Leo has a practice centred in Common Law, Employment and General Insurance matters. Leo welcomes briefs for advice, settlement events and appearances.
Employment Law:
Within the employment arm of his practice, Leo accepts briefs for advising and appearing in unfair dismissal and general protections applications, disputes regarding construction of employment contracts and enterprise agreements, restraint of trade clauses and workplace investigations, along with workers compensation claims, discrimination matters and whistleblower disputes.
Common Law:
Leo accepts briefs in a variety of plaintiff matters, including for road accidents, workplace injuries, medical negligence and public liability. Leo welcomes paperwork and appearance briefs and will accept no-win-no-fee matters. Leo will accept briefs led or appearing alone.
Insurance Law:
Alongside his common law practice, Leo accepts briefs for advice, mediation and hearings in general insurance law matters. Leo will act for insurers as well as the insured and approaches his matters with a pragmatic and commercial approach. Leo appears in all Victorian Courts for insurance related briefs.
With a strong background in workplace law, prosecutions and common law, Leo is well placed to accept briefs involving disputes pertaining to workplace accidents and WorkSafe investigations.
Before coming to the Bar, Leo worked in-house as an Industrial/Employment Lawyer, firstly in the manufacturing sector and then in education. His clients included employers, individual employees, the Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) and JobWatch. This work involved Federal Court litigation, arbitration and conciliation at FairWork Australia, negotiation, mediation and advice regarding the drafting of contracts, policies and deeds of settlement. He has also advised on workplace intellectual property disputes.
Leo read with Nicholas Harrington and his Senior Mentor was Mark Irving QC.
Leo holds a Masters of Public and International Law from the University of Oslo, submitting a thesis on a comparative analysis of UN whistleblowing laws.
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