B R I D I E K. N O L A N Barrister 1 2 T H F L O O R C H A M B E R S 3 / 1 7 4 P H I L L I P S T., S Y D N E Y N S W 2 0 0 0 A U S T R A L I A D X 3 78 S Y D N E Y P H O N E ( 0 2 ) 9 2 3 3 1 8 9 6 0 4 1 3 1 5 4 8 4 4 F A X ( 0 2 ) 8 0 2 3 9 5 1 0 PRACTICE AS A BARRISTER bnolan@12thfloor.com.au Barrister specialising in commercial equity, including professional negligence, insurance and insolvency, (including cross-border insolvency); trusts, including charitable trusts, maritime, trade and aviation law; marine insurance; banking and finance; international commercial arbitration; commissions of inquiry; and administrative law, chiefly judicial review of administrative action. Frequent presenter on the topic of judicial review and administrative law, contracts (particularly unfair contracts) and professional negligence. Significant background and practice in banking and finance and Admiralty and maritime law and aviation which traverses all aspects of federal law, private law, insurance law, administrative law, private international law and public international law. Appears in domestic and international commercial arbitrations. AREAS OF PRACTICE Main areas of practice: Appearing in: Administrative Law Admiralty and maritime Banking and Finance Commercial Equity and trusts, including charitable trusts Insurance Professional Negligence Alternative Dispute Resolution (Mediation and Arbitration) High Court of Australia, Federal Court of Australia, Federal Magistrates Court of Australia, Family Court of Australia, Administrative Appeals Tribunal Supreme Court of New South Wales (Court of Appeal, Equity and Common Law Divisions), District Court of New South Wales, Land & Environment Court of New South Wales, Local Court of New South Wales, Administrative Decisions Tribunal, Consumer Trader and Tenancy Tribunal, Claim Assessment and Resolution Service (MAA) Supreme Court of Queensland Supreme Court of Western Australia 1
Supreme Court of Victoria, Victorian Civil & Administrative Tribunal A BRIEF SELECTION OF CASES AS COUNSEL ADMIRALTY AND MARITIME The Ship "Gem Of Safaga" v Euroceanica (UK) Ltd [2010] FCAFC 14 Emas Offshore Pte Ltd v The Ship "APC Aussie 1" [2009] FCA 872 China Shipping (Australia) Agency Co Pty Limited V D V Kelly Pty Limited [2010] NSWSC 1556 O'Keefe v Seafresh Holdings Pty Ltd Trading As Westmore Seafoods [2009] NSWSC 1090 Teekay Shipping (Aust) Pty Ltd and Australian Maritime Safety Authority [2012] AATA 519 JUDICIAL REVIEW AND ADMINISTRATIVE LAW O Sullivan v Medical Tribunal of New South Wales [2009] NSWCA 374 Jusmell Pty Limited v Gregory Alan Baggot & Ors [2008] NSWSC 878 SZJSS v Minister for Immigration & Citizenship [2009] FCA 1577 SZJUB v Minister for Immigration & Citizenship [2007] FCA 1486 Minister for Immigration & Citizenship v SZIZO [2009] HCA 37 Trazivuk v Motor Accidents Authority Of New South Wales & Ors [2010] NSWCA 287 Vitaz v Westform (NSW) Pty Ltd [2011] NSWCA 254 Maricic v The Registrar, Workers Compensation Commission [2011] NSWCA 42 Vekic v Registrar Of Workers Compensation Commission & Ors [2009] NSWSC 552 GIO General Limited v Smith & Ors Insurance Australia Ltd T/As NRMA Insurance v Smith & Ors (No 2) [2011] NSWSC 998 Chami v Motor Accidents Authority of NSW [2009] NSWSC 1358 Brdjanovic v Darcy [2011] NSWDC 45 Pratap v Motor Accidents Authority of NSW & Ors [2009] NSWSC 1325 Alavanja v NRMA Insurance Ltd [2010] NSWSC 1182 Singh v Motor Accidents Authority of NSW [2010] NSWSC 550 Singh v Motor Accidents Authority of NSW (No 2) [2010] NSWSC 1443 Prasad v Workers Compensation Commission [2010] NSWSC 418 2
