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

Mark McKillop, Barrister, Foleys’s List
Mark practices in commercial matters, particularly in insolvency, banking, corporations and property litigation. Mark is a recognised expert in PPSA law, having acted in leading decisions in the area and widely lectured and written on the subject. As a barrister, he takes a direct and clear approach in discussing matters with clients and in presenting cases in Court. Mark has 30 years’ experience in commercial law as Counsel and as a solicitor in private practice and inhouse. Mark is a nationally accredited mediator with experience as mediator across a range of commercial, insolvency and family law matters.

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.