Year and Place of First Admission

1983 Victoria

Jurisdictions

High Court, Federal Courts and Tribunals, Victoria, Northern Territory

Degrees and Appointments

BA, LLB

Acting Master, Northern Territory Supreme Court, October 2004 – January 2005, Hearing Commissioner, Northern Territory Anti-Discrimination Commission, 2001 Chairperson, Pastoral Land Board, 2007 – present

Visiting lecturer, Charles Darwin University/Northern Territory University, Land and Property Law, 1994 – 1997, Indigenous Peoples and Property Law, 1998, Employment Law, 1999 and 2001, Professional Responsibility, 2004.

Areas of Practice

Administrative and Public Law, Anti-discrimination, Appeals, Commercial Law, De Facto Relationships Disputes, Employment Law, Engineering and Construction Law, Equity Partnerships and Trusts, Family Law, Human Rights, Injunctions, Inquiries, Insolvency, Insurance, Land Rights and Native Title, Licensing, Medical Negligence, Mining Resources and the Environment, Motor Accidents, Personal Injury, Professional Services, Real Property, Trade Practices, Wills and Probate, Workers’ Compensation

Career

• 1994 – present, barrister, William Forster Chambers, Darwin, NT
• 1991 – 1994, solicitor, Northern Land Council, Darwin, NT
• 1986 – 1990, solicitor, Australian Legal Aid Office, Darwin, NT
• 1983 – 1986, solicitor, Kevine Davine and Sons, Latrobe Valley, Victoria

Other interests include Indonesia and Indonesian language, completed requirements for Graduate Diploma of Indonesian Studies, currently enrolled in BA (Indonesian Studies), Charles Darwin University.

Major cases include

• NTD8 v Australian Crime Commission (No 2) [2008] FCA 1551 – succesful challenge to issue of notices to Aboriginal health service to produce medical information relying on International Convention on the Rights of the Child
• NTD8 v Australian Crime Commission (2008) 249 ALR 559 – apprehended bias application
• Foster v Que Noy [2008] FCAFC 56 – native title, removal of claimant group representative
• Extraman (NT) Pty Ltd v Blenkinship [2008] NTSC 31 (junior counsel) – validity of covenants in restraint of trade
• Hobby v Dinah Beach Cruising Yacht Club [2008] NTSC 20 – negligence, property damage
• Abbott v Territory Insurance Office Board (2007) 211 FLR 471 – motor accident compensation, dependent children, apportionment
• Sim v CBFC Ltd (2006) 234 ALR 719 (junior counsel) – bankruptcy, setting aside orders of NT Supreme Court
• Nine Network Australia Pty Ltd v McGregor (2004) 183 FLR 44 (CA) (junior counsel) – suppression order, judicial review
• Pegasus Gold Australia Ltd v Metso Minerals (Australia) Ltd (2003) 16 NTLR 54 (CA) – mortgages and securities, liens, fixtures
• Hooper v Territory Insurance Office (2002) 166 FLR 380 – motor accident compensation, dependents, apportionment
• Bilioara Pty Ltd v Leisure Investments Pty Ltd (2001) 11 NTLR 148 (CA) (junior counsel) – partnership, dissolution
• Kennedy & Cahill, in the Marriage of (1995) 118 FLR 60 (FC) (junior counsel) – apprehended bias

Contact details

Tony Young
William Forster Chambers
26 Harry Chan Avenue
Darwin NT 0800

GPO Box 4369
DARWIN NT 0801

Tel: + 61 (0)8 8982 4700
Fax: + 61 (0)8 8941 1541

email: tyoung@williamforster.com