Whilst Priscilla predominantly practices in intellectual property and consumer law/trade practices matters, she also has extensive broad experience in complex commercial litigation and dispute resolution, specifically in the areas of media law (defamation and regulatory matters arising under the provisions of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 (Cth)), fraud and white-collar crime, corporate and regulatory matters (ASIC, ACCC, ACMA), class actions, government, immigration and employment matters.
She has acted both as counsel and as a solicitor for a broad range of clients spanning across many industries. She has acted in several high-profile cases (including acting for the copyright owner of Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree in the long running copyright infringement dispute against the writers and publishers of Men at Work’s Down Under; acting for a large multinational pharmaceutical company in various matters including obtaining urgent injunctions restraining competitors from broadcasting national advertising campaigns which involved alleged misleading and comparative claims in the Federal Court (including two appeals to the Full Court and a HCA special leave application); acting for a large Australian media organisation in complex multi-party proceedings in the Supreme Court of NSW involving a nationally recognised law firm and international bank in associated claims arising out of a multi-million-dollar fraud committed by an employed solicitor; and acting the former CEO of a large international company in his defence of white collar criminal prosecution in the District Court of NSW involving a number of charges relating to financial misconduct (bribery/corruption/corporate kickbacks).
Admitted in 2009, Priscilla commenced her career with Simpsons, a specialist IP firm in Sydney. She was first called to the Bar in NSW in May 2011, reading with Neil Murray SC and Christian Dimitriades SC. From 2011-2016, Priscilla was a licensee at Nigel Bowen Chambers specialising in IP and media as well as some general commercial and environment and planning work. She returned to private practice in 2016, where she expanded upon her litigation experience as a Senior Associate and Special Counsel with HWL Ebsworth. Upon recently relocating to Victoria and longing to return to practice at the Bar, Priscilla signed the Bar Roll in March 2023. She is undertaking a period of informal reading. Kate Beattie is her mentor.
She holds a Bachelor of Laws with Honours (LLB Hons) and Bachelor of Arts (Music and Media). She is currently undertaking her Master of Laws in Intellectual Property Law (LLM) at the University of Melbourne. Priscilla has appeared the superior courts of Victoria and NSW (both at trial and appellate level), the Federal Court (including appeals to the Full Court) and the High Court.
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