Biography
Year of Admission: 2019
Year of Call: 2025
Benjamin accepts briefs in all areas of law in the State and Federal Courts. He has advised and acted on behalf of public and private corporations, State and Federal Government agencies, group members, and individuals.
He has experience in class actions, funded litigation, general corporate and commercial disputes, building and construction, bankruptcy and insolvency, disciplinary, public law and judicial review, intellectual property, and planning and environment, and a personal interest and expertise in insurance claims and litigation.
Before going to the bar, Benjamin practised as a solicitor at MinterEllison in Disputes, Competition and Insurance, and at Piper Alderman in funded commercial litigation.
He also worked as a Judge’s Associate to the former Chief Magistrate of Queensland; a Judge of the District and Planning and Environment Courts of Queensland; and a Justice of the Federal Court of Australia.
Benjamin authors the case notes on recent High Court of Australia decisions selected by the editor of the Incorporated Council of Law Reporting (Queensland) for publication in the weekly Queensland Law Reporter.
He is also bilingual and speaks fluent French, having obtained his formal C2 qualifications in France in 2015, and accepts briefs where that level of fluency is required.
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