Authors

Tom Meagher

Director of Commercial Law:

Tom has 25 years business experience; including working for major national and local law firms, owning and managing IT businesses, and being a director and in-house counsel for a public company.

Courtney has nearly a decade’s experience working in law firms both in Perth the UK. In the UK, she was involved in the defence of large industrial class actions brought against the National Health Service. She worked closely with both clients and barristers, advising on liability and quantum, preparing for litigation, negotiating settlements and undertaking advocacy.

Carolyn Moss

Barrister, Francis Burt Chambers:

Carolyn primarily practises in the area of commercial litigation.

She has significant experience in insurance law, having acted on a wide variety of professional indemnity claims and on other insurance litigation.

Tim Kavenagh

Principal, Hunt & Humphry:

Tim Kavenagh is a senior resources, native title and litigation lawyer with over 30 years’ experience as both a private practitioner and as in-house counsel.

Michael Berry SC

Barrister:

John Toohey Chambers

Michael graduated from the University of Western Australia with degrees in philosophy (honours) in 1992 and law in 1995. He was admitted to practice in December 1996 and until 1998 worked at Ilbery Barbett and from 1998 until 2005 he worked at Kim Wilson & Co. Since November 2005 he has been a barrister at John Toohey Chambers specialising in all aspects of family law advice and representation at both trial and appellate level. In November 2014 he was appointed Senior Counsel.

Michael Perrella

Director:

Perrella Legal

Michael Perrella is a lawyer with over 10 years criminal law experience in Western Australia.

Principal Registrar Michael Gething

Supreme Court of Western Australia:

Michael Gething is the Principal Registrar of the Supreme Court of Western Australia where he spends significant time mediating commercial, property and inheritance actions commenced in the Supreme Court.

Marc Wilshaw

Partner, DLA Piper:

Marc Wilshaw, Partner, DLA Piper

Pamela Hass

General Counsel:

Legal Services, Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science and Innovation

Pamela holds a bachelor’s degree in law (with honours), an Arts degree, and a
master’s degree in law. She is a member of the Australian Institute of Company
Directors, and until December 2014 an elected member of the Council of the Law
Society of WA. She is now a Board Member of the RSPCA and was for four years a
Board member of the Perth Institute of Contemporary Art.

Andrew Gulyas

Solicitor, HBA Legal:

Andrew graduated from the University of Notre Dame (Sydney) in 2014 with a Bachelor of Law/Bachelor of Arts (History), and was admitted to practice as a solicitor in 2015.

John Syminton

Director:

Warren Syminton Ralph

John has held positions with numerous bodies including the Law Society of Western Australia where he was President in 1997, and the Legal Practice Board. He is a Director at Warren Syminton Ralph Pty Ltd.

Sean Macfarlane

Senior Lawyer, Strata Titles Act Reform, Landgate:

Sean was admitted to practice in 1992 and has been with Landgate since 2005. Sean specialises in strata and property law and has been dedicated to reforming the Strata Titles Act 1985 (WA) for the last three and a half years.

Adam Levine

Partner:

K & L Gates

As a partner of K&L Gates, Adam Levine advises on a broad range of commercial matters, including equity capital markets, takeovers and schemes of arrangement, business sales and acquisitions, regulatory compliance, corporate governance, and general corporate advisory work.

Nick Van Hattem

2020 President, Law Society of Western Australia:

Nicholas van Hattem is a barrister with experience in commercial, government and criminal law matters, practising from Francis Burt Chambers.

Magistrate Richard Bayly

Magistrate:

Magistrates Court of Western Australia

Magistrate Bayly was appoint as a magistrate of the Magistrates Court of Western Australia in 2005.