Kathleen maintains a general litigation and advice practice, appearing regularly in the New South Wales Supreme Court and Federal Court. Kathleen has acted and advised in a diverse range of cases including commercial, equity, tort, class action, insurance, regulatory, real property, public law, environmental law, arbitration, and administrative law matters. Recent matters include the PFAS multi-site class actions (Haswell and Wreck Bay), Whitthahn & Ors v Wakefield [2024] QSC 2, ACE Demolition & Excavation Pty Ltd v Environment Protection Authority [2024] NSWCCA 4, Avant Insurance Limited v Darshn [2022] FCAFC 48, and DCR19 v Minister For Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs [2021] FCAFC 229. Prior to coming to the bar, Kathleen worked as a solicitor at Clayton Utz, Tipstaff to Justice Gleeson of the New South Wales Court of Appeal, Judicial Associate to Chief Justice Allsop of the Federal Court of Australia and Arbitral Tribunal Secretary to Professor Doug Jones AO.
Whitthahn & Ors v Wakefield [2024] QSC 2
Decision PDFACE Demolition & Excavation Pty Ltd v Environment Protection Authority [2024] NSWCCA 4
Decision PDFWreck Bay Aboriginal Community Council v Commonwealth of Australia (No 3) [2023] FCA 1132
Decision PDFB v B [2023] NSWSC 1231
Decision PDFDCR19 v Minister For Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs [2021] FCAFC 229
Decision PDFBachelor of Social Science - University of New South Wales
Bachelor of Laws (1st Class Hons) - University of New South Wales
Master of Laws - Sydney University
Kathleen graduated from the University of New South Wales with a Bachelor of Social Science
Kathleen graduated from the University of New South Wales with a Bachelor of Social Science
and Bachelor of Laws (with 1st class honours), later obtaining a Master of Laws from Sydney
University.