Will Newland practises primarily in commercial and public law.
Before coming to the Bar, Will worked in the litigation departments at Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP in New York, and Freehills in Melbourne. In 2010 and 2011, he was an Associate to Justice Crennan at the High Court of Australia.
Will holds a Master of Laws from Columbia University, a Bachelor of Laws with first class Honours from the University of Sydney, and a Bachelor of Arts with first class Honours from the University of Melbourne.
Since 2019, Will has been a reporter for the Commonwealth Law Reports.
Recent experience includes:
Court of Appeal
- Kytec Pty Ltd v ProLearn Corporation Pty Ltd [2024] VSCA 23
- Kytec Pty Ltd v ProLearn Corporation Pty Ltd (No 2) [2024] VSCA 122
- Willis v Crosland (No 2) [2021] VSCA 360 (led by Jeremy Twigg QC)
- Willis v Crosland (2021) 65 VR 1
- United Petroleum Australia Pty Ltd v Hudson [2020] VSCA 14 (led by Jeremy Slattery QC)
Supreme Courts
- Re Martar Pty Ltd (in liq) and Quinmar Pty Ltd (in liq) [2024] VSC 239
- Charles v Noureddine [2024] VSC 752
- Home Trades Hub Australia Pty Ltd v Oakes Ennis Investments Pty Ltd (resolved prior to trial, Victorian Supreme Court, led by Penny Neskovcin KC)
- Lawrence v Melbourne Football Club Limited [2022] VSC 658 (led by Penny Neskovcin KC)
- OHL Investments Pty Ltd v Belford Homes Pty Ltd [2022] VSC 573 (led by Michael Borsky KC)
- ACN 115 918 959 Pty Ltd v Moulieris [2022] VSC 555 (led by Charles Shaw KC)
- International Assets Pty Ltd v Rubin [2022] VSC 250 (led by Charles Shaw KC)
- Islamic Society of Victoria Inc v Ozyurek (resolved prior to trial, Victorian Supreme Court, led by Peter Bick QC, with Fatmir Badali)
- J&M Buljan Concreting Pty Ltd (in liq) v Countiexpo Pty Ltd (resolved prior to trial, Victorian Supreme Court, unled)
- Pentridge Village Pty Ltd (in liq) v Capital Finance Australia Ltd (2018) 58 VR 1; 339 FLR 358 (led by Stewart Anderson QC, with Andrew Bailey)
- Edwards v Avant Insurance Limited (2020) 31 Tas R 325 (led by Tim McEvoy QC)
- United Petroleum Australia Pty Ltd v Herbert Smith Freehills (a firm) [2018] VSC 347; (2018) 128 ACSR 324 (for Martin Hudson, led by Jeremy Slattery QC)
Federal Courts
- Ndoja v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2026] FedCFamC2G 33
- Zimmermann Vearings Pty Ltd v Sandhurst Capital Pty Ltd [2025] FCA 1675 (led by Noel Hutley SC and Peter Wallis KC)
- DDC19 v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2025] FedCFamC2G 1865
- Villawood Management Pty Ltd v Marlton Group Pty Ltd [2025] FCA 980 (led by Neil Young KC and Peter Wallis KC)
- Ekanayake v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs [2025] FedCFamC2G 558
- IT Consumable Solutions Pty Ltd v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs [2025] FedCFamC2G 557
- Lindholm (liquidator), in the matter of Aviation 3030 Pty Ltd (in liq) [2021] FCA 1244 (providing confidential advice to the liquidator) (led by Hamish Austin QC)
- Microsoft Corporation v CPL Notting Hill Pty Ltd (No 5) [2019] FCCA 1255 (led by Peter Bick QC)
County Court
- Ringroad Investments Pty Ltd v Coimbra Goncalves and O’Connor (ongoing, Victorian County Court, unled)
International Arbitration
- Tribunal secretary in Mumbai seated SIAC arbitration involving contractual and statutory claims arising from investments made in the development of coal fired thermal power plant
- Tribunal secretary in London seated PCA arbitration involving contractual disputes arising from state sponsored onshore petroleum exploration and extraction activities
Publication
- “Equitable Relief against Penalties” (2011) 85 Australian Law Journal 434 (referred to by High Court in Andrews v ANZ Banking Group Limited (2012) 247 CLR 205 and Federal Court in Andrews v ANZ Banking Group Limited (2011) 211 FCR 53; 86 ACSR 292)
*Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards legislation
