Presenters

Abhi Mukherjee, Barrister, Greens List
Abhi Mukherjee is a barrister on Greens List. Prior to joining the Victorian Bar in 2013, Abhi was a barrister in London for over 10 years practising in personal injury, medical negligence, inquests and medical disciplinary work. Following his move to Melbourne, Abhi has continued to specialise in these areas. In addition, he has been involved in judicial review proceedings mostly involving medical panels. Examples of Abhi's recent medical negligence cases include the onset of severe disability occasioned by compartment syndrome after robotic surgery; the psychiatric consequences to parents following a neo-natal death and the delayed diagnosis of cancer. Abhi has appeared in a number of coronial inquests which have involved deaths following care in intensive paediatric units; post-surgical deaths and those involving patients released from psychiatric units. Abhi has a particular interest in the management of expert evidence in the course of civil litigation and in the workings of the Civil Procedure Act 2010.

Christopher Lees, Barrister, Owen Dixon Chambers
Christopher practices across general commercial law and public and administrative law. He specialises in health and medical law. His commercial practice encompasses contractual disputes, property disputes, insolvency proceedings, trust disputes, consumer protections and director duties. Christopher has experience in data and privacy compliance and regulation. His practice in health and medical law encompasses advice on commercial healthcare disputes including medical regulation, medical malpractice proceedings, disciplinary proceedings and data and privacy compliance. Christopher has experience working in the regulation of private health insurers, private hospitals and aged care. He also accepts briefs in Coroners Court proceedings and NDIS review proceedings. Before coming to the Bar, Christopher worked as an associate solicitor at S. Moran & Co Solicitors in Sydney and as in-house counsel at nib Health Funds and Honeysuckle Health (a subsidiary of nib Health Funds and Cigna Health Insurance). Christopher also worked as an intern with the Prosecution for the Khmer Rouge Trials and as a volunteer solicitor at Redfern Legal Centre. Christopher holds a Juris Doctor and Bachelor of Arts from the University of Melbourne. Christopher is currently completing his Master of Laws at the University of Melbourne, specialising in health and medical law. Christopher is reading with Renee Sion. His senior mentor is Ian Freckelton AO KC.