Paul Hardman | Partner | Brisbane

Paul is a partner of the firm’s Employment and Commercial Dispute Resolution department. He is experienced in all aspects of litigation, in State and Federal jurisdictions, as well as employment, occupational health and safety and migration law.

Paul’s previous work has covered a range of areas including:

• Acting for multinational corporations and Government Owned Corporations in prosecutions under the Queensland Workplace Health and Safety Act, Electrical Safety Act and Environmental Protection Act

• Advising large corporate entities on Employment and Industrial Relations matters

• Advising and acting for corporations in respect of Australian Securities and Investments Commission prosecutions and Office of Fair Trading investigations

• Advising and acting for Government and professional bodies in administrative law matters (merits and judicial review, FOI and statutory interpretation)

• Advising and acting in major contractual and trade practices disputes for multinational corporations and large government entities

Paul’s clients have included multinational mining and transport entities, Commonwealth Government departments, Government Owned Corporations, professional associations, the Government of Japan and telecommunication entities.

Paul is also a registered Migration Agent (Registration No. 0534723) specialising in employment, business, investment and skilled migration.

Paul has previously worked with the Department of Immigration and Citizenship in Canberra, as well as having acted for the Department in numerous Administrative Appeals Tribunal, Federal Court and High Court matters while he was a senior associate with 2 national law firms who were on the Department’s legal panel.

Paul’s migration experience includes:

• Advising clients on visa applications

• Determining eligibility for employer sponsored migration

• General skilled migration

• Business skills entry

• Temporary and permanent business entry

• Advising on, and preparation of, applications for citizenship

• Representing clients before Tribunals and Courts in visa decision review proceedings

• Acting for employers subject to departmental monitoring and investigation

Qualifications
Bachelor of Laws
Bachelor of Arts
Solicitor - Supreme Court of Queensland, New South Wales and High Court of Australia
Barrister and Solicitor - Supreme Court of Tasmania.

Memberships
Migration Institute of Australia
Australian Institute of Administrative Law Inc
Queensland Law Society