LOUISE COLEMAN Sixth Floor Selborne Chambers Sixth Floor Selborne Chambers Level 6, 174 Phillip Street NSW 2000 DX 398 Sydney

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EMPLOYMENT

May 2016 – present Barrister Sixth Floor Selborne Chambers Mar 2015 – April 2016 Herbert Smith Freehills Solicitor (Disputes) Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 NSW Court of Appeal Tipstaff / Research Assistant for the Hon. Justice Robert Macfarlan

Mar 2014 – present , Examiner / tutor for Federal Constitutional Law

April 2011 – Oct 2013 12 Wentworth Selborne Chambers Legal Research Assistant to Tamir Maltz (Barrister)

Jan 2011 – Aug 2012 16 Wardell Chambers Law Clerk / Legal Assistant to Adrian Williams (Barrister)

Jun 2010 – Nov 2013 NSW Director of Public Prosecutions Work experience with Mark Tedeschi AM QC EDUCATION

2013 Bachelor of Laws (Hons I), 2nd in graduating class University of Sydney

2012 Bachelor of Arts (History) University of Sydney

AWARDS, PRIZES AND SCHOLARSHIPS

2013 Sir Dudley Williams Prize for Graduating in Second Place Nancy Gordon Smith Prize for Honours at Graduation University of Sydney Academic Merit Prize Australian Law Students’ Association Competitors’ Scholarship

2012 Zoe Hall Scholarship University of Sydney Academic Merit Prize

2011 Walter Reid Memorial Prize for an Arts/Law Student University of Sydney Academic Merit Prize Dean’s List of Excellence in Academic Performance Josiah Symon Scholarship No. II for Second Year English Australian Federation of Australian Women Prize for an English Essay

2010 AE (Tony) Cahill History Prize Page | 1

Maud Stiles Prize for a Woman Student in First Year English Walter Reid Memorial Prize for an Arts/Law Student University of Sydney Academic Merit Prize

2009 First prize in LLB170 Contract Law B First prize in LLB197 Lawyers and Australian Society Dean’s Merit List Award for Outstanding Achievement Overall in First Year Law

EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

2014 – 2015 Governor-General’s Essay Prize, Preliminary judge 2012 Best Oralist in the 2012 Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot (Australian Rounds) Winner, Sir John Peden Contract Law Moot Winner, Nicholas Cowdery QC Criminal Law Moot Coach, Shine Lawyers National Torts Moot, Sydney University team (semi-finalists)

2011 Winner, Allens Arthur Robinson Torts Moot Winner, Shine Lawyers National Torts Moot Winner, Sydney University Law Society Criminal Law Moot Sydney Globalist, Chief Copy Editor

SELECTED APPEARANCES

State of NSW v DC & Anor Tortious liability of public Led by N Williams SC, (High Court of , bodies – scope of duty – for the State of NSW judgment reserved) compatibility with statutory powers

Hawcroft v Jamieson & Corporations law – whether Led by T Alexis SC, Anor (NSW Supreme binding shareholders’ for the Plaintiff Court, judgment agreement entered into – reserved) amendment of articles of association

MG v The Queen [2017] Criminal law – appeal Led by A Mitchelmore, NSWCCA 14 against conviction – for the Appellant inconsistent verdicts

Tusitala v Assistant Judicial review – refusal to Led by A Mitchelmore, Minister for Immigration revoke cancellation of visa for the Assistant Minister [2016] FCA 845 under s 501CA(4) Migration Act 1958 (Cth)

A v Commissioner of Practice and procedure – Led by S Lloyd SC, Taxation [2016] FCA 1307 suppression and non- for the Commissioner publication orders

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