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Contact Details

Paul Morgan
William Forster Chambers

Level 1, 26 Harry Chan Avenue
Darwin NT 0800

GPO Box 4369
Darwin NT 0801

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

Year and Place of First Admission

2015, Victoria

Degrees

Master of Laws (Juris Doctor), Monash University, receiving the Chief Justice Marilyn Warren prize for the Best Master of Laws (Juris Doctor) student for academic excellence

Bachelor of Economics (Hons),  Monash University

Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice, Leo Cussen Centre for Law

Areas of Practice

Commercial litigation, administrative law, professional liability (including medical negligence, and financial services), competition and consumer law,  appeals, child protection, criminal law, constitutional law.

Career

Paul has appeared in a wide range of matters in the Local Court and Supreme Court of the Northern Territory, as well as the Federal Court of Australia and the High Court.     

Paul commenced working as a solicitor at the North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency in Darwin in 2015, where he undertook a number of roles in the criminal section over a five year period, including Managing Solicitor of the youth team.

Prior to becoming a lawyer, Paul spent 18 years working as an investment banker based principally in Tokyo, and also had postings to London and Hong Kong.    He has extensive commercial experience in the Asian markets as well as throughout Australia, having been Managing Director and Head of Sales and Marketing for the Asia-Pacific operations of a major investment bank for over 5 years.  Paul is fluent in written and spoken Japanese.