Laina Chan
Admission:
- Supreme Court of NSW 1996
- High Court of Australia 1996
- NSW Bar 2004
Professional Membership:
Experience:
- BSc Hons, LLB Hons - Sydney University
- Researcher to Justice Clarke in the Court of Appeal, 1994 - 1995
- Researcher to Justice Kirby in the Court of Appeal, June - December 1994
- Phillips Fox, 1996 - 1998
- Minter Ellison, 1998 - 2003
- Herbert Geer Rundle/Crisp, 2003 - 2004
- 6th year at commercial/equity bar
Areas of Expertise
Of note:
Taylor Thomson Whitting ats Aquatec-Maxcon Pty Limited [2006] VSC 117 and [2007] VSC 127;
Supreme Court oppression proceedings acting for the minority shareholder in Tonuna Pty Limited v South Asian Television Pty Ltd & World Media Group Private Ltd;
Professional negligence proceedings in relation to a notice to complete and subsequent termination of contract for sale of real property in Monzer Tabbouch v Scott Devlin & ors [2008] NSWSC 600.
Co-authored an article with Justice Clarke on Contempt in the face of the court; Published Articles in Building Australia.
Lecturing for the University of Melbourne's postgraduate studies on Rights and Liabilities in Construction on the topics of Security for Performance and Insurance.
Presenter at CPDS seminar on "Construction and litigation costs", 19 March 2008
Presenter at Property Law Conference organised by Television Education Network on "Conveyances which go wrong: Unwanted Caveats and Fraud", 19 February 2009 - read more
Presenter at Property & Mortgage Risk Management Annual Half Day CLE; "When Conveyances go Wrong: Pitfalls & Perils; 4 March 2010 - read more
Laina has written an article for the Australian Property Investor Magazine on "When conveyances go wrong", July 2009 - read more
Laina has written an article on "Costs protection in a proportionate liability environment - is it possible?", July 2009 - read more
Outside the Law:
Reading, gym, yoga, and spending time with my family. |
