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Jason won the Melbourne University Supreme Court Prize in 1992 and, from May 1994 until April 1995, worked as an associate to Sir Anthony Mason, the then Chief Justice of the High Court. Jason completed his articles at Mallesons Stephen Jaques in early 1996 and worked in the Commercial Litigation group of that firm until July 1999. He has been a barrister at the Victorian Bar since November of that year.
Jason practises in the areas of administrative and commercial law, and has particular expertise in appeals from the VCAT, freedom of information, and VCAT practice and procedure. Some recent cases in which he has been involved include:
- Osland v Secretary to the Department of Justice (2008) 234 CLR 275 (waiver of legal professional privilege, FOI);
- ISPT v Melbourne CC [2008] VSCA 180 (VCAT appeal - land valuation);
- East Melbourne Group Inc v Minister for Planning [2008] VSCA 217 (judicial review, Wednesbury unreasonableness);
- Victoria Police v Marke [2008] VSCA 218 (whether disclosure under the Victorian FOI Act is to the "world at large");
- Macdiggers Pty Ltd v Dickinson [2008] VSC 576 (VCAT appeal - procedural fairness);
- Austwide Institute of Training v Dalman [2009] VSCA 25 (judicial review, procedural fairness);
- Cortorillo v Jamanlea Pty Ltd [2009] VCAT 1125 (whether the VCAT had the jurisdiction to entertain a proceeding under the Credit Code).
Jason is also the editor of the Pizer Victorian Administrative Law looseleaf service, and the author of Pizer’s Annotated VCAT Act, the third edition of which was published in mid-2007. He has also written numerous articles, including “Appeals from the VCAT” (2007) 29 Australian Bar Review 252, and “The VCAT and Natural Justice” (2004) 11 Australian Journal of Administrative Law 161. |
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