Glyn Ayres

Barrister

About Glyn

Glyn has a broad practice in public and commercial law.

He has appeared in complex cases at all levels of the Australian court system, including appeals, judicial review proceedings and class actions. His areas of expertise include constitutional law, administrative law, financial regulation, planning and environment, statutory interpretation and Royal Commissions. He regularly appears, led and unled, for governments, private parties and individuals, and gives advice on a wide range of legal issues.

Before coming to the Bar, Glyn was associate to the Hon Justice Stephen Gageler AC at the High Court of Australia and associate to the Hon Justice Debra Mortimer at the Federal Court of Australia. He was also a solicitor at Allens, practising in commercial litigation and insolvency, and he has taught at Melbourne Law School and Monash University in areas including constitutional law.

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Qualifications

  • B Arts/B Music (Hons)(Melbourne)
  • JD (Melbourne), BCL (Oxon)

Glyn holds a Juris Doctor from the University of Melbourne, where he won various prizes for individual subjects and overall performance.

He holds a Bachelor of Civil Law from the University of Oxford, where he received an Allan Myers Scholarship and a Peter Carter Scholarship.

Memberships & Associations

  • Fellow – Melbourne Law School, 2019

Publications

  • Contributing author, ‘Federal Court Practice’ (Thomson Reuters)

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