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Herman BORENSTEIN SC
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| Name: |
Herman Borenstein SC |
| Qualifications: |
LLB (Melb) | |
| Chambers: |
Room 602 Joan Rosanove Chambers  |
| Direct Telephone: |
+61 3 9225 8192 |
| Mobile: |
0439 819 281 |
| Fax: |
+61 3 9225 7293 |
| Email: |
h.borenstein@vicbar.com.au  | |
| Signed Bar Roll: |
1987 |
| Silk: |
2001 |
| Admitted: |
1970 |
| Admitted in: |
VIC* | |
Areas of Expertise: |
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- Administrative Law (Merits Review and Judicial Review)
- Constitutional Law
- Disciplinary Proceedings
- Discrimination/Equal Opportunity
- Human Rights/Victorian Charter
- Industrial and Employment Law
- Mediation
- Royal Commissions
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Industrial highlights:
- Patrick Stevedores v MUA
(1998) 195 CLR 1
- Hanley v AMWU
(2000) 100 FCR 530
- CPSU v Telstra
(2001) 107 FCR 93
- FSU v Commonwealth Bank
(2005) 147 IR 462
Discrimination case highlights:
- Waters v PTC
(1991) 173 CLR 349;
- State of Victoria v Sinnappan (the Northland school case)
[1995] 2 VR 242;
- State of Victoria v Bacon [1998] 4 VR 269;
- Victoria v McKenna
(1999) 140 IR 256 |
Memberships and Associations: |
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- Victorian Bar Legal Education and Training - Continuing Legal Education Committee
- Victorian Bar Human Rights Committee
- CAT Anti-Discrimination List Users Group
- Industrial Bar Association - Immediate Past President
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| *Since 2005 barristers admitted to practice in Victoria are entitled to practise in all Australian jurisdictions without the need to be admitted in that State or to hold a practising certificate for that State. Read more... |

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