Jeremy Kirk practises nationally, specialising in public, commercial and appellate law.
He has appeared in more than 20 cases in the High Court, including:
• Work Choices Case (constitutional law)
• Pape v Commissioner of Taxation (constitutional law)
• Harriton v Stephens (the wrongful life tort cases)
• Tabet v Gett (loss of chance claims in medical negligence).
• NEAT v AWB (administrative law)
• Toll v Alphapharm (contract)
• Mobil v Trendlen (representative proceedings/practice & procedure)
• Farah Constructions v Say-dee (equity)
He has appeared in many notable cases in other courts and tribunals, including:
• Getup Ltd v Electoral Commissioner (2010), obtaining orders upholding the validity of electronic enrolment to vote;
• KF v Westmead Hospital (2010), obtaining the first court order in NSW requiring a plaintiff to undergo genetic testing;
• Betfair v Racing NSW (2010), appearing for NSW;
• the Catherine Hill Bay Case (2009), appearing for the successful challenger to a major development approved under Part 3A of the EPA Act;
• Stewart v Ronalds & NSW (2009), upholding the validity of the dismissal of a State Minister;
• HIH v Adler & others – acting for the HIH Liquidators in a misleading conduct claim relating to the sale of FAI to HIH.
His specific practice areas include:
- Administrative & public law
- Appellate practice
- Commercial and corporate law
- Constitutional law
- Environment, planning and property law
- Public & private international law
- Trade practices & competition law
BA, LLB (Hons) (ANU)
BCL, DPhil (Oxon)
Jeremy obtained law and arts degrees at the Australian National University, receiving a University Medal for law along with 14 other prizes.
He then attended the University of Oxford on a Rhodes Scholarship, obtaining a Masters degree (the BCL) and a doctorate. He was awarded the Vinerian Scholarship at Oxford for the top student in the BCL course.
When coming to the bar, he received the Bar Association's prize for coming top of the bar exams.
He has published many articles on constitutional, administrative and tort law.
He has been included in the "Best Lawyers" list, published in the Financial Review, since its inception.
Jeremy Kirk CV
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