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Chadwick has a broad practice in public, commercial, regulatory and criminal law. He has particular interest in corporate misconduct, white-collar crime, class actions and human rights.

Before coming to the Bar, Chadwick had a career spanning the public, private and not-for-profit sectors. He was most recently General Counsel at Grata Fund, a public interest litigation funder. Previous roles include Acting Principal Solicitor and Senior Solicitor at the Justice and Equity Centre specialising in strategic litigation, Associate at Allens working on regulatory investigations and disputes, and Adviser at the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, advising on public law and policy including national security.

Chadwick was also Associate to the Hon Justice Mortimer, now Chief Justice of the Federal Court.

Chadwick holds a Bachelor of Laws (Hons I) and a Bachelor of Arts in Government and International Relations from the University of Sydney. He also has a Master of Laws specialising in International Law (with Distinction) from the Australian National University. He currently teaches public law at Melbourne Law School.

Chadwick sits on the Victorian Bar’s Human Rights Committee and is on the Commonwealth DPP’s Junior Counsel List. He read with Fiona Batten and his senior mentor is Neil Clelland KC.

His recent cases include:

Public law

• Hobley v Rasier Pacific Pty Ltd (disability discrimination claim against Uber, led by Kate Eastman SC, with Rebecca Davern for the applicant)
• MWC25 on behalf of MWD25 and MWE25 v NSW (racial discrimination claim against NSW Police, led by Tony McAvoy SC, with Kathleen Heath for the applicant)
• National Disability Insurance Agency and Hyde (Guidance and Appeals Panel) [2025] ARTA 2597 (statutory interpretation before the ART Guidance and Appeals Panel, unled)
• Glamorgan Spring Bay Council v Mills [2025] FWCFB 69 (unfair dismissal appeal, unled for the respondent)
• KPA25 v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2025] FCA 1188 (unled for the applicant)

Commercial and regulatory

• Sunshine Disability Care Services Pty Ltd and Commissioner of the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission (NDIS) [2025] ARTA 2475 (unled, for the Commissioner)
• Caring Beyond Bounds Pty Ltd and Commissioner for the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission (NDIS) [2025] ARTA 2755 (unled, for the Commissioner)
• Active Sports Management Pty Ltd v Industry Innovation and Science Australia [2024] FCA 1346 (judicial review of taxation decision, led by Stephen Lloyd SC, with Fiona Batten for the respondent)
• Various advices in matters concerning director’s duties, private health insurance, employment

Class actions

• Yong v Westpac Banking Corporation (shareholder class action, led by Wendy Harris KC, with Leana Papaelia, Dion Fahey, Tom Rawlinson for the applicant)
• Janssen v OnePath Custodian Pty Ltd & Ors (superannuation class action, led by Kristine Hanscombe KC, with Alexandra Folie, Tim Farhall, James Page, Michela Agnoletti for the applicant)

Crime

• CDPP v Bowen [2024] VCC 2114 (insider trading, led by Neil Clelland KC and Ruth Shann SC, with Felicity Fox for defence)
• DPP v Prommachan (sex offences, led by Sarah Thomas for the prosecution)
• Various contested committals, bail applications, pleas and appeals for prosecution and defence

Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards legislation.