Presenters

Robert Hay KC, Owen Dixon Chambers East
Robert Hay has been a barrister at the Victorian Bar since 1992 and practice mainly in the area of property law including sale of land, owners' corporation disputes, mortgages and leasing. Robert was appointed as a senior counsel in November 2014. He also acts as a mediator in property law disputes. Robert has co-authored the following leading texts - Bradbrook, Croft and Hay Commercial Tenancy Law (3rd ed, LexisNexis), 2009; Croft and Hay The Mortgagee's Power of Sale (3rd)(LexisNexis), 2012; Croft and Hay Retail Leases Victoria (looseleaf)(LexisNexis); and Hay, Lloyd and Rimmer Transfer of Land Act (Vic), 2nd ed, Thomson Reuters. Robert is also case note editor of the Property Law Journal (LexisNexis) and author of the popular blog "The Property Law Blog". Before becoming a barrister he was a cadet journalist and journalist with "The Mercury" newspaper in Hobart (1978 - 1983) and a solicitor at Arthur Robinson & Hedderwicks in Melbourne (now Allens) (1987 - 1992).


Cameron Charnley, Barrister, Svenson Barristers
Cameron practises in a broad range of corporate and commercial law, including contract law, insolvency, real property, consumer law, equity and trusts, and wills and probate. He accepts briefs to advise and to appear in all Victorian and federal jurisdictions and is also admitted in New Zealand. Cameron signed the Bar Roll in April 2015 and read with Christopher Archibald KC. Before coming to the Bar, Cameron was an associate to his Honour Judge Cosgrave (now the Honourable Justice Cosgrave) in the Commercial Division of the County Court of Victoria and, prior to that, worked in professional services at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Cameron is a member of the Australian Bar Association and the Commercial Bar Association of Victoria and sat on the Victorian Bar’s ADR Committee for 5 years.