BANKING AND FINANCE Tonto Home Loans Australia Pty Limited v Tavares & Ors; Firstmac Limited v Di Benedetto & Ors; Firstmac Limited v O'Donnell & Ors [2012] HCATrans 165 Australian Executor Trustees Ltd v Provident Capital Ltd (No 2) [2012] FCA 754 Cashflow Finance Solutions Pty Limited v Compagnie Francaise D'assurance Pour Le Commerce Exterieur [2012] FCA 203 (and substantive hearing which was resolved prior to judgment) Westpac Banking Corporation & Anor v Wakim [2011] FMCA 443 (and subsntative proceedinsg in the Supreme Court) Circuit Finance Australia Limited (Managers & Receivers Appointed) (In Liquidation) v Sobbi & Anor [2011] NSWDC 157 Provident Capital Ltd v Agusta Pty Ltd; Agusta Pty Ltd v Provident Capital Ltd [2011] NSWSC 258 Agusta Pty Ltd v Provident Capital Ltd [2012] NSWCA 26 (8 March 2012) [50%] Provident Capital Ltd v Naumovski& Ors [2011] NSWSC 270 (and substantive hearing which remains reserved) Brighton v Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd [2011] NSWCA 152 Provident Capital Limited v Ross Leslie Norton [2012] NSWSC 17 VARIOUS Hornsby Shire Council v The Valuer General of New South Wales (valuer s negligence and administrative law relief both as against Valuer-General) Levy v Bablis [2013] NSWCA 28 - Appeal - further evidence available justifying new trial State of New South Wales v Gillett [2012] NSWCA 83 limitation period for personal injury claims Agusta Pty Ltd v Provident Capital Ltd [2012] NSWCA 26 proceedings pursuant to s 37A of the Conveyancing Act 1919 (NSW), voluntary alienation to defraud creditors, trusts Richard Ehiozee v EDO Nigerian Association of New South Wales Incorporated & Ors [2012] NSWSC 718 proceedings for equitable relief under the Associations Incorporation Act 2009 Arnold v Forsythe [2012] NSWCA 18 irregularities in default judgments - contracts -pleadings Mejias and Federal Express Australia Pty Ltd [2012] NSWIRComm 1016 industrial relations Bird v Bird [2010] NSWSC 303 - solicitor s negligence, accessorial liability for knowing receipt of trust property - claim for imposition of a constructive trust - indefeasibility of title. Amour v National Trust of Australia (NSW) [2009] NSWSC 23 charitable trusts Provident Capital Ltd v Gould [2009] NSWSC 1458 joinder of insurer pursuant to s 6 of the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions Act) 1946 (NSW) Martinez v Morris & Anor [2011] FMCA 478 insolvency, bankruptcy Petratos v Provident Capital Limited [2009] FMCA 1168 - insolvency, bankruptcy 3 Provident Capital Limited v Kelso Builders Supplies Pty Limited (in Liquidation) (Receiver and Manager Appointed) [2008] FCA 868 insolvency, corporations
In the matter of A.C.N. 092 138 442 Pty Limited (in liquidation) [2013] NSWSC 639 - application leave under s 500(2) Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) to proceed with a claim against registrable foreign company in liquidation in its country of incorporation TERTIARY EDUCATION 2012 present University of London Master of Laws (Maritime) 2012 Diploma in International Arbitration (CIArb) (Malaysian Branch) 2002 University of New South Wales Bachelor of Laws (Honours equivalent) 1999-2000 University of Sydney Ph.D. (Economics) The Euro: The Actualisation of an Idea 1998 University of Sydney Masters of International Studies (Honours I) Graduated first in year On scholarship The US Dollar: The Social Construction of Primacy 1997 University of Sydney Bachelor of Arts (Government and English) 1996 Universite de Provence Aix-en-Provence, France 1995 Vuxenskolan/ KTH Stockholm, Sweden Lecturer in English Language Languages Spoken: Swedish and French RELEVANT EXPERIENCE Current Barrister : 12th Floor Chambers, Wentworth /Selborne Chambers Adjunct Lecturer: College of Law 4
Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK) 2005-2007 Lecturer Litigation and Evidence Administrative Law University of Sydney, Sydney 2005-2007 External Contractor LexisNexis, Chatswood Headnotes and updating chapters in Court Precedents & Pleadings January 2004 August 2005 Associate to the Hon. Justice Allsop March 2001 January 2004 Researcher to C.J. Leggat SC Commercial Planning & Environmental Administrative law Federal Court of Australia, Sydney 5, Selborne and MPC Chambers, Sydney 2001 University of New South Wales, Sydney Tutor/ Lecturer of International Politics Masters and Undergraduate programs. 2000-2001 Freehills, Sydney Litigation and Intellectual Property 1999 2000 University of Sydney Tutor/ Lecturer of International Politics 5