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Darryl J. Burnett

QUALIFICATIONS   B. Juris, LL.B
ADMITTED  1982    BAR  1985
CHAMBERS  ODW 1324

CLERK CONTACT  03 9225 7999
PHONE  9225 8216
MOBILE  0417 547 350
EMAIL  darryl.burnett@vicbar.com.au

Darryl J. Burnett,   B. Juris, LL.B

AREAS OF PRACTICE

  • Magistrates Court
  • Coronial Inquests
  • Criminal Law
  • Disciplinary Tribunals
  • Employment / Industrial
  • Equal Opportunity / Discrimination
  • Guardianship
  • Intervention Orders
  • Occupational Health and Safety

ENQUIRIES: dever@vicbar.com.au

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Experience

After admission Darryl joined Shell Australia in its Industrial Law Department. His period there included being the Senior Industrial Relations Officer at the Corio Refinery with regular appearances as an advocate for Shell in various industrial tribunals. As a result, Darryl understands the business environment as it interfaces with employment law.

Darryl appears regularly in the Fair Work commission, the Federal Court, Magistrates and County Court in unfair / unlawful / wrongful dismissals and general protection applications. He also appears regularly in Disciplinary Tribunals defending professionals with particular emphasis on medical and allied professions. He is also experienced in family violence, stalking and intervention orders, crime, equal opportunity, coronial inquests and guardianship matters. He has appeared in the County Court on a number of occasions in intervention order appeals.

Vice President of the Victorian Bar Council 2021/ 2022.