Justin is a Melbourne based barrister practising in intellectual property, commercial law, and administrative law. Justin accepts briefs to advise and litigate in all aspects of intellectual property such as copyright, trade mark, designs, patents, breach of confidence and ACL disputes, including injunctions and mediations. Justin also advises and litigates in general commercial disputes involving contracts and equity, and has a judicial review and appellate practice. Some recent cases Justin has appeared in include:

• Minister for Home Affairs & Anor v FRX17 as Litigation Representative for FRM17 [2020] HCA 43 (led by Geoffrey Watson SC);
• Frugtniet v ASIC [2019] HCA 16 (led by Michael O’Bryan QC, now Justice O’Bryan);
• Flujo Holdings Pty Ltd v Merisant Company [2019] FCA 594;
• Frugtniet v MARA [2018] HCATrans 157;
• MARA v Frugtniet [2018] FCAFC 5;
• Callychurn v ASIC [2017] FCAFC 137 (led by Michael O'Bryan QC);
• Groove Train Holdings v Konute Enterprise (VID 22/2017);

Justin was a member of the Victorian Bar Council from 2014 -2017, and has been a member of the Victorian Bar Ethics Committee and a co-editor of the Victorian Bar News since 2017. Justin is a member of IPSANZ, Commbar, the Australian Institute of Administrative Law, and a contributing author to the confidential information section of Lahore’s Trade Marks, Patents and Confidential Information and Related Rights LexisNexis loose-leaf service, and a reporter for the Victorian Reports.

Prior to completing his LLM in intellectual property at Monash University Justin practised as a criminal barrister conducting jury trials for the prosecution and the defence in complex fraud trials. Justin has unique expertise in the intersection between intellectual property and the criminal law, and is often briefed to appear and advise when intellectual property litigation overlaps with parallel criminal proceedings.

*Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards legislation