Member Profiles

Contact Details

Jessica Clark
William Forster Chambers

1/26 Harry Chan Avenue
DARWIN NT 0801

PO Box 4369
DARWIN NT 0801

Tel: (08) 8982 4700
Fax:
Email: jclark@williamforster.com

Year and Place of First Admission

2014, Victoria

Qualifications

Bachelor of Laws (Hons)

Bachelor of Nursing

Areas of Practice

Health Law, Mediations, Medical Negligence, Motor Accidents, Personal Injury, Tort Law including Negligence, Professional Services, Worker’s Compensation

Career

Jessica specialises in personal injury litigation.

She joined the Victorian Bar in 2014. Since being called to the Bar, Jessica has appeared in a wide range of matters including personal injury trials, worker’s compensation claims, criminal matters, guardianship matters and coronial matters.

Jessica previously worked as a registered nurse for five years. During her time as a registered nurse, Jessica gained experience in a variety of areas including anaesthetics, post anaesthetic care, neonatal special care and emergency nursing.

Jessica is a sub-editor of the Negligence chapter in the current edition of Thomson-Reuters’ The Laws of Australia.

Select list of cases

Thacker v TAC [2021] VCC 814 (led by WR Middleton QC)

Mahoney v Transport Accident Commission [2021] VCC 495 (led by P Jens QC)

Celic v Henley Arch Pty Ltd (ACN 15 007 316 930); Celic v Victorian WorkCover Authority [2021] VCC 396 (led by J Ruskin QC)

Cofie v Transport Accident Commission [2020] VCC 1772 (led by P Rattray QC)

Nimmo v Transport Accident Commission [2020] VCC 1306 (led by P Elliott QC)

Noll v VWA [2020] VCC 1252 (led by S Smith QC)

Moebus v State of Victoria[2020] VCC 1022 (led by N Wolski)

DPP v Pain & Bush; Lambert & Paris v Pain [2019] VSC 728

Skadric v Transport Accident Commission (Review and Regulation) [2019] VCAT 1120 (

Dimos v Transport Accident Commission (Review and Regulation) [2018] VCAT 1820

Inquest into the death of Stanley Hayhurst and the Aberfledy Bushfire (led by F Ellis)

Cox v Karkhanis [2017] VCC 1959