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Jack has a broad practice, focussing on industrial and employment law (including discrimination) matters, administrative law matters, commercial law matters and common law matters.

Jack is an experienced trial and appellate advocate who appears in courts and tribunals in Victoria and nationally. He also appears as an advocate before military tribunals on behalf of members of the Australian Defence Force, and for parties in connection with Royal Commissions and inquiries.

Jack has particular expertise in all matters involving the interpretation and application of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) and other industrial and anti-discrimination legislation; and applications for judicial review under the Fair Work Act. He has acted for private individuals and corporations (including ASX listed corporations), the Commonwealth and the State of Victoria, other States and their agencies, regulators and other government bodies.

Jack has appeared for clients across a broad range of industries including health and aged care, education, manufacturing, construction, transport and logistics, and banking and finance.

Before coming to the Bar in 2007, Jack served as an associate to Callaway JA of the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Victoria. He read with Stephen O’Meara (now O’Meara J). Jack has mentored four readers: Emma Harold, Patrick Tiernan, Niko Kordos and Ben Holding.

Jack is a former member of the Victorian Bar Council and has served on other Committees of the Bar. He is also a member of the Industrial, Commercial, Common Law and Military Bar Associations.

Examples of cases in which Jack has appeared can be found below.

For further information about his availability, fee rates and other information, please contact his clerk on 9225 7999 or by email to dever@vicbar.com.au.

Cases in which Jack has appeared

(Jack’s client is in bold text)

Ambulance Victoria v Richardson [2024] FWCFB 366 (appeal)

Australian Municipal, Administrative, Clerical and Services Union v Helloworld Travel Limited, Viva Holidays II Limited [2021] FWC 6535 (arbitration)

Australian Workers' Union v Chemring Australia Pty Ltd [2019] FCA 750 (interlocutory application)

Briggs v AWH Pty Ltd [2013] FWCFB 3316; (2013) 231 IR 159 (appeal)

Buckeridge v Littlepay Pty Ltd [2023] FCA 1036 (trial)

Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia v Siemens Ltd [2016] FWC 2041 (arbitration)

Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union v Geocon Constructors (ACT) Pty Ltd [2020] FWCFB 5208 (appeal)

Curatolo v Skye Children's Co-Operative Ltd [2015] FCA 14 (trial)

Dixon v United Workers Union [2023] FCA 1526 (interlocutory application)

Dr Shaodi You v Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation t/a CSIRO [2020] FWC 2752 (interlocutory application)

Ermel v DuluxGroup (Australia) Pty Ltd (No 2) [2015] FCA 17; (2015) 67 AILR 102-332 (trial)

Ezy Accounting 123 Pty Ltd v Fair Work Ombudsman [2018] FCAFC 134; (2018) 282 IR 86; (2018) 360 ALR 236 (with Jenny Firkin, now KC; appeal)

Fair Work Ombudsman v Skilled Offshore (Australia) Pty Ltd (No 2) [2015] FCA 1509 (interlocutory application)

Freedom Finance Accounting Pty Ltd v Goldstein [2017] VSC 179 (interlocutory application)

Hansen v Mt Martha Community Learning Centre Inc [2015] FCA 1099; (2015) 254 IR 1 (trial)

Jetstar Services Pty Ltd v L Ishak [2013] FWCFB 7030; (2013) 236 IR 274 (appeal)

Jirina Born v Mercy Hospitals Victoria Ltd [2017] FWC 1131 (arbitration)

Johnson v CUB Pty Ltd (2021) 287 FCR 520; (2021) 313 IR 44; [2021] FCAFC 219 (judicial review)

Lacson v Australian Postal Corporation (2019) 268 FCR 314; (2019) 284 IR 449; [2019] FCA 51

(trial)

Laverton Cold Storage Pty Ltd v National Union of Workers [2018] VSC 503 (interlocutory application)

Lyndoch Living Inc T/A Lyndoch Warrnambool v S Bolden [2014] FWCFB 5969 (appeal)

Maric v Ericsson Australia Pty Ltd [2020] FCA 452; (2020) 293 IR 442 (trial)

MCLT v Director-General of Security [2018] AATA 1359 (merits review)

Miller v DPV Health Ltd [2019] FWCFB 6890 (appeal)

Monash Health v Singh [2023] FCAFC 166; (2023) 327 IR 196 (appeal)

Nuttall v Hatch Pty Ltd [2024] FCA 339 (trial)

Pipe Hunter Pty Ltd T/A Pipe Hunter v Mr Daniel Mahony and Mr Anthony Russell [2013] FWCFB 4852 (appeal)

Printing Industry Association of Australia v Jurkin [2018] FCA 1001 (appeal)

Qube Ports Pty Limited v Mr Rudy Burkhardt [2022] FWCFB 65 (appeal)

Roberts-Smith v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Limited (No 28) [2022] FCA 115 (interlocutory application)

Roberts-Smith v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd & Ors (No 40) [2022] FCA 1614 (interlocutory application)

Roohizadegan v TechnologyOne Ltd (No 2) [2020] FCA 1407; (2020) 301 IR 1 (trial)

Serpanos v Commonwealth of Australia [2022] FCA 1226 (trial)

TechnologyOne v Roohizadegan (2021) 309 IR 262; [2021] FCAFC 137 (led by Bret Walker SC, with Rowan Minson; appeal)

Thomas v University of Melbourne (No 4) [2019] FCA 1798 (interlocutory application)

TIOBE Pty Ltd T/A TIOBE v Chen [2018] FWCFB 5726; (2018) 282 IR 1 (appeal)

Transport Workers’ Union of Australia v Linfox Armaguard Pty Ltd T/A Armaguard [2023] FWC 204 (arbitration)

United Firefighters' Union of Australia v Metropolitan Fire and Emergency Services Board [2017] FWCFB 2500; (2017) 266 IR 242 (appeal)

Von Schoeler v Allen Taylor and Company Ltd (t/as Boral Timber) (2020) 273 FCR 189; (2020) 376 ALR 110; [2020] FCAFC 13 (appeal)

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