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 led and unled in appeals before the Full Federal Court and the FWC Full Bench.
A selection of Andrew's published matters include:
Federal Court of Australia, Full Court
AZR20 v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs [2024] FCAFC 107 (unled);
RRFM v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs [2022] FCAFC 27 (unled);
CRU18 v Minister for Home Affairs [2020] FCAFC 129; 277 FCR 493 (unled);
Federal Court of Australia
Sharpe v TechnologyOne Limited [2024] FCA 962 (unled);
Patterson v Westpac Banking Corporation [2024] FCA 629 (led by Mark Irving KC in the substantive matter);
ELF18 v Minister for Home Affairs [2018] FCA 1368 (with Matthew Albert);
EHW18 v Minister for Home Affairs [2018] FCA 1350; 262 FCR 27 (led by Chris Horan QC);
DRB18 v Minister for Home Affairs [2018] FCA 1163 (with Matthew Albert);
Federal Circuit Court of Australia
LLR24 v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship (No 2) [2025] FedCFamC2G 1227 (unled);
Mahamud v Minister for Immigration & Citizenship [2025] FedCFamC2G 789 (unled);
Mango & Pamela Thai Restaurant Pty Ltd v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs [2025] FedCFamC2G 584 (unled);
Jewell v Magnium Australia Pty Ltd [2025] FedCFamC2G 201 (unled);
FTR17 v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs [2024] FedCFamC2G 32 (unled);
Thompson v Arbias Ltd [2020] FCCA 2829 (unled);
Administrative Review Tribunal
Northern Disability Services Pty Ltd and Commissioner of the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission (NDIS) [2025] ARTA 1186 (unled);
Fair Work Commission, Full Bench
Health Services Union v Mercy Hospitals Victoria Ltd [2024] FWCFB 235 (led by Malcolm Harding SC);
TasTAFE v Australian Education Union [2023] FWCFB 123 (unled);
Re Svitzer Australia Pty Limited [2022] FWCFB 213 (with Eugene White);
Fair Work Commission
Health Services Union v Northern Health [2025] FWC 905 (unled);
G4S Custodial Services Pty Ltd v CPSU, the Community and Public Sector Union [2024] FWC 3254 (unled);
Samantha Gurrier-Jones v OSM Australia Pty Ltd [2024] FWC 3154 (unled);
Health Services Union v Mercy Hospitals Victoria Ltd [2023] FWC 683 (unled);
Svitzer Australia Pty Ltd [2022] FWC 1438 (with Eugene White).
Andrew holds 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 was Chris Horan QC (as his Honour then was).
Industrial/employment law
Andrew has acted for trade unions, individual employees and employers in a broad range of employment and industrial law matters, including suspension/termination of industrial action, protracted bargaining, Award and Enterprise Agreement disputes, general protections ("adverse action") claims, unfair dismissal, restraint of trade matters and discrimination claims.
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.
Commercial law
In commercial matters, Andrew has experience in debt and insolvency, corporate structures and securities, and contractual disputes.
Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards legislation. The information referred to above has been supplied by the barrister concerned. Neither Victorian Bar Inc nor the barrister’s clerk have independently verified the accuracy or completeness of the information and neither accepts any responsibility in that regard.
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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 led and unled in appeals before the Full Federal Court and the FWC Full Bench.
A selection of Andrew's published matters include:
Federal Court of Australia, Full Court
AZR20 v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs [2024] FCAFC 107 (unled);
RRFM v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs [2022] FCAFC 27 (unled);
CRU18 v Minister for Home Affairs [2020] FCAFC 129; 277 FCR 493 (unled);
Federal Court of Australia
Sharpe v TechnologyOne Limited [2024] FCA 962 (unled);
Patterson v Westpac Banking Corporation [2024] FCA 629 (led by Mark Irving KC in the substantive matter);
ELF18 v Minister for Home Affairs [2018] FCA 1368 (with Matthew Albert);
EHW18 v Minister for Home Affairs [2018] FCA 1350; 262 FCR 27 (led by Chris Horan QC);
DRB18 v Minister for Home Affairs [2018] FCA 1163 (with Matthew Albert);
Federal Circuit Court of Australia
LLR24 v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship (No 2) [2025] FedCFamC2G 1227 (unled);
Mahamud v Minister for Immigration & Citizenship [2025] FedCFamC2G 789 (unled);
Mango & Pamela Thai Restaurant Pty Ltd v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs [2025] FedCFamC2G 584 (unled);
Jewell v Magnium Australia Pty Ltd [2025] FedCFamC2G 201 (unled);
FTR17 v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs [2024] FedCFamC2G 32 (unled);
Thompson v Arbias Ltd [2020] FCCA 2829 (unled);
Administrative Review Tribunal
Northern Disability Services Pty Ltd and Commissioner of the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission (NDIS) [2025] ARTA 1186 (unled);
Fair Work Commission, Full Bench
Health Services Union v Mercy Hospitals Victoria Ltd [2024] FWCFB 235 (led by Malcolm Harding SC);
TasTAFE v Australian Education Union [2023] FWCFB 123 (unled);
Re Svitzer Australia Pty Limited [2022] FWCFB 213 (with Eugene White);
Fair Work Commission
Health Services Union v Northern Health [2025] FWC 905 (unled);
G4S Custodial Services Pty Ltd v CPSU, the Community and Public Sector Union [2024] FWC 3254 (unled);
Samantha Gurrier-Jones v OSM Australia Pty Ltd [2024] FWC 3154 (unled);
Health Services Union v Mercy Hospitals Victoria Ltd [2023] FWC 683 (unled);
Svitzer Australia Pty Ltd [2022] FWC 1438 (with Eugene White).
Andrew holds 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 was Chris Horan QC (as his Honour then was).
Industrial/employment law
Andrew has acted for trade unions, individual employees and employers in a broad range of employment and industrial law matters, including suspension/termination of industrial action, protracted bargaining, Award and Enterprise Agreement disputes, general protections ("adverse action") claims, unfair dismissal, restraint of trade matters and discrimination claims.
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.
Commercial law
In commercial matters, Andrew has experience in debt and insolvency, corporate structures and securities, and contractual disputes.
Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards legislation. The information referred to above has been supplied by the barrister concerned. Neither Victorian Bar Inc nor the barrister’s clerk have independently verified the accuracy or completeness of the information and neither accepts any responsibility in that regard.
