Penny practises in a broad range of commercial matters.  She has particular expertise in administrative law, bankruptcy and insolvency, class actions, corporations law, competition and consumer law, professional negligence and taxation and revenue law.  Penny is recognised in Doyle’s 2022 listing of leading Victorian Commercial Litigation & Dispute Resolution Senior Counsel.

Cases

• Bob Brown Foundation Inc v Minister for the Environment  [2022] FCA 498, 873 and 989

• Australian Pharmaceutical Industries Limited, in the matter of Australian Pharmaceutical Industries Limited  [2022] FCA 103

• Australian Energy Regulator v Origin Energy Electricity Ltd  [2022] FCA 802

• Counsel Assisting in the Royal Commission into the Casino Operator and Licence (2021)

• Fox v Westpac [2021] VSC 573

• Counsel Assisting in the Royal Commission into the Management of Police Informants including appearances in Chairperson of the Royal Commission into the Management of Police Informants v DPP [2020] VSCA 184 and AB v CD & EF [2019] VSCA 28

• Basslink Pty Ltd v State of Tasmania (arbitration under modified UNCITRAL Rules before The Hon R French AC, appearing for the State of Tasmania, June 2018 – December 2020)

• Australian Competition & Consumer Commission v Kogan Australia Pty Ltd [2020] FCA 1004 and 1751

• Australian Energy Regulator v EnergyAustralia Pty Ltd [2020] FCA 1647

• Australian Competition & Consumer Commission v STA Travel Pty Ltd [2020] FCA 723

• Laszczuk v Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Ltd [2020] VSCA 17

• Dimitrov v Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Ltd [2019] VSCA 41

• Binaray Pty Ltd v RAMS Financial Group Pty Ltd [2019] QSC 165 and 280

• Primary Flooring Pty Ltd v Australian Comfort Group Pty Ltd [2019] VSC 104

• Australian Securities and Investments Commission v Port Philip Publishing Pty Ltd [2019] FCA 1483

• Secretary to the Department of Education v Paul [2019] VSC 670

• Commissioner of State Revenue v The Optical Superstore Pty Ltd [2019] VSCA 197 and [2018] VSC 524

• Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry, appearing for Westpac Banking Corporation (2018)

• Director of Consumer Affairs v The Reject Shop Ltd [2018] FCA 211

• Datta Yoga Centre Australia Pty Ltd v Wyndham CC [2018] VSC 353

• Pitt v Commissioner of State Revenue (2018) 53 VR 690

• Central Park Estate (Vic) Pty Ltd v Commissioner of State Revenue (2018) 53 VR 690

• Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Burden [2017] FCA 399 and other related cases [2017] FCA 397 and FCA 398

*Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards legislation

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