Member Profiles
Year and Place of First Admission
2010 New South Wales
Qualifications
BA (philosophy major)/LLB (1st Class Honours), Australian National University
Career
Trevor began his career in the Insurance and Risk team at Clayton Utz in Sydney before moving to the Northern Territory. He was Associate to Justice Stephen Southwood on the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory before joining the North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency as a criminal barrister/solicitor.
In 2015, Trevor took the position of General Counsel, and later Crown Counsel, within the NT Solicitor General’s Chambers.
In 2020 Trevor moved to the private bar and joined William Forster Chambers. He has a general commercial, government and criminal practice with a particular interest in the limits of government power.
Significant cases
- DWD Project Pty Ltd v NT EPA [2023] NTCA 3: environmental prosecution.
- Sherrington v ICAC (No 2) [2023] NTCA 11: Independent Commissioner Against Corruption, leave to allege bad faith.
- Kaefer Integrated Service Pty Ltd v Spohn [2022] NTSC 45: worker’s compensation, statutory construction.
- Knowles v Commonwealth of Australia [2022] FCA 741: class action, COVID-19, summary judgment.
- Campbell v Northern Territory of Australia [2022] FCAFC 37: Led by D McLure SC – use of force in youth detention.
- DPP v Tran [2021] NTSC 7: criminal property forfeiture.
- Northern Territory of Australia v EH (2021) NTLR 67: guardianship order – authority of guardian to make medical decisions.
- Jenkings v Northern Territory of Australia (No 5) (2021) 398 ALR 8: class action, approval of settlement.
- Binsaris v Northern Territory of Australia (2020) 270 CLR 549: Led by D McLure SC – use of force in youth detention.
- O’Neill v Roy (2020) 272 CLR 291: Led by J Gleeson – police powers, implied licence to knock.
- Northern Territory of Australia v Mr A Griffiths (deceased) (2019) 269 CLR 1: Led by S Brownhill SC – native title, quantum of compensation.
- Preston v Avery (2019) 267 CLR 171: Intervening – abortion clinic bubble zone laws.
- Work Health Authority v Outback Ballooning Pty Ltd (2019) 266 CLR 428: Led by S Brownhill SC – conflict of laws, work health prosecution, civil aviation law.
- Prior v Mole (2017) 261 CLR 265: Led by S Brownhill SC – police powers, protective custody.
Areas of Practice
Administrative and Public Law, Anti-discrimination, Appeals, Commercial Law, Constitutional law, Contract, Criminal Law, Criminal Property Forfeiture, Licensing, Mining, Resources and the Environment, Personal Injury, Professional Services, Trade Practices, Tort Law including Negligence, Health Law, Injunctions, Inquiries, Intellectual Property
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