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OVERVIEW

Year of call: 2019

Jason practises in commercial litigation, including construction, insolvency and professional negligence. He also has experience in regulatory and criminal matters. 

He acts for banks, local councils, government departments, companies, liquidators, bodies corporate and individuals. His clients have included ANZ, CBA, EB Games, the State of Queensland, the Gold Coast City Council and the Sunshine Coast City Council.

He has appeared unled in the Queensland Court of Appeal on multiple occasions, including against King’s Counsel and in cases involving novel questions of law.

He is currently briefed in a $350 million insider trading class action. He has previously acted for the successful mining contractor in a $30 million construction dispute, and for the plaintiff council in a 16-party professional negligence suit.

Prior to the bar, he was a senior solicitor at the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions and Legal Aid Queensland, and a judge’s associate. He is a member of the Queensland Bar Association and sits on the Pro Bono Committee. 

SELECTED CASES

APPELLATE (unled)

  • Huang v Body Corporate for The Dorchester CTS & Attorney-General for the State of Queensland & Human Rights Commission (Court of Appeal 9058/24). Appeared for the respondent body corporate against King’s Counsel. Raised novel questions in the context of a body corporate adjudication and the Human Rights Act 2019 (Qld). Judgment reserved (G Del Villar KC S-G with K Blore for the intervening Attorney-General; P Morreau KC for the Human Rights Commission). 
  • R v TC [2025] QChC 8.  Appeared for the applicant in the first successful challenge to a sentence under the new “Adult Crime, Adult Time” regime. 
  • R v MDY [2024] QCA 119. Appeared for the successful appellant in a rape conviction appeal. All three grounds of appeal allowed.

APPELLATE (led)

CORPORATE & COMMERCIAL

  • Blue Dog Group Pty Ltd v Credit Suisse Equities (Australia) Limited & Ors (BS 2951/24). Acting for the eighth defendant in a $350 million insider trading class action (led by Matthew Jones KC and Ingrid King).
  • Council of the City of Gold Coast v Wilkins & Ors (BS 11722/20). Acted for the plaintiff Council in a 16-party professional negligence claim arising from subsidence at a commercial development (led by Keith Howe). 
  • Glenique Pty Ltd v Stenton-Dozey (BD 55/24). Acted for the successful respondent to an application for a freezing order and interlocutory injunction based on a solicitor’s lien. 
  • An examination under the ASIC Act [2023]. Represented the examinee in a coercive examination under s 19 of the ASIC Act investigating suspected contraventions of director’s duties and unlawful fundraising activities. 
  • Esteb v Mengan Pty Ltd & Ors (QUD98/2021). Acted for the applicant in a dispute concerning underpayment of wages and claims in proprietary estoppel (led by Christopher Murdoch QC; contra Michael Hodge QC).  

INSOLVENCY

  • Re Family Farms Cambroon Pty Ltd (BS 1240/24). Acted for the company in an application to wind up an alleged managed investment scheme under s 601EE of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth). Involved more than 100 investors purporting to hold fractional co-ownership in a communal farming enterprise (led by Matthew Jones KC). 
  • A public examination under the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) [2022]. Acted in a mandatory examination under s 596A of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) for the former director of a coal mining joint venture. Alleged conduct under investigation included payment of an $8M dividend while insolvent. 
  • In the matter of Oilseeds Australia Pty Ltd (BS 6028/22). Acted for the successful applicant in an application to set aside a statutory demand.  
  • Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited v Lawson (BD 4239/ 19). Acted for ANZ in an application for recovery of possession. 

CONSTRUCTION

  • An adjudication under the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 (NSW) [2022]. Acted for the successful mining contractor: $4.7M recovered and the respondent’s $27M setoff entirely dismissed (led by Matthew Jones KC).
  • QBCC v Abel House Removers (BD 448/ 23): Acted for a contractor against the QBCC in a proceeding for recovery under s 71 of the QBCC Act (contra Peter Hastie KC). 

REGULATORY & CRIMINAL

  • Australian Federal Police v Crazzi [2022] QSC. Obtained Supreme Court bail for a man charged with Syria-related terrorism offences (led by Philip Dunn QC).
  • Attorney-General (Qld) v Willis [2022] QSC. Acted for the successful respondent in a dangerous prisoner contravention hearing, involving cross-examination of two-court appointed psychiatrists.
  • Regulatory proceedings. Jason has acted for numerous businesses in enforcement proceedings such as under the Electrical Safety Act, the Work Health and Safety Act, the Food Act and the Fire Services Act. 
  • Criminal prosecutions. Jason has successfully defended accused charged with serious criminal offences including rape and violent home invasion. He is also briefed by the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions.

AREAS OF PRACTICE

  • Administrative
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Appellate
  • Banking & Finance
  • Building & Construction
  • Commercial
  • Competition & Consumer Law
  • Contract
  • Corporate Insolvency & Bankruptcy
  • Equity
  • Judicial Review
  • Professional Liability
  • Property
  • Trusts