CAMERON J CHARNLEY

Bar Roll – 30 April 2015 
Admitted  – 8 November 2011    

Phone – 03 9225 7333
Email – charnley@vicbar.com.au 

CAMERON J CHARNLEY

Bar Roll – 30 April 2015 
Admitted – 8 November 2011  

Phone – 03 9225 7333
Email – charnley@vicbar.com.au 
Chambers – Level 7, Room 703, Douglas Menzies Chambers, 180 William Street, Melbourne 3000

Area of Law

  • Administrative Law
  • Banking and Finance
  • Bankruptcy/Insolvency
  • Commercial Law
  • Corporations (Company) Law
  • Equity and Trusts
  • Probate/Wills/Family Provision
  • Property Law/Sale of Land
  • Taxation (Including Revenue, Customs & Excise)
  • Trade Practices

About

Cameron practises in a broad range of corporate and commercial law, including contract law, insolvency, real property, consumer law, equity and trusts, and wills and probate. He accepts briefs to advise and to appear in all Victorian and federal jurisdictions and is also admitted in New Zealand.

Cameron signed the Bar Roll in April 2015 and read with Christopher Archibald KC.

Before coming to the Bar, Cameron was an associate to his Honour Judge Cosgrave in the Commercial Division of the County Court of Victoria. In that role, Cameron gained experience in commercial litigation across a number of practice areas and assisted with legal research. Prior to that time, Cameron worked as a consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers where he advised Australian and foreign large business clients on a range of domestic and foreign income tax issues, including Top 100 ASX listed companies in most industry sectors.

Cameron studied at the University of Melbourne and holds a Bachelor of Laws with Honours, and a Bachelor of Arts with a major in Chinese Mandarin. He is also self-taught in Korean. As a result of his language studies, Cameron possesses basic conversational skills in both Korean and Mandarin as well as a strong awareness of the respective cultures.

Cameron is a reporter for the Victorian Reports. He has also published articles and given papers on various developments in corporate and commercial law.

Cameron provides commentary and summaries on recent, topical commercial cases and publishes these on his website, charnley-barrister.com.

Further details about Cameron’s experience can be found on his LinkedIn profile.

Cameron is a member of the Australian Bar Association and the Commercial Bar Association of Victoria and sat on the Victorian Bar’s ADR Committee for 5 years.

Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards legislation.