Darren appears and advises in all areas of commercial, insurance, corporations and contract law. He is committed to working collaboratively with clients to understand their interests and motivations in order to achieve the best possible outcome.

Darren has a special interest in the following commercial areas of practice:

Insurance matters

• Darren accepts briefs in indemnity disputes in all insurance lines. He has particular experience in liability insurance disputes. He is also commonly briefed in disputes in which indemnity has been granted to policyholders and has a special interest in the effective management of the relationships between insurers, policyholders, and their representatives. This part of Darren’s practice extends from commercial to common law disputes.
• Darren also has extensive knowledge of the regulatory environment in which insurers operate. He is able to clearly advise both insurers and policyholders of their respective rights and obligations.

Contract Disputes

• Darren is regularly briefed to review commercial contracts (including insurance contracts) to advise on drafting and regulatory issues.
• He is also often briefed in commercial disputes involving complex contractual arrangements, often involving multiple parties and contracts.
• He has particular experience in interpretation and indemnity disputes.

Regulation

• Darren has experience in assisting businesses in responding to regulatory investigations, including those conducted by the ACCC, ASIC and the ATO.

Mediations

• Darren is an accredited mediator. He accepts briefs to appear as a mediator in matters pertaining to commercial disputes and insurance matters (including common law and professional indemnity/negligence disputes). Darren’s mediation style is facilitative, though he brings his subject-matter knowledge to those disputes.
• Darren welcomes being briefed directly by corporations to advise on both contentious and uncontentious matters.

Adjacent to his practice at the Bar, Darren is the Immediate Past President of the Australian Insurance Law Association’s (AILA) Victorian Committee and a current member of AILA’s National Board.  He is also a member of International Cycling Executives (ICE) and regularly rides with the ‘Knights of Suburbia’.

He holds a Masters in Law from the University of Melbourne and is a sessional teaching associate at Monash University. He has taught in contracts, corporations law, litigation and dispute resolution. He is currently teaching Evidence.