Presenters

The Honourable Justice McClelland AO, The Deputy Chief Justice, Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia
Justice Robert McClelland has a BA LLB from the UNSW and an LLM from the University of Sydney and he is a Visiting Fellow at the University of New South Wales. After being admitted to practice in 1982, Robert commenced working as an associate to Evatt J in the Federal court of Australia. He has practised as a solicitor and barrister. He was elected to Federal Parliament in 1996 and served as Commonwealth Attorney General between 2007 and 2011. He was appointed a judge of the Family Court of Australia in June 2015.

Darrell Barnett SC, Banco Chambers
Darrell Barnett SC practices across the commercial, corporations and general equity fields. He is regularly briefed to advise and appear in cases involving Corporations Act issues, schemes of arrangement, insolvency, alleged breaches of directors’ duties, valuation disputes, large commercial, contractual and property disputes and difficult issues of statutory construction, trust law and equity. High value family law property disputes involving complex trust or valuation disputes are also a feature of Darrell’s practice (where he appears for parties to the marriage and third parties). Darrell has been involved in a number of class actions, most recently in relation to the marketing of complex financial products to retail consumers and defective motor vehicle actions. He also appeared in the Pharmacare proceedings arising out of the collapse of Pan Pharmaceuticals and the J&J/DePuy ASR class action in relation to claims brought in respect of defective medical devices. Darrell’s class action clients have included plaintiffs, defendants, litigation funders, and insurers. Prior to joining the Bar, Darrell was a solicitor at Freehills specialising in State stamp duties and the structuring of large commercial transactions. At the Bar, he has continued to advise on large and complex commercial transactions and is well regarded for his legal knowledge and thorough, strategic insights.

Paul Doolan, Partner, Barkus Doolan Winning Lawyers in Sydney
Former Chair of the Family Law Section of the Law Council of Australia. Board of Editors of the Australian Journal of Family Law. Former Editor of Australian Family Lawyer. “Doyle’s Guide to the Australian Legal Market” has consistently ranked Paul Doolan as the Market Leader of Sydney family lawyers, and as Pre-Eminent or Market Leader nationally. First Legal Associate to the Hon Justice Travis Lindenmayer, Appeal Division, Family Court of Australia. Fellow of the International Academy of Family Lawyers for over 20 years.