Employment Relations and Safety, Government Services, State Government NSW
Lawyers Weekly 30 Under 30 Finalist (Work Health and Safety)
Michael’s well-rounded experience across work health and safety, employment and administrative law enables him to deliver timely and commercially focused solutions for clients.
Acting for a broad range of clients, he advises on work health and safety obligations and the employment life cycle. Michael also regularly advises on major safety incidents, prosecuting and defending safety prosecutions, provides advice regarding contracts of employment, policies, performance management and workplace investigations, and merit and judicial review of Government decisions including privacy, Government information and licensing decisions.
Michael regularly acts for clients in the NSW Supreme Court, NSW District Court, NSW Industrial Relations Commission, the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal, Fair Work Commission and Coroner’s Courts.
His clients span Australian and internationally-based private sector clients to Commonwealth and state government agencies.
Michael was formerly the Chair of the Young Lawyers Workplace and Safety Law Sub-Committee.
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Advising private sector clients and Commonwealth and State Government agencies on work health and safety obligations and incident response.
Advising on major safety incidents and prosecutions in the New South Wales District Court and New South Wales Industrial Relations Court.
Advising and acting for clients in various employment litigation including unfair dismissal, general protections and discrimination claims.
Advising and acting for State Government agencies in merit and judicial review of Government decisions including privacy, Government information and licensing decisions.
