PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
NSW qualified barrister 2016, solicitor in Sydney since admission in NSW – 1997. Now based in Hobart.
11th Floor Garfield Barwick Chambers, Sydney: Sept. 2016 – May 2018: Barrister
Bundock / Palmer Lawyers, Sydney: 2008 – 2016: Partner
Clark McNamara Lawyers, Sydney: 1999 – 2007: Senior Associate
Doyles Construction Lawyers, Sydney: 1997 – 1998: Solicitor
Blake Dawson Waldron Lawyers, Sydney: 1996 – 1997: Litigation and Technology Group
QUALIFICATIONS AND ADMISSIONS
New South Wales Bar Association: barrister qualification
NSW Bar Examinations, and Bar Readers Course – 2016
University of New South Wales
Master of Laws 2006 – commercial focus
NSW College of Law
Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice NSW 1996
University of Tasmania
Bachelor of Laws, Bachelor of Economics 1995
EXPERIENCE
Cases cited on Austlii legal research database in which David has been barrister, or previously as solicitor with conduct and control:
As barrister: NSW
Lorena Zupicic v Angela La Camera Paino as Trustee for the Estate of the Late Mario Novick [2018] NSWSC 692 (18 May 2018) – deceased estates and equitable estoppel
Lorena Zupicic v Angela La Camera Paino as Trustee for the Estate of the Late Mario Novick [2018] NSWSC 1117 (20 July 2018) – costs – deceased estates litigation – executor personally liable for costs
R v Ojeh / Commonwealth DPP v Ojeh [2017] NSWSC 552 – crime – Supreme Court NSW bail application – show cause test – continued detention in gaol unjustified
As solicitor: NSW
Osborne Metal Industries v Bullock (No.1) [2011] NSWSC 636 (22 June 2011) – commercial litigation
Osborne Metal Industries v Bullock (No.5) [2011] NSWSC 684 (28 June 2011)
International Skin Care Suppliers Pty Ltd v Whyte [2011] NSWSC 46 (11 February 2011) – Insolvency
Culligan & Anor v ACO Pty Ltd [2009] NSWCA 290 (15 September 2009) – commercial litigation
Capital Radio Network Pty Ltd, Radio Snowy Mountains Pty Ltd & Ors v Garrott [2008] NSWSC 17 (30 January 2008) – commercial litigation
Sides Engineering Pty Ltd v Energetech Australia Pty Ltd (No. 2) [2007] FCA 1464 (14 June 2007) – construction law – Building and Construction Industry Security of Payments Act (1999) NSW
Energetech Australia v Sides Engineering [2005] NSWSC 1143 (25 November 2005) – construction law – Building and Construction Industry Security of Payments Act (1999) NSW
Sides Engineering Pty Ltd v Energetech Australia Pty Ltd [2005] FCA 1672 (22 November 2005) – construction law
Energetech v Sides Engineering and Anor [2005] NSWSC 801 (5 August 2005) – construction law – Building and Construction Industry Security of Payments Act (1999) NSW
Ho v Regulator Australia Pty Ltd & Anor (No.2) [2004] FMCA 402 (25 June 2004) – costs, employment law, sexual discrimination claim – defence
Ho v Regulator Australia Pty Ltd & Anor [2004] FMCA 62 (12 May 2004) – employment law, sexual discrimination claim – defence
Isak Constructions v Faress [2003] NSWSC 784 (27 August 2003) – commercial litigation
AREAS OF LAW
Commercial
Crime
Wills and Estates
Employment law
Family Law
Land & Environment Court