William practices primarily in public and commercial law. He has a particular interest in regulatory law, judicial review, migration law, anti-discrimination law, tort and general commercial matters.
William holds a current Australian Government Baseline security clearance.
Before coming to the Bar, William was a lawyer in the Civil Regulation Team at the Australian Government Solicitor, where he worked on a number of complex regulatory investigations and litigation concerning financial services, competition, consumer protection and anti-money laundering laws. Prior to that he was an Associate at Lipman Karas and the Associate to the Hon Justice David Peek KC in the Supreme Court of South Australia.
William holds a PhD from the University of Melbourne, a Bachelor of Civil Law (Dist) from the University of Oxford, and a Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practice (University Medal) and a Bachelor of International Studies from Flinders University. He currently teaches Legal Theory at Melbourne Law School. William has also taught Constitutional Law at Deakin University, and Administrative Law and Contracts at the University of Adelaide.
William is a reporter for the Victorian Reports.
He read with David Morgan and his senior mentor is Alistair Pound S.C.
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