Joanna has a varied public and regulatory practice, including constitutional law, administrative law, environment and planning law, competition law and inquests and inquiries. She regularly appears in matters involving complex issues of statutory construction. She is often briefed in appellate proceedings and appears both led and unled for and against Commonwealth and State government agencies in federal and State courts, tribunals and inquiries, including as Counsel Assisting.
Private R v Cowen(2020) 271 CLR 316
Minogue v Victoria(2019) 93 ALJR 1031
Brown v Tasmania(2017) 261 CLR 328
Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v SZSSJ(2016) 259 CLR 180
North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency Ltd v Northern Territory(2015) 256 CLR 569
Australia v Queensland Rail(2015) 256 CLR 171
Environmental Council of Central Queensland Inc v Minister for the Environment and Water (reserved
TX Australia Pty Ltd v ACCC(2021) 287 FCR 92
Volkswagen AG v ACCC [(2021) 284 FCR 24
Secretary, Department of Education and Training v Simpson Networks Pty Ltd(2019) 273 FCR 252
Malek Fahd Islamic School Ltd v Minister for Education and Training(2018) 260 FCR 212
Babington v Commonwealth(2016) 240 FCR 95
Environmental Council of Central Queensland Inc v Minister for the Environment and Water (No 2) [2023]
Environmental Council of Central Queensland Inc v Minister for the Environment and Water [2023] FCA
Houston v State of NSW (No 2)(2021) 289 FCR 425
ASIC v Vocation Pty Ltd (in liq)(2019) 140 ACSR 382
Randren House Pty Ltd v Water Administration Ministerial Corporation(2020) 246 LGERA 1
4Nature v Centennial Springvale Inc(2017) 224 LGERA 301
Lazarus v Independent Commission Against Corruption(2017) 341 ALR 483
Macdonald v The Queen; Maitland v The Queen(2016) 93 NSWLR 736
Obeid v The Queen(2016) 91 NSWLR 226
AQO v Minister for Finance and Services(2016) 93 NSWLR 46
Buttrose v Attorney General for NSW(2015) 324 ALR 562
Perpetual Trustee Co Ltd v Attorney General for the State of NSW (reserved February 2024, unled
Blooms the Chemist Management Services Ltd v Pharmacy Council of NSW (reserved November 2023, led
Upper Hunter Sustainable Industries Association Inc v MACH Energy Australia Pty Ltd (No 2) [2017]
Southern Highlands Coal Action Group Pty Ltd v Hume Coal Pty Ltd(2015) 209 LGERA 347
Lee v R(2014) 88 ALJR 656
Lee v NSW Crime Commission(2013) 87 ALJR 1082
State of NSW v Kable(2013) 87 ALJR 737
Director of Public Prosecutions v Khoury(2014) 306 ALR 86
Petroulias v The Hon Justice McClellan(2013) 306 ALR 210
Patsalis v Attorney General for NSW(2013) 303 ALR 568
Re McDermott(2013) 303 ALR 143
Fairfax Digital Aust and NZ Pty Ltd v District Court of NSW(2012) 83 NSWLR 52
Harvard Law School, LLM, 2007
Law School at the University of New South Wales, 2002
University of NSW, BA (Hons), LLB, 2003
University of NSW, BA (Hons), LLB, 2003