Steven Standing

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Steven has many years’ experience in commercial litigation, having worked for 30 years as a commercial litigation lawyer at Herbert Smith Freehills prior to joining the Bar in 2015.

Since commencing as a barrister, Steven has acted in a wide range of matters including:

• Contract disputes
• Construction, oil and gas and mining disputes and arbitrations
• Misleading and deceptive conduct disputes
• Corporation matters including directors duties and shareholder oppression claims
• Estate administration, will and family provision claims
• Restraint of trade
• Liquor licensing matters (including regular appearances for one of Australia’s major retailers in various licensing applications and appeals, and representing defendants in prosecutions)
• Planning disputes (judicial review)
• Unfair preference claims

 

Steven completed mediator accreditation training in 2015 and since then has mediated more than 50 disputes (nearly all of which settled) and has published papers and presented a number of seminars in this area.

Steven also has extensive competition law experience including in relation to price fixing, market power and restraint of trade cases, negotiations with the ACCC, preparation of notifications for joint ventures and marketing arrangements, and advice in relation to advertising and misleading and deceptive conduct issues.

Steven was a member of the Competition Committee of the Law Council of Australia for a number of years.

 

Practice Areas

• Administrative law
• Arbitration
• Building and construction
• Competition
• Consumer law
• Contracts
• Corporations law
• Energy, mining and resources
• Environment, planning and development
• Equity
• Liquor licensing
• Mediation (accredited mediator)
• Professional negligence
• Property law
• Tort
• Trusts
• Wills and estates

 

Liability limited by a Scheme approved under Professional Standards Legislation.