Glyn Ayres
Bar Roll: 2019
Admitted: 2014
Glyn practises in public law and commercial law.
Before coming to the Bar, Glyn was a solicitor at Allens practising in commercial litigation and insolvency. He was Associate to the Hon Justice Stephen Gageler AC at the High Court of Australia and Associate to the Hon Justice Debra Mortimer at the Federal Court of Australia. He has also taught at Melbourne Law School and Monash University.
Glyn read with Frances Gordon KC and Albert Dinelli KC. His senior mentor is Penny Neskovcin KC.
*Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards legislation
Areas of Practice
Banking, Finance & InsolvencyClass ActionsCommercialCompetitionConstitutional LawCorporate & CommercialCorporationsCustomsDiscrimination/Equal OpportunityEmployment and Industrial RelationsEquity & TrustsHuman RightsInsolvencyJudicial ReviewLand ValuationMerits ReviewMigrationNative TitleProfessional NegligencePropertyProperty, Planning, Environment & ResourcesPublic LawTaxation & SuperannuationTaxes – FederalTrade Practices/Consumer Protection
Cases
- Shimshon & Anor v MLC Nominees Pty Ltd & Anor (Supreme Court of Victoria, ongoing)
- Australian Securities and Investments Commission v Vanguard Investments Australia Ltd [2024] FCA 308
- Victorian Building Authority v May21 Pty Ltd [2024] VSCA 150 (28 June 2024)
- Warren v Chief Executive Officer, Services Australia [2024] FCAFC 73
- Australian Securities and Investments Commission v Vanguard Investments Australia Ltd [2024] FCA 308
- Hobart v Medical Board of Australia [2023] VSCA 270
- Victorian Building Authority v Cau [2023] FCAFC 120
- May21 Pty Ltd v Building Appeals Board [2023] VSC 203
- Bruce v Victorian WorkCover Authority (2023, Federal Court)
- Yemini v Elasmar [2022] VSC 788
- Hanson v Director of Housing [2022] VSC 710
- Hobart v Medical Board of Australia [2022] VSC 698
- The People of the Small Town of Hawkesdale Inc v Minister for Planning [2022] VSCA 167
- Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide
- Justice Action v Chief Executive of the Department for Correctional Services and the State of South Australia (Supreme Court of South Australia, resolved 2022)
- Medical Board of Australia v Sami [2022] VSC 90
- Cau v Victorian Building Authority [2022] FCA 45
- Australian Securities and Investments Commission v RI Advice Group Pty Ltd (No 3) [2022] FCA 84
- Ford, In the matter of Zhong Ao Zhi Hong Investment Holding Pty Ltd (Receivers and Managers Appointed) [2021] FCA 1373
- Australian Securities and Investments Commission v RI Advice Group Pty Ltd (No 2) [2021] FCA 877
- Royal Commission into the Casino Operator and Licence (2021)
- Skabal Pty Ltd v Boroondara City Council (Victorian Court of Appeal, resolved 2021)
- Atkins v Appeal Panel of the Country Fire Authority (Supreme Court of Victoria, resolved 2021)
- P.S. Marine Pty Ltd v Taras Nominees Pty Ltd (Supreme Court of Victoria, resolved 2021)
- Eastern Maar native title proceeding (consent determination: [2023] FCA 237)
- Mount Atkinson Holdings Pty Ltd v Landfill Operations Pty Ltd [2020] VSCA 332 (special leave refused: [2021] HCASL 100)
- Australian Securities and Investments Commission v RI Advice Group Pty Ltd [2020] FCA 1277
- Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements (2020)
- Thomas v Victorian Building Authority [2020] VSC 150
- Re Freestyle Technology Limited (Supreme Court of Victoria, 2019)
- Amato v The Commonwealth (2019, Federal Court)
- Masterton v The Commonwealth (2019, Federal Court)
- Chairperson of the Royal Commission into the Management of Police Informants v Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police [2019] VSCA 154
- Regulatory and professional discipline cases – appearing led and unled in VCAT and AAT in cases about health practitioners, building practitioners and environment protection
- Migration cases – High Court, Federal Court and Federal Circuit Court, led and unled, in cases about asylum seekers and refugees
- Discrimination cases – appearing unled in VCAT in cases about race discrimination, sex discrimination, disability discrimination, sexual harassment and employee victimisation
- Various advices – providing advice, led and unled, to government bodies and private parties on issues of constitutional law, administrative law, statutory interpretation, planning and environment law, energy and water regulation, education and social security law, corporations law, real property, tax law, charity law, compensation for acquisition of land, tort, contract, equity, criminal law, insurance, limitation periods, insolvency and bankruptcy
Publications
- Contributing author, ‘Federal Court Practice’ (Thomson Reuters)
QUALIFICATIONS
B Arts/B Music (Hons)(Melbourne)
JD (Melbourne), BCL (Oxon)
Glyn holds a Juris Doctor from the University of Melbourne, where he won various prizes for individual subjects and overall performance. He holds a Bachelor of Civil Law from the University of Oxford, where he received an Allan Myers Scholarship and a Peter Carter Scholarship.
MEMBERSHIPS & ASSOCIATIONS
Fellow - Melbourne Law School, 2019
Glyn Ayres
Bar Roll: 2019
Admitted: 2014
Profile
Glyn practises in public law and commercial law.
