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Amy Armstrong

Amy Armstrong

Level 18, Owen Dixon Chambers West, Melbourne

Summary

Amy is a commercial and public law barrister.

She has experience as an advocate (barrister) and attorney (solicitor) in South Africa, in public and administrative law, as well as commercial practice. She was a Judge's Associate in the Supreme Court of Victoria before joining the Victorian Bar, where she has taken briefs in a variety of matters including judicial and merits review, regulatory advice, and commercial disputes.

She read with Kylie Evans KC. Her senior mentor is Alistair Pound SC (now Solicitor-General for Victoria).

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Overview

13
13
years of professional experience

Work History

Barrister

Victorian Bar
2023.10 - Current

Areas of practice include: Insurance, administrative law (judicial and merits review), commercial disputes (contract disputes, misleading and deceptive conduct), regulatory compliance advice, professional discipline, discrimination and privacy.

Judge's Associate

Supreme Court of Victoria
2021.08 - 2023.08

Associate to the Honourable Justice John Dixon, then Principal Judge of the Common Law Division, and head of the Major Torts and Group Proceedings Lists. Cases included professional liability and discipline, contractual disputes, judicial review, group proceedings, torts, and defamation.

Advocate (Barrister)

Johannesburg Bar
2017.01 - 2021.05

Practice areas included: administrative/public law, constitutional, commercial (corporations law, regulatory, contractual disputes, shareholder disputes) and competition law.

Guest Researcher

European Center for Constitutional & Human Rights
2016.09 - 2016.11

NYU International Law and Human Rights Fellow guest researcher in the Business and Human Rights Program.

Legal Research Assistant

New York University
2016.01 - 2016.08

Part-time research assistant to Prof. Wojciech Sadurski in comparative constitutional law and then full-time junior research scholar to Prof. Mary Holland in comparative human rights law and arbitration.

Law Clerk (Judge's Associate)

Constitutional Court of South Africa
2014.07 - 2015.06

Clerk (Judge's Associate) to Justices Johann van der Westhuizen and then Leona Theron at the highest appellate Court of South Africa.

Associate & Candidate Attorney (Grad. Solicitor)

ENSAfrica
2012.01 - 2014.05

Attorney (solicitor) practising in the Insolvency, Business Rescue and Debt Recovery Department at Africa's largest law firm.

Education

Master of Laws -

New York University
2016-05

LLB/BSocSci (Economics) -

University of Cape Town
2011-12

Timeline

Barrister

Victorian Bar
2023.10 - Current

Judge's Associate

Supreme Court of Victoria
2021.08 - 2023.08

Advocate (Barrister)

Johannesburg Bar
2017.01 - 2021.05

Guest Researcher

European Center for Constitutional & Human Rights
2016.09 - 2016.11

Legal Research Assistant

New York University
2016.01 - 2016.08

Law Clerk (Judge's Associate)

Constitutional Court of South Africa
2014.07 - 2015.06

Associate & Candidate Attorney (Grad. Solicitor)

ENSAfrica
2012.01 - 2014.05

Master of Laws -

New York University

LLB/BSocSci (Economics) -

University of Cape Town
Amy Armstrong