Caroline Kirton CURRICULUM VITAE Contact Details Room 1113, Owen Dixon Chambers West, 525 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, Vic, 3000 Clerk Dever T 03 9225 8367 M 0411 024 788 F 03 9225 7955 E ckirton@vicbar.com.au Qualifications Bachelor of Arts (Hons), Melbourne University, 1986, Honours Degree in Mandarin. Bachelor of Laws, Melbourne University, 1986. Master of Laws, Monash University, 1994. Subjects studied: Current Issues in Civil Procedure, Commercial Alternative Dispute Resolution, Restrictive Trade Practices, Matrimonial Property, Insolvency and Equity. Accredited Mediator Victorian Bar 2008. Articles: Phillips Fox, Principal Michael Salter. Admitted to Practice: 7 April 1988. Signed Bar Roll: 29 November 1990. Reading: Peter Murdoch QC & Andrew Panna SC. Admitted also: Queensland, 22 July 1988. Readers: Ingrid Braun and Nathinal Asimba. Bar Appointments Chair, Equality and Diversity Committee, Victorian Bar, September 2010 to date. Member of the Executive of the Commercial Bar Association, September 2010 to date. Chair, Construction Law Section, Commercial Bar Association, September 2009 to date. Deputy Chair, Construction Law Section, Commercial Bar Association, April 2008 to September 2009. Secretary, Construction Law Section, Commercial Bar Association, February 2005 to April 2008. Assistant Secretary Construction Law Section, Commercial Bar Association, February 2002 to February 2005. Member Supreme Court of Victoria Technology Engineering and Construction List Users Group, March 2008 to date. Ethics Committee member, Victorian Bar, November 2004 to December 2008. Bar Readers Course Committee member, Victorian Bar, May 2000 to date. Applications Review Committee member, Victorian Bar, October 2000 to October 2010.
2 South Pacific Education Committee member, Victorian Bar, January 2009 to date. Other Professional Appointments President Australian Women Lawyers November 2005 to October 2006. Board Member Australian Women Lawyers, November 2004 to October 2006. Convener Women Barristers Association, June 2007 to July 2008. Assistant Convener Women Barristers Association 2005 to June 2007. Law Council of Australia, member of the Equalizing Opportunities in the Law Committee, November 2005 to October 2006. Law Council of Australia, member of the Model Equal Opportunity Briefing Policy Working Group, May 2006 to February 2010. Membership Professional Associations Member Melbourne Technology Engineering and Construction Chambers October 2010 to date. Member Building Dispute Practitioners Society. Member Society of Construction Lawyers. Member Women Barristers Association. Member Victorian Women Lawyers. Advocacy Teaching Experience Australian Advocacy Institute Instructor Training Course 1998. Bar Readers Course Instructor 1998 to date. Leo Cussen Institute Victoria Sessional Instructor 1998 to date (advocacy and civil procedure). Australian Advocacy Institute Instructor 1999 2005 (Melbourne, Sydney, Hobart and Darwin). Guest Instructor International Institute of Forensic Studies, Expert Witness Training Workshop for the Medical Professional Services Review Panel, Werribee 2003. Monash University Law Faculty, instructor Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice, Skills and Ethics, Advocacy Intensive, October 2008. Instructor, Australian Bar Association Advocacy Course conducted at the Bangladesh Legal Education Training Institute, Dhaka, Bangladesh, December 2006, December 2007, January 2009, December 2009 and December 2010. Instructor, Australian Bar Association Advanced Advocacy Course, Brisbane, January 2010, Melbourne January 2011.
3 Employment History March 1987 to April 1988 May 1988 to December 1988 February 1989 to July 1989 July 1989 to August 1990 September to November 1990 December 1990 to date Articles Phillips Fox, Melbourne. Principal Michael Salter. Dalton & Gear, Solicitors, Mount Isa, Queensland. General practice litigation, including civil, criminal and family law. I.R. Lester and Gayler, Hervey Bay, Queensland. General practice litigation, including civil, criminal and family law. Phillips Fox, Melbourne. Banking and Finance Department. Drafting documents for commercial transactions for lending institutions and reviewing security documentation. Victorian Bar Readers Course. Barrister at Victorian Bar. Papers Presented Avoiding the Pitfalls of Proportionate Liability Claims, Legalwise Seminars, 5 March 2009. Appearing in the Retail Tenancies List of the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal, Leo Cussen Institute, 12 August 2008. Ethics in Litigation Abuse of Process, Law Institute of Victoria, Professional Development Young Lawyers Lecture Series 2008, 10 June 2008. Courtroom and Civil Litigation Ethics, Law Institute of Victoria, CPD Intensive Programme, 20 March 2008. Has the System Failed Women?, Australian Bar Association, Judicial Appointments Forum, 27 October 2006. Procedure for Appeals to the Court of Appeal, Legalwise Seminars, 23 September 2005. Expert Evidence in Commercial Dispute Resolution, Legalwise Seminars, 20 July 2005.
4 Commercial Law and Recent Issues in Construction Cases, Monash Law Students Society, Commercial Law and Issues Programme, 14 September 2004. Articles Prepared Gunston v Lawley Proportionate Liability Prejudgment Settlements, D. McAndrew and C. Kirton, Building Dispute Practitioners Society News, June 2008, Issue 31. The Supreme Court s New Technology Engineering and Construction List, Commbar News, 29 June 2009, No. 13. New Technology, Engineering and Construction List for Supreme Court, Building Dispute Practitioners Society News, June 2009, Issue 35. Case note 114 Nepean Highway Pty Ltd v Abnote Australasia Pty Ltd [2009] VSCA 18 December 2009, Commbar News, 25 May 2010, No. 18. Case note Preena v Pryda Developments Pty Ltd [2010] VCAT 434 (15 April 2010), Commbar News, 25 May 2010, No. 18. Case note L.H. Blue Pty Ltd v A.X.F. Constructions Pty Ltd [2010] VCC 28 April 2010, Commbar News, 25 May 2010, No. 18. Case Note: Appointment of Experts to Act in an Expert Determination: 114 Nepean Highway Pty Ltd v Abnote Australasia Pty Ltd [2009] VSCA 18 December 2009, Building Dispute Practitioners Society News, July 2010, Issue 39. Case Note: The Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 2002 (Vic): L.H. Blue Pty Ltd v A.X.F. Constructions Pty Ltd [2010] VCC 28 April 2010, Building Dispute Practitioners Society News, July 2010, Issue 39. Case Note: Terms of Settlement: Preena v Pryda Developments Pty Ltd [2010] VCAT 434 (15 April 2010), Building Dispute Practitioners Society News, July 2010, Issue 39. Case note Cardona & Anor v Brown & Anor [2010] VSC 368, Commbar News, 24 September 2010, No. 20. Case note Roads Corporation v Love [2010] VSC 253, Commbar News, 24 September 2010, No. 20.
5 Current Areas of Practice General Commercial Law Practice, including construction law, equity, trusts, trade practices, contracts, torts, property law, retail tenancies and professional negligence. Caroline Kirton CV March 2011