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Stephen Parmenter KC

Bar Roll: 2001 Silk: 2017
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61 3 9225 7414 61 413 049 216
Room 3216 Aickin Chambers

Stephen practises in the Supreme and Federal Courts throughout Australia in most areas of commercial law, but particularly in contractual disputes and claims for misleading or deceptive conduct.

In more than 20 years at the Bar, Stephen has extensive experience in acting for major corporations in significant and long-running complex commercial disputes, for example acting:

– for CITIC Ltd and related corporations since 2012 in numerous related proceedings in Western Australia in the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal against Mineralogy Pty Ltd and Clive Palmer concerning the Sino Iron Project, including a 33 day trial of one of those proceedings in 2022;

– for Viterra Ltd and related corporations between 2014 and 2022 in a proceeding in the Supreme Court of Victoria brought by Cargill Australia Ltd concerning a sale of business, including a trial of 113 days in 2018 and 2019; and

– for Rio Tinto Ltd and related corporations between 2007 and 2013 in proceedings in the Australian Competition Tribunal, Federal Court, Full Federal Court and High Court brought by Fortescue Metals Group Ltd concerning access to rail infrastructure, including a 42 day hearing in 2009 and 2010.

Stephen has appeared in a number of other significant trials and appeals, and he regularly provides advice in relation to commercial and regulatory issues.  In addition to commercial clients, he has also acted for the ACCC, the AER and ASIC.

His particular areas of interest include competition, conflicts of laws, contracts, corporations, equity and trusts, mining, energy and resources and restitution.

Prior to coming to the Bar, Stephen obtained a Bachelor of Civil Laws degree from the University of Oxford, where he studied conflicts of laws, corporate insolvency and restitution.  He is also a former editor of the Melbourne University Law Review.  He was a Senior Associate in the litigation department of Arthur Robinson & Hedderwicks (now Allens), and an associate to the former Chief Justice of the Federal Court.

Stephen regularly works as part of a large team with other counsel, solicitors and client representatives.  He enjoys working with others, and had seven readers before taking silk.  He acts diligently and with dedication, and seeks to proffer strategic solutions, in order to obtain the best possible results for his clients.

 

 

*Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards legislation

Areas of Practice

ArbitrationBanking & FinanceBanking, Finance & InsolvencyClass ActionsCommercialCompetitionConfidential InformationConflict of LawsConstructionCorporate & CommercialCorporationsEnergy RegulationEquity & TrustsInsolvencyInsuranceLeasesMediationMining and ResourcesPrivate International LawProfessional NegligencePropertyProperty, Planning, Environment & ResourcesPublic LawRoyal Commissions/Government InquiriesSecuritiesStructured FinanceTrade Practices/Consumer Protection

Cases

QUALIFICATIONS

BComm, LLB (Hons) (Melb), BCL (Oxon)
Stephen obtained his undergraduate law and commerce degrees from the University of Melbourne, where he was an editor of the Melbourne University Law Review. He also has a Bachelor of Civil Laws degree from the University of Oxford, where he studied conflicts of laws, corporate insolvency and restitution.

MEMBERSHIPS & ASSOCIATIONS

Stephen is a member of the Commercial Bar Association, including of its Energy and Infrastructure and Climate Change Law sections, and of the Energy and Resources Law Association.
He has marked pleadings exercises for the Victorian Bar Readers' Course since 2016.
He was a guest presenter and guest moot judge for the Corrs Chambers Westgarth Advocacy Training Course in 2022.
Stephen was a member of the Preliminary Evaluation Committee in 2019 and 2020.
He was a member of the Court of Appeal Civil Reference Group in 2015.

Stephen Parmenter KC

Bar Roll: 2001 Silk: 2017
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61 3 9225 7414 61 413 049 216
Room 3216 Aickin Chambers

Stephen practises in the Supreme and Federal Courts throughout Australia in most areas of commercial law, but particularly in contractual disputes and claims for misleading or deceptive conduct.

In more than 20 years at the Bar, Stephen has extensive experience in acting for major corporations in significant and long-running complex commercial disputes, for example acting:

– for CITIC Ltd and related corporations since 2012 in numerous related proceedings in Western Australia in the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal against Mineralogy Pty Ltd and Clive Palmer concerning the Sino Iron Project, including a 33 day trial of one of those proceedings in 2022;

– for Viterra Ltd and related corporations between 2014 and 2022 in a proceeding in the Supreme Court of Victoria brought by Cargill Australia Ltd concerning a sale of business, including a trial of 113 days in 2018 and 2019; and

– for Rio Tinto Ltd and related corporations between 2007 and 2013 in proceedings in the Australian Competition Tribunal, Federal Court, Full Federal Court and High Court brought by Fortescue Metals Group Ltd concerning access to rail infrastructure, including a 42 day hearing in 2009 and 2010.

Stephen has appeared in a number of other significant trials and appeals, and he regularly provides advice in relation to commercial and regulatory issues.  In addition to commercial clients, he has also acted for the ACCC, the AER and ASIC.

His particular areas of interest include competition, conflicts of laws, contracts, corporations, equity and trusts, mining, energy and resources and restitution.

Prior to coming to the Bar, Stephen obtained a Bachelor of Civil Laws degree from the University of Oxford, where he studied conflicts of laws, corporate insolvency and restitution.  He is also a former editor of the Melbourne University Law Review.  He was a Senior Associate in the litigation department of Arthur Robinson & Hedderwicks (now Allens), and an associate to the former Chief Justice of the Federal Court.

Stephen regularly works as part of a large team with other counsel, solicitors and client representatives.  He enjoys working with others, and had seven readers before taking silk.  He acts diligently and with dedication, and seeks to proffer strategic solutions, in order to obtain the best possible results for his clients.

 

 

*Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards legislation

Areas of Practice

ArbitrationBanking & FinanceBanking, Finance & InsolvencyClass ActionsCommercialCompetitionConfidential InformationConflict of LawsConstructionCorporate & CommercialCorporationsEnergy RegulationEquity & TrustsInsolvencyInsuranceLeasesMediationMining and ResourcesPrivate International LawProfessional NegligencePropertyProperty, Planning, Environment & ResourcesPublic LawRoyal Commissions/Government InquiriesSecuritiesStructured FinanceTrade Practices/Consumer Protection

Cases

Qualifications & Memberships

QUALIFICATIONS

BComm, LLB (Hons) (Melb), BCL (Oxon)
Stephen obtained his undergraduate law and commerce degrees from the University of Melbourne, where he was an editor of the Melbourne University Law Review. He also has a Bachelor of Civil Laws degree from the University of Oxford, where he studied conflicts of laws, corporate insolvency and restitution.

MEMBERSHIPS & ASSOCIATIONS

Stephen is a member of the Commercial Bar Association, including of its Energy and Infrastructure and Climate Change Law sections, and of the Energy and Resources Law Association.
He has marked pleadings exercises for the Victorian Bar Readers' Course since 2016.
He was a guest presenter and guest moot judge for the Corrs Chambers Westgarth Advocacy Training Course in 2022.
Stephen was a member of the Preliminary Evaluation Committee in 2019 and 2020.
He was a member of the Court of Appeal Civil Reference Group in 2015.