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 7 8 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 • bnolan@12thfloor.com.auPRACTICE AS A BARRISTER
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:
Administrative Law
Admiralty and maritime
Banking and Finance
Commercial
Equity and trusts, including charitable trusts
Insurance
Professional Negligence
Alternative Dispute Resolution (Mediation and Arbitration)
Appearing in:
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
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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
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)
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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
Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK)
2005 - 2007
Lecturer
University of Sydney, Sydney
Litigation and Evidence
Administrative Law
2005 - 2007
External Contractor
LexisNexis, Chatswood
Headnotes and updating chapters in “Court Precedents & Pleadings”
January 2004 – August 2005 Federal Court of Australia, Sydney
Associate to the Hon. Justice Allsop
March 2001 – January 2004 5, Selborne and MPC Chambers, Sydney
Researcher to C.J. Leggat SC
Commercial
