Mark Rinaldi

Melbourne Chambers
Room 401, 235 Queen Street,
Melbourne Victoria 3000

C/- Clerk F, Owen Dixon Chambers,
205 William Street, Melbourne Victoria 3000

DX 92, Melbourne

Telephone: 03 9640 3241
Mobile: 0412 878 625
Facsimile: 03 9640 3104

Email:mrinaldi@bigpond.com

Clerk: Foley’s List Pty Ltd,
Owen Dixon Chambers, 205 William Street, Melbourne Victoria 3000

Admitted to Practice: 4 February 1991 (WA), 2 May 1994 (Vic)

Signed Bar Roll: 22 May 1997 (Vic)

Also Admitted in: WA, Victoria

Biography:

Prior to joining the Victorian Bar in 1997, Mark was a solicitor and Senior Associate at Freehills (Perth and Melbourne) in commercial litigation and employee relations (1991-1997). He was also Associate to Justice French of the Federal Court in 1990-91. His Honours thesis at the University of Western Australia was on "The Liability of Local Authorities for Negligent Misstatement". His Master's thesis at the University of Melbourne was on "Fair Process in Redundancy".  He also holds a Graduate Diploma in Corporations and Securities Law from the University of Melbourne.

Mark appears regularly in the Federal, Supreme, County and Magistrates' Courts, the Australian Industrial Relations Commission, Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal and various disciplinary tribunals, as well as providing advice and conducting mediations, predominantly in employment, industrial and commercial law matters.

Areas of Practice:

Administrative Law (Judicial Review)
Administrative Law (Merits Review)
Alternative Dispute Resolution/Mediation
Building and Construction
Civil Liberties
Commercial Law/Contracts
Corporations and Securities
Defamation, Media & Entertainment, Contempt
Employment
Equal Opportunity/Discrimination and Human Rights Law
Immigration/Migration
Industrial Relations
Inquests
Intellectual Property
Licensing and Disciplinary Tribunals
Sports Law
Torts
Trade Practices