Joshua Forrest
QUALIFICATIONS BA (Hons), JD (Melb)
ADMITTED 2018 BAR 2023
CHAMBERS ODW 1901
CLERK CONTACT 03 9225 7999
PHONE 9225 7628
MOBILE 0415 374 561
EMAIL joshua.forrest@vicbar.com.au
AREAS OF PRACTICE
- Administrative Law
- Bankruptcy and Insolvency
- Class Actions
- Commercial Law
- Common Law
- Competition Law
- Constitutional
- Contract
- Corporations
- Defamation
- Employment / Industrial
- Environment and Planning Law
- Equity / Equitable Relief / Trusts
- Human Rights
- Institutional Abuse
- International / Conflicts of Law
- Public Law
- Regulatory Tribunals
- Schemes Of Arrangement
- Taxation Law
- Trade Practices
ENQUIRIES: dever@vicbar.com.au
Experience
Josh practises primarily in commercial and public law.
Before coming to the Bar, Josh was Associate to Justice McLeish of the Victorian Court of Appeal. Before that, he was Associate to Justice Elliott of the Supreme Court of Victoria.
Earlier, he practiced as a solicitor in the dispute resolution team at Arnold Bloch Leibler.
Josh holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Juris Doctor from the University of Melbourne, where he lectures in public and constitutional law.
Josh's senior mentor is Philip Solomon KC. He read with Shaun Gladman SC and Kateena O’Gorman SC.
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