Speakers
The conference will include a noteworthy panel of speakers with exceptional knowledge and experience.
In April 2023, Debbie Mortimer was appointed as the Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Australia. Chief Justice Mortimer is the fifth Chief Justice and the first female Chief Justice of the Federal Court. Read full bio here.
The Hon Justice Emilios Kyrou AO was a Judge of Appeal of the Victorian Court of Appeal from July 2014 until he was appointed a Judge of the Federal Court of Australia. Read full bio here.
Justice Button was appointed to the Federal Court on 16 January 2023, having been a judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria since 2021. Read full bio here.
Paul Brereton was educated at Knox Grammar School and the University of Sydney, admitted as a solicitor in New South Wales in 1982, called to the Bar in 1987 and appointed Senior Counsel in 1998. At the Bar, he had a diverse general practice. Read full bio here.
Neil has an extensive commercial law practice, with substantial experience in corporations law, banking and finance, competition, taxation, mining and energy law and intellectual property. Read full bio here.
Emrys practices in all jurisdictions, at trial and appellate level, and throughout Australia. He is a member of Koiki Mabo Chambers in Melbourne, 8 Petrie Terrace in Brisbane, and William Forster Chambers in Darwin. Read full bio here.
Tenth Floor Chambers
Kate Morgan has a broad national practice and appears throughout numerous jurisdictions (civil and criminal) with a focus on regulatory matters including cartels, corporations, consumer protection, money laundering and foreign bribery. Read full bio here.
Emrys practices in all jurisdictions, at trial and appellate level, and throughout Australia. He is a member of Koiki Mabo Chambers in Melbourne, 8 Petrie Terrace in Brisbane, and William Forster Chambers in Darwin. Read full bio here.
Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC)
Marita Hogan is ASIC’s national portfolio lead for enforcement and compliance for the
Superannuation, Life Insurance, Investment Management and Financial Advice
sectors. Read full bio here.
Julian Webb joined Melbourne Law School in 2014 from the University of Warwick in the UK. He holds a concurrent appointment as an Honorary Professor of Law at the University of Exeter, and has previously held visiting appointments at University College, London, the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London, and Cleveland-Marshall College of Law in the USA. Read full bio here.
Victorian Legal Services Board + Commissioner
Jennie Pakula is currently Manager, Innovation and Consumer Engagement at the Victorian Legal Services Board + Commissioner. She is driven by the goal of helping to foster more accessible and affordable legal services for average people. Read full bio here.
Perry has a wide ranging commercial and public law practice. He has appeared in the High Court, and in intermediate appellate courts and at the trial level in various jurisdictions. Read full bio here.
Peter Woulfe has been
recognised as one of Canberra’s leading commercial and dispute resolution
barristers: Doyle’s Guide, 2020 & 2021. Read full bio here.
Georgina Costello KC is a barrister working in the areas of public law, property law, contract cases and tort litigation. She is Treasurer of the LCA’s Federal Dispute Resolution Section and Chair of the Migration Bar Association of the Victorian Bar. Read full bio here.
Kate Slack regularly appears, both led and unled, in federal and state jurisdictions at trial and appellate level. She practises nationally in the Federal Court of Australia and the Administrative Appeals Tribunal and travels regularly for appearances. Read full bio here.
Bronwyn Lincoln is a Partner in the Disputes team with extensive experience in commercial litigation and international arbitration. She also regularly advises on conflicts of laws, international treaty rights and obligations (including the CISG) and on the enforcement of foreign judgments and foreign arbitral awards in the Australian courts. Read full bio here.
After almost 10 years
at Sydney’s Redfern Legal Centre working on human rights and consumer law, Ben
was appointed the Manager, General Law, Legal Aid Commission of NSW where he
oversaw a practice of over 100 lawyers and others working on civil law matters. Read full bio here.
Whether acting in disputes involving public law or general commercial disputes, Pip Mitchell combines a focus on the technical legal issues with a strategic appreciation of the reputational and commercial issues at stake. Read full bio here.
Da Gama Pereira and Associates Pty. Ltd
Valerie Pereira is the immediate past Chair of the LCA’s Migration Committee. Since joining the LCA Migration Committee, Valerie have been an active participant and been instrumental in organising the Migration Law Conferences in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020, 2021 and 2022. Read full bio here.