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Ben Patrick | Snr Associate | Melbourne

Ben Patrick | Snr Associate | Melbourne
Areas of Law: Commercial Dispute Resolution
Phone: +61 (0)3 9321 9809
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Ben is specialises in commercial litigation with a broad experience in matters across most Australian jurisdictions.   He also has acted in multi-jurisdictional matters with experience in the Nigerian, British and Dutch legal systems.

Ben has experience in both small and large scale litigation and has acted for a variety of clients including:

  • employers
  • parties to contractual and commercial disputes
  • building professionals
  • individuals
  • insurers

This work has included obtaining injunctions and search orders prior to issuing proceedings.  He also has experience in the management and inspection of large scale electronic discovery and obtaining expert evidence.  Ben actively promotes alternative dispute resolution and has successfully run mediations and settlement discussions on behalf of his clients. 

In 2007 and 2008 Ben advised and represented a Dutch client seeking to recover assets from a previous employee living in Queensland.  This case required the seizing of assets and documents, and then involved the insolvency of companies both in Australian and Africa. 

Since then, Ben has managed and run litigation relating to breaches of the Corporation and Trade Practices Acts, the winding up of a joint venture and the fall-out from Opes Prime.

Outside of the law, Ben was a coach of the 2008 Olympic Canoe Slalom Team.

Qualifications
Bachelor of Commerce – Melbourne University
Bachelor of Laws – Melbourne University

Memberships
Law Institute of Victoria, Young Lawyers Section
Admitted to practice in Victoria in April 2005
Publications
“Building balances into progress payments”, Law Institute Journal, March 2010


  
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