Selena practices primarily in commercial and public law.
Selena was an Associate at the High Court (Justice Gageler), an Associate at the Federal Court (Justice Robertson) and Counsel Assisting the Solicitor-General of the Commonwealth (Dr Stephen Donaghue KC). She also worked at the Victorian Royal Commission into the Management of Police Informants and as a Senior Lawyer at the Australian Government Solicitor.
A selection of matters in which Selena has been briefed since coming to the Bar include:
- Sun Capital Investments Pty Ltd v Westpac Banking Corporation Ltd [2026] VSC 216 – banking – led by K Loxley SC, for the respondent
- Puelo v Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Ltd (2025, Victorian Supreme Court) – banking – led by K Loxley SC, for the respondent (ongoing)
- DPP (Victoria) v Tufuga (2026, County Court of Victoria; Victorian Court of Appeal) – criminal law; s 192A application on admissibility of evidence – led by C Winneke KC and J Wang, for the DPP (Victoria) and DPP (Commonwealth)
- Pabai Pabai v Commonwealth (2025, Federal Court of Australia (on appeal to the Full Court)) – tort – led by F McLeod SC, S Mirzabegian SC, C Trahanas, J Murphy, T Rawlinson for the appellants (ongoing)
- Friends of Australian Rock Art v Minister for Environment (WA) and Minister for Environment (Cth) (2025, Supreme Court of Western Australia and Federal Court of Australia) – judicial review; environmental law – led by S Maharaj KC and C Tran, with V Long Droppert and P Banerjee, for the applicant (ongoing)
- MCVN v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship – (2025, Federal Court) injunction restraining removal; judicial review; migration law – led by A McBeth, for the applicant (ongoing)
- Minister for Immigration v XMBQ [2026] FCAFC 19 – judicial review; migration law – led by E Nekvapil SC and J Murphy, for the respondent
Selena has a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) and a Bachelor of Arts from the ANU, where she graduated first in her law cohort. She also has a Master of Laws from Harvard University. She has taught various courses in private and public law at the ANU and the University of Melbourne.
Selena read with Kane Loxley KC. Her senior mentor is Kathleen Foley SC.
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