Andrew practises in administrative law, commercial law, and employment and industrial law. He is experienced running trials alone in the Federal Circuit Court, Fair Work Commission, AAT and VCAT and judicial review proceedings in the Federal Circuit Court and Federal Court of Australia. He has appeared unled in appeals before the Full Federal Court and the FWC Full Bench.

Some of Andrew’s recent appearances include:

Federal Court of Australia, Full Court

• CRU18 v Minister for Home Affairs[2020] FCAFC 129 (unled);

Federal Court of Australia

• CCF20 v Minister for Home Affairs[2020] FCA 676 (unled);
• DCD18 v Minister for Home Affairs[2018] FCA 2090 (unled);
• ELF18 v Minister for Home Affairs[2018] FCA 1368 (with Matthew Albert);
• EHW18 v Minister for Home Affairs[2018] FCA 1350 (led by Chris Horan QC);
• DRB18 v Minister for Home Affairs[2018] FCA 1163 (with Matthew Albert);

Federal Circuit Court of Australia

• Lal v Biber & Ors[2019] FCCA 3653 (unled);
• Boyson v Centre Court Care Pty Ltd & Anor[2020] FCCA 229 (unled);
• Thompson v Arbias Ltd[2020] FCCA 2829 (unled);

Administrative Appeals Tribunal

• PZZC and Minister for Home Affairs[2018] AATA 4125 (unled);

Fair Work Commission, Full Bench

• BlueScope Steel Ltd v Habak[2019] FWCFB 5702 (unled);
• Murphy v ECEC Management Pty Ltd[2019] FWCFB 6914 (unled);

Fair Work Commission

• Toby Tucker v State of Victoria[2019] FWC 3896 (unled);
• Hanson v FMC Mediation and Counselling Victoria[2019] FWC 2903 (unled);

Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal

• Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia v Middleton [2020] VCAT 744(unled);
• Shore v Western Health (Review and Regulation)[2019] VCAT 1038 (unled);

Other jurisdictions

• Moate v I.P.C. Pty Ltd [2020] WAIRC 00390(unled).

Andrew has a Master of Laws (with Distinction) from University College London and degrees in Law and Science from Monash University.

Before coming to the Bar, Andrew was:

• Associate to Justice Mordy Bromberg in the Federal Court of Australia;
• solicitor at Refugee Legal;
• solicitor at White Cleland Lawyers;
• consultant to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

Andrew read with Alistair Pound SC. His senior mentor is Chris Horan QC.

Administrative law

Andrew has acted for asylum-seeker and refugee clients in all courts and tribunals in the federal hierarchy in relation to merits and judicial review of migration and related administrative decisions. He regularly acts in highly sensitive and urgent matters.

Andrew also regularly appears in the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal in administrative law and human rights matters, including freedom of information, discrimination disputes and disciplinary proceedings.

Industrial/employment law

Andrew has acted for trade unions, individual employees and employers in a broad range of employment and industrial law matters, including underpayment claims, general protections (“adverse action”) claims, unfair dismissal and discrimination claims.

Commercial law

In commercial matters, Andrew has experience in debt and insolvency disputes, corporate structures and securities matters, and contractual disputes.

Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards legislation.