• Arbitration
• Building, Construction & Engineering
• Commercial Law
• Corporate Insolvency
• Corporations and Securities
• Government Inquiries
• Mediation
• Planning and Environment
• Property

David H Denton, S.C. practises in the commercial and appellate divisions of the Federal Court of Australia, the Supreme Courts in Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland and the Planning & Environment Court of Queensland.

He has a keen interest in arbitration and in all aspects of company law, shareholder disputes and Queensland planning matters and has appeared in many leading cases in these areas. 

He is a Certified Arbitrator and an experienced Mediator. 

 Mr Denton holds or has held the following positions:

• President of the Commercial Bar Association ("CommBar");
• Professorial Associate at Victoria Law School, Victoria University, Melbourne;
• President of the Australian Institute for Commercial Arbitration Inc.;
• Fellow (Certified Arbitrator) of the Australian Institute for Commercial Arbitration;
• Chair - Deputy Chair of the Corporations and Securities Law Section of CommBar;
• Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors;
• Honorary Secretary of the International Commission of Jurists (Australian Section) in Victoria;
• Author of a number of practice texts and papers in relation to commercial law and insolvency.

• A Practical Session On Preparing for and Conducting a Commercial Trial (2007 Leo Cussen Institute)
• Directors’ Duties – Some Observations – USA – UK – Australia (2004 Law Institute of Victoria)
• Re Wakim – Cross-Vesting - Quo Vadis? (1999 LIV)
• Voluntary Administration - Framework and Principles (1995 LCI)