Maree has over 20 years’ experience as a lawyer, practising in Victoria and Tasmania.
She has a busy trial and appellate practice, with particular expertise in the following areas:
• Inquests, inquiries and commissions
• Personal injuries and tort
• Public and administrative law
• Regulatory and disciplinary matters
Maree was Counsel Assisting the Commission of Inquiry into the Tasmanian Government’s Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in Institutional Settings from 2021- 2022 (led by E Bennett SC, now Justice Bennett of the Federal Court).
She is currently briefed as Counsel Assisting the Coroner in the Coronial Inquest into the Hillcrest Primary School jumping castle tragedy.
Prior to commencing practice as a barrister in 2010, Maree was an Associate to the Honourable Justice Neave of the Victorian Court of Appeal, and a Senior Associate in the Litigation practice group at Allens. She completed a Master of Law degree at the University of Cambridge, on a scholarship from the Cambridge Trusts. She also has a First Class Honours undergraduate degree in law from the University of Tasmania.
Further details of Maree’s experience can be found here.
Malthouse Chambers
119 Hampden Road
Hobart Tasmania 7004
PO Box 20, Battery Point Tas 7004
Phone: (03) 6223 3844
Clerk: Dever’s List
Telephone: 03 9225 7999
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