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Julia has a broad practice that includes commercial law, criminal law and public law.

Prior to the Bar, Julia was an Associate to the Hon Justice Nettle AC in the High Court in 2018 and to the Hon Chief Justice Warren AC in the Supreme Court in 2015 to 2016. She was previously a Principal Solicitor at the Office of Public Prosecutions and a solicitor in the Litigation and Victoria Police branches of the Victorian Government Solicitor’s Office.

Julia holds a Bachelor of Science (Mathematics and Statistics) and a Bachelor of Laws (First Class Honours; Supreme Court Prize) from the University of Melbourne. She also holds a Bachelor of Civil Law (Distinction) from the University of Oxford. She has lectured in Remedies and Torts in the JD program at Melbourne Law School. She is a reporter for the Commonwealth Law Reports and the Victorian Reports.

Matters in which Julia has appeared include:

• Commonwealth v Yunupingu (Gove Compensation Case) [2024] HCATrans 48, on appeal from [2023] FCAFC 75 – native title; constitutional law (led by S A Glacken KC and G Hill SC)
• Director of Public Prosecutions v Smith [2024] HCATrans 27 – criminal procedure; statutory interpretation (led by L T Brown SC, Crown Counsel, with S C Clancy)
• Hun v Aljazeera International (Malaysia) SDN BHD (Federal Court, ongoing) – defamation (led by J J Gleeson KC)
• Zeally Investments Pty Ltd v Minister for Planning [2023] VSC 755 – administrative law; planning (led by C J Horan KC)
• Davey v Northern Territory (Federal Court; ongoing) – native title compensation claim (led by S A Glacken KC and T P Keely SC)
• Farm Transparency International Ltd v New South Wales [2022] HCA 23 – constitutional law (led by S Donaghue QC, Solicitor-General of the Commonwealth, with T Wood)
• Barngarla Determination Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC v Minister for Resources and Water [2023] FCA 809 – judicial review; constitutional law (led by C L Lenehan SC, with C J Tran and C Trahanas)
• Azizi v Director of Public Prosecutions [2022] VSCA 71 – proceeds of crime; statutory interpretation (led by Dr P T Vout QC)
• Re HEST Australia Ltd [2021] VSC 809 – trusts and superannuation (led by P H Solomon QC, with J A G McComish)
• Director of Public Prosecutions v Bowen (2021) 65 VR 385; [2021] VSCA 355 – appeal against sentence (led by C B Boyce QC)

From 7 May 2021, liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards legislation.