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Profile

Tim North OAM KC has more than 30 years extensive and diverse experience in commercial and litigation involving contractual disputes, corporate governance, constitutional law and regulatory review, immigration, employment law/directors' duties, proceedings involving gaming and casino establishments in the Pacific Islands, anti-competitive behaviour involving competition and anti-trust law and practice and procedures relating to Prudential Regulation in Australia. His practice also includes matters relating to conflicts of interest involving legal practitioners, superannuation, partnership disputes, winding-up and insolvency, trade practices and leasing disputes, price fixing, misconduct regarding procedural fairness of arbitrators, claims of exclusivity over retail, intellectual property, constructive trusts, equity, estates and trust law. He has appeared in cases and tribunals involving the Western Australian Mining Act. He appears regularly as an International Mediator and Arbitrator in Australia and the Asia-Pacific region.

Tim is a member of the Australian Institute of Judicial Administration and the International Bar Association.He is also admitted to practise in the High Court of Australia and the Federal Court of Australia. He has appeared in Supreme Courts of NSW, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Wesstern Australia, Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory. He has also appeared in the High Court of New Zealand, the Supreme Court of the Republic of Vanuatu and the Supreme Court of the Solomon Islands.

Admitted to the Legal Profession: 1 April, 1980
Associate to the Late Mr Justice Kenneth Marks: 1980-1982
Signed the Victorian Bar Roll: 19 May, 1983
Appointed QC or SC: 17 December, 2002
Accredited as Mediator: 7 February, 2008
Nationally Accrediated Mediator: 12 June, 2008
Awarded Order of Australia Medal: 12 June 2023 
Qualifications: LL.B, B. Ec, Dip. Com Law

Experience in different jurisdictions
International: London, England; Tokyo, Japan; Nice, France; Los Angeles, United States of America; The Republic of Vanuatu and The Republic of the Solomon Islands.
Australia: All States and Territories.      

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Admitted

01 Apr 1980

Bar

19 May 1983

Silk

17 Dec 2002

Areas of Expertise

    Appellate 1 Areas

    • Appellate

    Alternative Dispute Resolution 3 Areas

    • Arbitration
    • Expert Determinations
    • Mediations

    Commercial 7 Areas

    • Banking and Finance
    • Contractual Disputes
    • Insurance and Professional Negligence
    • Intellectual Property
    • Restraint of Trade
    • Superannuation
    • Transport Law: Admiralty or Aviation or Maritime

    Building and Construction

    Public Administrative 3 Areas

    • Constitutional Law
    • Disciplinary Proceedings
    • Judicial Review and Administrative Law

    Bankruptcy and Insolvency 1 Areas

    • Corporate Insolvency

    Industrial Employment 1 Areas

    • Employment Contracts and Restraint of Trade

    Equity 3 Areas

    • Family Provision
    • Real Property
    • Wills and Probate

    International 1 Areas

    • International Commercial Arbitration

    Environment and Planning 1 Areas

    • Mining

    Corporations Law 2 Areas

    • Partnership Disputes
    • Securities and Investments

    Technology and Media Law

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