Before coming to the Bar, Glyn was a solicitor at Allens practising in commercial litigation and insolvency. He was Associate to the Hon Justice Stephen Gageler AC at the High Court of Australia and Associate to the Hon Justice Debra Mortimer at the Federal Court of Australia. He has also taught at Melbourne Law School and Monash University.
Glyn read with Frances Gordon KC and Albert Dinelli KC. His senior mentor is Penny Neskovcin KC.
*Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards legislation
Areas of Practice
Banking, Finance & InsolvencyClass ActionsCommercialCompetitionConstitutional LawCorporate & CommercialCorporationsCustomsDiscrimination/Equal OpportunityEmployment and Industrial RelationsEquity & TrustsHuman RightsInsolvencyJudicial ReviewLand ValuationMerits ReviewMigrationNative TitleProfessional NegligencePropertyProperty, Planning, Environment & ResourcesPublic LawTaxation & SuperannuationTaxes – FederalTrade Practices/Consumer Protection
Cases
- Shimshon & Anor v MLC Nominees Pty Ltd & Anor (Supreme Court of Victoria, ongoing)
- Australian Securities and Investments Commission v Vanguard Investments Australia Ltd [2024] FCA 308
- Victorian Building Authority v May21 Pty Ltd [2024] VSCA 150 (28 June 2024)
- Warren v Chief Executive Officer, Services Australia [2024] FCAFC 73
- Australian Securities and Investments Commission v Vanguard Investments Australia Ltd [2024] FCA 308
- Hobart v Medical Board of Australia [2023] VSCA 270
- Victorian Building Authority v Cau [2023] FCAFC 120
- May21 Pty Ltd v Building Appeals Board [2023] VSC 203
- Bruce v Victorian WorkCover Authority (2023, Federal Court)
- Yemini v Elasmar [2022] VSC 788
- Hanson v Director of Housing [2022] VSC 710
- Hobart v Medical Board of Australia [2022] VSC 698
- The People of the Small Town of Hawkesdale Inc v Minister for Planning [2022] VSCA 167
- Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide
- Justice Action v Chief Executive of the Department for Correctional Services and the State of South Australia (Supreme Court of South Australia, resolved 2022)
- Medical Board of Australia v Sami [2022] VSC 90
- Cau v Victorian Building Authority [2022] FCA 45
- Australian Securities and Investments Commission v RI Advice Group Pty Ltd (No 3) [2022] FCA 84
- Ford, In the matter of Zhong Ao Zhi Hong Investment Holding Pty Ltd (Receivers and Managers Appointed) [2021] FCA 1373
- Australian Securities and Investments Commission v RI Advice Group Pty Ltd (No 2) [2021] FCA 877
- Royal Commission into the Casino Operator and Licence (2021)
- Skabal Pty Ltd v Boroondara City Council (Victorian Court of Appeal, resolved 2021)
- Atkins v Appeal Panel of the Country Fire Authority (Supreme Court of Victoria, resolved 2021)
- P.S. Marine Pty Ltd v Taras Nominees Pty Ltd (Supreme Court of Victoria, resolved 2021)
- Eastern Maar native title proceeding (consent determination: [2023] FCA 237)
- Mount Atkinson Holdings Pty Ltd v Landfill Operations Pty Ltd [2020] VSCA 332 (special leave refused: [2021] HCASL 100)
- Australian Securities and Investments Commission v RI Advice Group Pty Ltd [2020] FCA 1277
- Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements (2020)
- Thomas v Victorian Building Authority [2020] VSC 150
- Re Freestyle Technology Limited (Supreme Court of Victoria, 2019)
- Amato v The Commonwealth (2019, Federal Court)
- Masterton v The Commonwealth (2019, Federal Court)
- Chairperson of the Royal Commission into the Management of Police Informants v Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police [2019] VSCA 154
- Regulatory and professional discipline cases – appearing led and unled in VCAT and AAT in cases about health practitioners, building practitioners and environment protection
- Migration cases – High Court, Federal Court and Federal Circuit Court, led and unled, in cases about asylum seekers and refugees
- Discrimination cases – appearing unled in VCAT in cases about race discrimination, sex discrimination, disability discrimination, sexual harassment and employee victimisation
- Various advices – providing advice, led and unled, to government bodies and private parties on issues of constitutional law, administrative law, statutory interpretation, planning and environment law, energy and water regulation, education and social security law, corporations law, real property, tax law, charity law, compensation for acquisition of land, tort, contract, equity, criminal law, insurance, limitation periods, insolvency and bankruptcy
Publication
- Contributing author, ‘Federal Court Practice’ (Thomson Reuters)
Qualifications & Memberships
QUALIFICATIONS
B Arts/B Music (Hons)(Melbourne)
JD (Melbourne), BCL (Oxon)
Glyn holds a Juris Doctor from the University of Melbourne, where he won various prizes for individual subjects and overall performance. He holds a Bachelor of Civil Law from the University of Oxford, where he received an Allan Myers Scholarship and a Peter Carter Scholarship.
MEMBERSHIPS & ASSOCIATIONS
Fellow - Melbourne Law School, 2019