Emrys Nekvapil S.C.
Emrys appears in a broad range of matters before:
• the High Court
• intermediate appellate courts
• the Federal Court
• State and Territory Supreme Courts
• land courts
• tribunals.
Reasons for matters in which he has appeared, or his publications have been cited, are listed here in reverse chronological order.
He chairs the Public Law Section of the Commercial Bar Association and is the author of Pizer’s Annotated VCAT Act (7th edn, 2022) and general editor of Victorian Administrative Law (Thomson Reuters).
*Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards legislation
Areas of Practice
Cases
- Loielo v Giles [2020] VSC 722
- PBU & NJE v Mental Health Tribunal [2018] VSC 564
- AB v CD: EF v CD [2018] HCA 58 (the “Lawyer X” case)
- AB v CD; EF v CD [2017] HCATrans 271
- Nationwide Towing & Transport Pty Ltd v Commissioner of State Revenue [2018] VSC 609
- PBU and NJE v Mental Health Tribunal (VSC) 2018
- Australian Securities and Investments Commission v Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited [2018] FCA 155
- AB v CD & EF [2017] VSCA 338
- Re Canavan; Re Ludlam; Re Waters; Re Roberts (No 2); Re Joyce; Re Nash; Re Xenophon [2017] HCA 45
- Re Joyce [2017] HCAASP 46
- AB & EF v CD [2017] VSC 350
- Coast and Country Association of Queensland Inc v Smith [2017] HCATrans 74 (7 April 2017)
- Prior v Mole [2017] HCA 10; 343 ALR 1; (2017) 91 ALJR 441
- Plaintiff S99/2016 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2016] FCA 483, (2016) 243 FCR 17
- Bare v Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission [2015] VSCA 197; (2015) 48 VR 129
- Australian Securities and Investments Commission v Cash Store Pty Ltd (in liq) [2014] FCA 926; [2014] ASC 155-200; Australian Securities and Investments Commission v The Cash Store Pty Ltd (in liq) (No 2) [2015] FCA 93, [2014] ASC 155-201
- Christian Youth Camps Ltd v Cobaw Community Health Services Ltd [2014] VSCA 75; (2014) 50 VR 256
- Kline v Official Secretary to the Governor General [2013] HCA 52; (2013) 249 CLR 645
- Momcilovic v The Queen [2011] HCA 34; (2011) 245 CLR 1
Publications
- Emrys Nekvapil – Pizer’s Annotated VCAT Act (6th edn, Thomson Reuters, 2017)
- Emrys Nekvapil – “Using the Charter in Litigation” in Groves, Matthew; Campbell, Colin (eds), Australian Charters of Rights A Decade On (The Federation Press, 2017)
- Emrys Nekvapil – General Editor, Victorian Administrative Law Looseleaf Service (Thomson Reuters)
- Emrys Nekvapil – Editor, Victorian Administrative Reports (Thomson Reuters)
QUALIFICATIONS
BA/LLB (Melbourne); Master of Laws (Government and Commercial) (ANU)
Emrys Nekvapil S.C.
Profile
Emrys appears in a broad range of matters before:
• the High Court
• intermediate appellate courts
• the Federal Court
• State and Territory Supreme Courts
• land courts
• tribunals.
Reasons for matters in which he has appeared, or his publications have been cited, are listed here in reverse chronological order.
He chairs the Public Law Section of the Commercial Bar Association and is the author of Pizer’s Annotated VCAT Act (7th edn, 2022) and general editor of Victorian Administrative Law (Thomson Reuters).
*Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards legislation
Areas of Practice
Cases
- Loielo v Giles [2020] VSC 722
- PBU & NJE v Mental Health Tribunal [2018] VSC 564
- AB v CD: EF v CD [2018] HCA 58 (the “Lawyer X” case)
- AB v CD; EF v CD [2017] HCATrans 271
- Nationwide Towing & Transport Pty Ltd v Commissioner of State Revenue [2018] VSC 609
- PBU and NJE v Mental Health Tribunal (VSC) 2018
- Australian Securities and Investments Commission v Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited [2018] FCA 155
- AB v CD & EF [2017] VSCA 338
- Re Canavan; Re Ludlam; Re Waters; Re Roberts (No 2); Re Joyce; Re Nash; Re Xenophon [2017] HCA 45
- Re Joyce [2017] HCAASP 46
- AB & EF v CD [2017] VSC 350
- Coast and Country Association of Queensland Inc v Smith [2017] HCATrans 74 (7 April 2017)
- Prior v Mole [2017] HCA 10; 343 ALR 1; (2017) 91 ALJR 441
- Plaintiff S99/2016 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2016] FCA 483, (2016) 243 FCR 17
- Bare v Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission [2015] VSCA 197; (2015) 48 VR 129
- Australian Securities and Investments Commission v Cash Store Pty Ltd (in liq) [2014] FCA 926; [2014] ASC 155-200; Australian Securities and Investments Commission v The Cash Store Pty Ltd (in liq) (No 2) [2015] FCA 93, [2014] ASC 155-201
- Christian Youth Camps Ltd v Cobaw Community Health Services Ltd [2014] VSCA 75; (2014) 50 VR 256
- Kline v Official Secretary to the Governor General [2013] HCA 52; (2013) 249 CLR 645
- Momcilovic v The Queen [2011] HCA 34; (2011) 245 CLR 1
Publication
- Emrys Nekvapil – Pizer’s Annotated VCAT Act (6th edn, Thomson Reuters, 2017)
- Emrys Nekvapil – “Using the Charter in Litigation” in Groves, Matthew; Campbell, Colin (eds), Australian Charters of Rights A Decade On (The Federation Press, 2017)
- Emrys Nekvapil – General Editor, Victorian Administrative Law Looseleaf Service (Thomson Reuters)
- Emrys Nekvapil – Editor, Victorian Administrative Reports (Thomson Reuters)
Qualifications & Memberships
QUALIFICATIONS
BA/LLB (Melbourne); Master of Laws (Government and Commercial) (ANU)