2019, with a First Class Honours average mark. She also has Bachelor degrees in Law (with Honours) and Science (majoring in Mathematics & Statistics) from the same university.

Suganya read with Georgina Costello SC and her senior mentor is Claire Harris QC.

 

Please click on the Extended Biography tab above for a list of some recent cases.

 

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      AREAS OF PRACTICE

      Appellate
      Commercial Law
      Criminal Law
      Environmental Law & Planning Law
      Government
      Inquests, Inquiries, Tribunals & Commissions
      Public Law & Administrative Law
      EXTENDED BIOGRAPHY

      Some recent cases

      Port of Portland Pty Ltd & ors v Environment Protection Authority & ors (VCAT, current)
      Proceedings reviewing the grant of an EPA works approval and Council planning permit — unled, for the EPA

       

      Australian Education City Pty Ltd v Victorian Planning Authority & Ors (Supreme Court of Victoria, current)
      Judicial review proceeding — led by Georgina Costello SC and with Adam McBeth, for the Plaintiff

       

      Millar v Ropeload Pty Ltd (Federal Court, judgment reserved)
      Misleading and deceptive conduct under the Corporations Act and ASIC Act — led by Michael Wyles QC, for the Applicant

       

      DKT16 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2019] FCAFC 208
      Appeal from a migration decision of the Federal Circuit Court — unled, for the Appellant

       

      Re HP (No 2) [2019] VSC 768
      Review of a non-custodial supervision order under the Crimes (Mental Impairment & Unfitness to be Tried) Act 1997 — unled, for the Secretary to the Department of Health and Human Services

       

      Royal Commissions — led by Claire Harris QC as part of a counsel team for the State of Victoria:

      • Federal Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability
      • State Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System
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      Suganya has a broad practice, primarily in public and commercial law. She also accepts briefs in planning, environment and quasi-criminal matters.

      Suganya regularly appears in VCAT, particularly in the Review and Regulation List, the Human Rights Division and the Planning and Environment Division.

      She has a particular interest in discrimination law and has represented both applicants and respondents in discrimination matters in the Victorian and federal jurisdictions.

      Before coming to the Bar, Suganya was a government lawyer for five years, including as a Principal Solicitor at the Environment Protection Authority and at DHHS. Prior to working in government, she spent 5 years as a commercial litigator at Herbert Geer.

      Suganya completed her Master of Public & International Law at the University of Melbourne in 2019, with a First Class Honours average mark. She also has Bachelor degrees in Law (with Honours) and Science (majoring in Mathematics & Statistics) from the same university.

      Suganya read with Georgina Costello SC and her senior mentor is Claire Harris QC.

       

      Please click on the Extended Biography tab above for a list of some recent cases.