Shannon Jenkins

Shannon Jenkins has a commercial law practice, with a focus on matters involving corporations law, contracts, equity, trust, insolvency, property, construction and trade practices law.

In addition to his general commercial practice, Shannon has experience in defamation, employment, and administrative law matters. 

Shannon has appeared in numerous trials and applications in State and Federal Courts (both led, and unled) and as junior counsel in the Victorian Supreme Court of Appeal. He accepts briefs to appear in all courts and tribunals, throughout Australia.

Before joining the Bar, Shannon was a solicitor at the Department of Premier and Cabinet, in its Office of General Counsel. Prior to that, he was a solicitor at Mills Oakley, in the Commercial Disputes and Insolvency practice group.

Shannon is a Teaching Associate at Monash University's Law School, where he has taught Civil Procedure. He has previously taught Evidence Law and Administrative Law at Deakin University's Law School.

Shannon read with Eddy Gisonda. His senior mentor is Bernard Quinn KC.

Selection of recent matters

The party that Shannon represented is indicated in bold. 

Commercial 

• Hoyisun Pty Ltd v Torimaru & Ors – County Court of Victoria – 5-day trial; Contract; equity; successful Garcia defence, setting aside personal guarantee and mortgages (unled). Link to decision.
   
• United Petroleum Pty Ltd v Perth Airport Pty Ltd - Federal Court of Australia - Misleading or deceptive conduct claim; representations as to future matters (led by James Peters AM KC and Ben Murphy).
   
• Canion & Anor v IPAC Group Services Pty Ltd - Federal Court of Australia - Shareholder oppression; corporations law; breach of contract - Dispute relating to the sale and transfer of shares in a company operating a financial services business (led by Chris Brown SC).
   
• Johnson v Keybridge Capital Limited – Federal Court of Australia – Dispute relating to the application of a director's deed of indemnity for a publicly listed company; corporations law; contract (led by Terry Palmer SC, as His Honour then was). 
   
• Bentley Capital Limited v Keybridge Capital Limited – Federal Court of Australia – Application for consolidated costs order of trial (led by Andrew Broadfoot KC).
   
• Chen v Blockchain Global Limited & Guo - Supreme Court of Victoria - Dispute relating to the ACX cryptocurrency exchange and the ownership of approximately 120 Bitcoin (led by Tyson Wodak). Link to asset preservation order decision; Link to stay application decision.
   
• Sri Vignesh Pty Ltd v Sweet India Pty Ltd & Ors - Supreme Court of Victoria - Shareholder oppression; corporations law; breach of contract (unled).
   
• Newman v Lamahon Pty Ltd - Supreme Court of Victoria - Shareholder oppression; Corporations law (unled).
   
• Yeung v Zank Group Pty Ltd & Ors - Supreme Court of Victoria - Contract; Trusts; Fiduciary duties; Misleading or deceptive conduct (unled).
   

• Babet Pty Ltd v Gretals Australia Pty Ltd - Supreme Court of Victoria - Corporations Law; Unauthorised transfer of shareholding; breach of contract (unled).
   
• Unico Enterprise Services Pty Ltd v Melbourne Racing Club - County Court of Victoria - Contractual dispute (led by Eddy Gisonda). 
   
• Jenkins v Bertalli & Jamieson - County Court of Victoria; Contract; equity; civil procedure; setting aside default judgment - Garcia defence; Link to decision. 
   
• Harley Jarvis Pty Ltd v Wolf of the Willows Pty Ltd – County Court of Victoria – Breach of contract and misleading or deceptive conduct claim (unled).
   
• Contech Asia Pacific Pty Ltd v DWTT Pty Ltd – County Court of Victoria – Application for urgent injunctive relief, for the delivery up of wrongfully detained goods; contract; equity (unled).
   
• Abeykoon v Kaur - County Court of Victoria - Application for specific performance of a written contract for the sale of land (unled).
   
• Bricland Nominees Pty Ltd & Rancho Developments Pty Ltd v Vallance - County Court of Victoria - Application for summary possession of land, pursaunt to Order 53 of the County Court Civil Procedure Rules 2018 (unled).
   
• BMW Australia Finance Limited v Tesoriero & Anor - County Court of Victoria - Application for summary judgment; contract; personal guarantee; civil procedure (unled).
   
• BMW Australia Finance Limited v Kalled & Ors – County Court of Victoria – Assessment of damages for breach of contract and failure to deliver up vehicle subject of security interest (unled).
   
• BMW Australia Finance Limited v Mancini – County Court of Victoria – Civil procedure; breach of contract; Application to set aside interlocutory and final default judgment and re-enter default judgment for debt (unled).
   
• Yemini v Twitter Inc - Federal Court of Australia - Preliminary discovery application relating to the identity of the account holder of the PRGuy17 Twitter account (unled).
   
• Moussi v Dersoma Enterprises Pty Ltd & Anor – Magistrates’ Court of Victoria – 5 day trial – Successful misuse of confidential information claim (unled).

Industrial Relations and Employment Law

• Victorian International Container Terminal Limited v CFMMEU – Supreme Court of Victoria – Proceedings relating to picketing and other industrial disputation at Webb Dock; loss of opportunity; $100m damages claim (led by Stuart Wood AM KC, with Alex Manos and others).
   
• Lilley v Melbourne Racing Club FB Limited - Fair Work Commission - Unfair Dismissal (unled).
   
• Borland v Uniting (Victoria & Tasmania) Limited - Fair Work Commission - Unfair dismissal; jurisdictional issue (unled).
   
• Loh v HVC Pty Ltd & Anor - Federal Court of Australia - Outstanding entitlements; repudiation of employment contract; restraint of trade; confidentiality.

Public Law

• Dance v Hume City Council - Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal - 2-day trial; successful merits review application, setting aside decisions of liability and sanction; statutory interpretation; admissibility of evidence (unled). Link to decision.
   
• Hume City Council v Dance - Victorian Supreme Court of Appeal - Appeal on a question of law; statutory construction (led by Eddy Gisonda).

Defamation 

• Belcorp International Pty Ltd v Property Observer Pty Ltd – Federal Court of Australia – Defamation proceedings (unled).
  
• McNeice v Sparks - County Court of Victoria; defamatory publication; civil procedure; striking out defence; assessment of damages (unled).
• Wassertheil v Dujakovic - County Court of Victoria; defamation proceedings (unled).
  
• Yemini v Twitter Inc - Federal Court of Australia - Preliminary discovery application to identify anonymous person who published defamatory content on Twitter (unled).