Presenters

Ian Upjohn KC, Chapman’s List Barristers
Ian Upjohn CSC KC is a barrister at Chapman’s List Barristers practising principally in commercial law, equity and trusts, and insurance, with additional experience in common law, personal injury and intentional torts. He was admitted to practice in Victoria in 1992, signed the Victorian Bar Roll in 1993 and was appointed Silk in 2014. Alongside his legal career, Ian served in the Australian Army Reserve. He commanded the 4th/19th Prince of Wales’s Light Horse Regiment and was awarded the Conspicuous Service Cross in the 2007 Queen’s Birthday Honours for outstanding achievement as its Commanding Officer. He subsequently commanded Australian soldiers in the Solomon Islands and, in 2011, was appointed an Honorary Aide de Camp to the Governor of Victoria. Ian holds honours degrees in Law and Arts from the University of Melbourne and a Master of Laws from the University of London


Estelle Petrie, Senior Associate, Robinson Gill Lawyers
Estelle is a Senior Associate in the police misconduct team at Robinson Gill. She is an experienced litigator dedicated to social justice, she acts on behalf of victims of abuse by police and in prisons. Estelle acts in a wide range of police misconduct cases, representing victims of assault, false imprisonment, and unlawful treatment in custody. She specialises in challenging inadequate responses to family violence by the police, as well as police perpetrated family violence. She has previously worked at the Women’s Legal Service Victoria where she coordinated a strategic project which led to legislative reform related to family law property settlements. Estelle has a varied background, working in both community law, as well as international commercial litigation, and brings this experience together at Robinson Gill; running strategic litigation for people experiencing marginalisation.


Ella Hadley, Graduate Lawyer, Robinson Gill Lawyers
Ella Hadley is a Law Graduate at Robinson Gill Lawyers, working in the Commercial Litigation team with experience in property, banking and finance, consumer law and personal injury disputes. Prior to her work in commercial matters, Ella assisted in a range of police tort matters in the Police Misconduct team at Robinson Gill Lawyers, and in estate matters at Rigby Cooke Lawyers. During her studies, Ella contributed to publications in the Monash University Law Review as a copyeditor. Ella has also contributed to research projects for the Australian Centre for Justice Innovation analysing anti-corruption bodies in Australia, and the Centre for Commercial Law and Regulatory Studies focusing on retail shareholder activism.

David Robertson KC, Chapman’s List
David Robertson KC was admitted to practice as a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria on 1 April, 1981. Employed by Corr & Corr as a Solicitor and then as an Associate and then Senior Associate from 1981 to 1985 working mainly in Banking, Finance and Commercial Litigation. Signed the Roll of Counsel of the Victorian Bar on 23 May, 1985. Practises mainly in Commercial Law, including Banking, Finance, Securities, Consumer Credit, Trusts and Superannuation and also Constitutional Law, Equity, Company Law, Administrative Law and Professional Negligence. He was for many years a Member of the Human Research Ethics Committee of the Royal Children’s Hospital and a Senior Honorary Fellow and Part-Time Lecturer in Finance Law, University of Melbourne and also the author of the Chattel Securities Chapter of Lexis Nexis, Court Forms Precedents & Pleadings — Victoria. He is presently a Member of the Human Research Ethics Committee of the Justice Department of Victoria.