Foley's List Barrister
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Megan accepts briefs in a broad range of matters. She has a particular interest in matters involving asset tracing, proceeds of crime/asset confiscation, financial crime investigations, AML/CTF legislation, disclosure issues, law enforcement, bankruptcy and insolvency law and mortgage disputes.
Prior to being called to the Bar, Megan was a Principal Litigation Lawyer and Team Leader with the Australian Federal Police Criminal Assets Litigation team of the Criminal Assets Confiscation Taskforce. Megan accepts briefs requiring a security clearance.
Megan regularly advises and appears in matters involving state and federal agencies, corporations, law enforcement bodies and financial institutions, in a variety of courts and tribunals.
Megan has also worked at the Victorian Court of Appeal including as a Court of Appeal Researcher and Associate to Justices Priest, Beach and McLeish. On secondment from the Court of Appeal, she worked at the Sentencing Advisory Council on an Attorney-General’s reference on restitution and compensation orders for victims of crime. Megan commenced her legal career in private practice.
Megan holds a Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Laws with First Class Honours in Law from the University of Tasmania, where she received the subject prize for Corporations Law and was on the Dean’s Roll of Excellence. She is currently undertaking her PhD at Monash University, on proceeds of crime.
In 2023, Megan was invited to present at the International Symposium on Economic Crime at Cambridge University and in 2024, attended the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Summer School on Transnational Organised Crime. Megan is a current International Editor of the Cambridge Law Review.
Megan read with Astrid Haban-Beer and her senior mentor is Justin Hannebery KC.
Recent cases include:Commercial
BNY Trust Company of Australia Limited v Rainford [2025] VSC 236 (7 May 2025) - Application for summary judgment concerning bankrupt individual, unled.
White Collar Crime and Proceeds of Crime
Briefed in proceeds of crime and confiscation proceedings in the Supreme Court of Victoria and County Court of Victoria, both for and against State and Commonwealth agencies (ongoing).
Briefed in Commonwealth tax fraud/welfare fraud prosecutions.
Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards legislation. The information referred to above has been supplied by the barrister concerned. Neither Victorian Bar Inc nor the barrister's clerk have independently verified the accuracy or completeness of the information and neither accepts any responsibility in that regard.
Admitted
24 May 2013
Victorian Bar
17 Oct 2024
Areas of Expertise
- Animal Welfare
- Civil Enforcement
- Fishery Licenses and Commercial Fisheries
- Local Government
- Valuation of Land - Rating and Taxing Appeals
- Appellate
- Appellate Merits Review
- Civil Appeals
- Criminal Appeals
- ASIC investigations and Prosecutions
- Directors and Officers Claims
- Securities and Investments
- Banking and Finance
- Commercial Appellate
- Competition and Consumer Law
- Contractual Disputes
- Professional Liability
- Restraint of Trade
- Superannuation
- Bankruptcy
- Corporate Insolvency
- Public Examinations
- Civil and Human Rights
- Compliance and Investigations
- Corruption
- Customs
- Disciplinary Proceedings
- Discrimination
- Extradition – Public Administrator
- Judicial Review and Administrative Law
- Privacy or Freedom of Information
- Proceeds of Crime
- Public Administrative Appellate
- Social Security and Veteran Entitlements
- Commissions or Tribunals and Other Inquiries
- Coronial Inquests
- Criminal Appellate
- Environmental and Planning Offences
- Extradition
- Fraud
- Mental Illness
- Proceeds of Crime or Money Laundering
- Victims of Crime
- White Collar and Corporate Crime
- Work Health and Safety - Criminal
- Customs and Excise
- Goods and Services Tax
- Income Tax
- Tax - Superannuation
- Tax Prosecutions
- Fiduciary Duties
- Real Property
- Trusts
- Industry Regulations