Simon Fuller

Simon accepts brief to advise and appear as counsel and also to act as mediator.

He practises in a broad range of matters in the areas of commercial, family, and public/administrative law. Having a diverse litigation practice provides him with a strong understanding of the law, court-room advocacy, issues of evidence, and strategy. It also allows him a unique understanding of the intersections of different areas of the law. He appears both led and unled in state and federal courts and tribunals at all levels in both original and appellate matters. He is a member of the Tasmanian Bar, the Victorian Bar, and the Northern Territory Bar Association.

Prior to coming to the Bar, Simon was a solicitor at a prominent family law firm in Melbourne. He regularly appears in interim hearings and trials in family law matters in the Federal Circuit and Family Court including at an appellate level. He has a particular interest in equitable disputes involving real property, disputes involving third parties in the courts’ accrued jurisdiction, and matters involving questions of bankruptcy and liquidation. He has acted for and against bankruptcy trustees, liquidators, intervening creditors, and the Commissioner of Taxation.

He has given advice on and appeared in a wide variety of commercial matters including general contractual disputes, insurance-related matters, consumer law actions including misleading and deceptive conduct claims, retail and residential leases, franchising, insolvency and Corporations Act claims. Many of Simon’s matters have involved actions in equity including breaches of fiduciary duties, fraud, and breaches of trust. He has a particular interest in property-related disputes including equitable claims involving constructive, resulting trusts and estoppel and also disputes involving easements and adverse possession. He has also acted in ancillary applications involving caveats, injunctions, and freezing orders.

Simon has also given advice and appeared for both government and private clients in administrative law disputes including those involving appeals and judicial reviews of decisions of government bodies, tribunals, and lower courts.

Clerk:
Foley’s List
205 William Street
Melbourne Vic 3000
Ph: +61 3 9225 7777

Chambers:
Owen Dixon Chambers West
525 Lonsdale Street
Melbourne Vic 3000