Current practice
Ken is a commercial litigator in the Melbourne litigation team. Clients typically seek Ken’s assistance with complex problems requiring strategic and multidisciplinary analysis.
Ken has a particular interest in class actions, having conducted class actions which have been judicially described as being the largest in Australian legal history. Ken is the co-author, with Damian Grave, of the first text in Australia on class actions, Class Actions in Australia, published by Thomson Reuters in 2005. This text draws together jurisprudence on class actions since the class action procedure was first introduced in Australia in 1992, and provides guidance to litigants and practitioners.
Ken has conducted disputes in state Supreme Courts, the Federal Court of Australia and the High Court of Australia, as well as in numerous specialist tribunals.
Experience
Ken advises clients in a range of industries, including energy, insurance, retail and media. He acts for some of Australia’s best-known organisations, including a number of ASX100 companies.
Some matters Ken has recently conducted include:
- conducting the Victorian bushfire class action for SP AusNet
- acting for Lufthansa in the current Federal Court air cargo cartel class action
- jointly leading a team conducting the defence of the state of Victoria and a number of its instrumentalities in class actions commenced in the Federal Court of Australia and the Supreme Court of Victoria, following the interruption to gas supply in Victoria in 1998
- several actions in the Federal Court ‘Fast Track List’, and
- advising banks on various disputes and regulatory and credit exposures.
Professional background
Ken started practising in 1989. He has completed a Master of Laws from the University of Melbourne. He is a qualified mediator.
