Dr Daye Gang

Dr Daye (pronounced Da-yeh) welcomes briefs to advise and appear in commercial, administrative, and white-collar criminal law. She also advises on international law. She speaks English, Korean, French, and Mandarin. 

She is studying a Graduate Diploma of Construction Law at Melbourne Law School, and her essay won the Society of Construction Law Australia Student Brooking Prize 2025. She will be presenting her essay at the SoCLA Annual Conference in 2026.

Commercial Law

• General commercial: breach and terminations of contracts, breach of Australian Consumer Law, regulatory compliance, freezing order applications, statutory terms, Bankruptcy Notices, default judgments, partnership breakdowns, interpretation of deeds of settlement, termination of sublease by landlord's termination of head lease, conflict of interest, freezing orders, Notices to Produce, Notices to Admit
• Banking and AML/CTF: debanking under contract and AML/CTF, crypto-based identity theft
• Corporations: s 471B Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) leave applications, oppression, review of draft constitution for company limited by guarantee

Administrative Law

• Private clients: 
  • in the Supreme Court of Victoria, for defendant for revocation of foster care accreditation
  • application under the Age Discrimination Act 2004 (Cth) and Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 (Cth) instructed by Echo Law;
  • advice on legal advocacy options to prioritise young people in homelessness services instructed by Melbourne City Mission
  • review application in the Northern Territory Civil and Administrative Tribunal under the Racing and Wagering Act 2024 (NT)
• Building and Plumbing Commission (formerly Victorian Building Authority): regulatory prosecutions under the Building Act 1993 (Vic), from sufficiency advices to sentencing hearings; Mutual Recognition Act 1992 (Cth) applications in the ART
• Consumer Affairs Victoria: regulatory prosecutions under the Australian Consumer Law, Building Act 1993 (Vic), Estate Agents Act 1980 (Vic), and Rooming House Operators Act 2016 (Vic)
• Australian Human Rights Commission: in an application to exclude trans women from public events under the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth) in the Administrative Review Tribunal
• Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs, and applicants in migration matters: merits reviews, judicial reviews, and appeals. Representation of two clients under threat of deportation pursuant to the Nauru Agreement, instructed by the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre and Russell Kennedy
• Victorian Department of Health: assessments of Victorian Pandemic Orders and Directions on compatibility with the Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Act 2006 (Vic); Statement of Compatibility for Mental Health Legislation Amendment Bill 2025

White-Collar Criminal Law

• Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions:
  • in the Court of Appeal, two appeals of sentences for importation of precursor substances, led by Michael Stanton SC
  • in the County Court of Victoria, prosecution of seven co-accused of international money laundering, led by John Saunders
  • other prosecution briefs across all teams
  • parole violation under the Crimes Act 1914 (Cth)

Public Interest Law

• Public international law:
  • human rights advice on Australia, North Korea, Myanmar, Afghanistan, instructed inter alia by the Human Rights Law Centre, Australian Centre for International Justice. Includes international criminal law investigations, human rights submissions to UN Committees, representation at OECD National Contact Points, strategic advice on corporate human rights violations and sanctions listings
  • certified on Justice Rapid Response Roster for rapid international deployments to investigate international crimes
• Domestic law:
  • in the Court of Appeal, appeal of judicial review for prisoner’s access to a laptop
  • interpretation of the Forests (Wood Pulp Agreement) Act 1996 (Vic) led by Perry Herzfeld SC (reported in the Saturday Age)

Academia and Speaking

Daye holds a PhD from Monash University. Her thesis explored the use of restorative justice for sexual and family violence. She was a panellist on the Foley's List x Victorian Women Lawyers' podcast, A Legal Lifecycle, Episode 3, on life as a woman at the Bar. She will be speaking with John Gurr SC and Joel Silver at the Foley's List Commercial CPD Day 2026.