Albert Dinelli KC
Albert has a broad commercial and public law practice. He has appeared in the High Court of Australia in a number of commercial, constitutional, administrative and criminal law matters, and has appeared in numerous cases in intermediate appellate courts. His most substantial experience is in commercial trials in the Supreme and Federal Courts. In 2018, he was appointed by the Commonwealth Attorney-General as one of the Counsel Assisting the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry.
Albert has also been called to the Bar of England and Wales, and is a member of chambers at Twenty Essex, a leading international law and arbitration set.
Before coming to the Bar, Albert was Associate to the Honourable Murray Gleeson AC, the then Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia. Prior to that, he practised as a solicitor with Mallesons Stephen Jaques (now King & Wood Mallesons) in the dispute resolution group.
He holds a D.Phil in Law from the University of Oxford.
Cases
High Court of Australia
• Bird v DP (a pseudonym) [2024] HCA 41
• Kozarov v State of Victoria (2022) 273 CLR 115
• Stubbings v Jams 2 Pty Ltd (2022) 276 CLR 1
• Hsiao v Fazarri (2020) 270 CLR 588
• DBE17 v Commonwealth of Australia (2019) 266 CLR 156
• NH v Director of Public Prosecutions (2016) 260 CLR 546
• Wotton v Queensland (2012) 246 CLR 1
• Momcilovic v The Queen (2011) 245 CLR 1
• Hogan v Hinch (2011) 243 CLR 506
• South Australia v Totani (2010) 242 CLR 1
• Wurridjal v Commonwealth (2009) 237 CLR 309
• Gypsy Jokers Motorcycle Club Incorporated v Commissioner of Police (2008) 234 CLR 532
Intermediate appellate courts
• Abedini v Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police [2024] VSCA 230
• Madafferi v The Queen [2024] VSCA 14
• Genesalio v Genesalio (No 4) [2023] FedCFamCIA 216; [2023] FedCFamCIA 214
• Bird v DP (A pseudonym) (2023) 69 VR 408
• Barodawala v Perinparajah (2022) 68 VR 329
• Scholes v Commonwealth (2022) 403 ALR 256
• Freedom Foods Pty Ltd v Blue Diamond Growers (2021) 286 FCR 437
• Eustace v The Queen [2021] VSCA 142
• Traffic Technique Pty Ltd v Burgmann [2020] VSCA 319
• Danbol Pty Ltd v Swiss Re International SE [2020] VSCA 274
• McLean v Racing Victoria Ltd [2020] VSCA 234
• Racing Victoria Ltd v Kavanagh [2017] VSCA 369
• Yarra City Council v Metropolitan Fire and Emergency Services Board (2017) 223 LGERA 135
• MZAHK v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (2017) 72 AAR 257
• Secretary of The Department of Justice and Regulation v Fletcher [2017] VSCA 44
• Attorney-General v Dreyfus (2016) 242 FCR 472
• Adnow Pty Ltd v Greenwells Wollert Pty Ltd [2016] VSCA 282
• Clarke v Great Southern Finance Pty Ltd (in liq) (2012) 36 VR 308
Federal Court of Australia
• Bianco (Trustee), In the Matter of the Bankrupt Estate of Jones (Deceased) [2022] FCA 1470
• Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) v Retail Employees Superannuation Pty Ltd [2022] FCA 438
• Scholes v Commonwealth of Australia [2022] FCA 27; [2021] FCA 1593
• EDJ21 v EBO21 (2022) 290 FCR 325
• Seven Network v Cricket Australia (2021) 393 ALR 53; [2021] FCA 1032; [2021] FCA 1303
Supreme Courts
• Jordan v Community Housing Limited [2024] TASSC 63
• Tianjin Yingtong Materials Co Ltd v Young [2022] NSWSC 943
• Uren v Bald Hills Wind Farm Pty Ltd [2022] VSC 145
• DP (A Pseudonym) v Bird [2021] VSC 850
• Director of Public Prosecutions v Westbrook [2020] VSC 290; [2020] VSC 472;
• Orwin v Rickards [2019] VSC 374; [2019] VSC 375
• Liu v Ma (2017) 55 VR 104
• “Great Southern Litigation”: Clarke v Great Southern Finance Pty Ltd (in liq) [2014] VSC 334 (see Annexure to [2014] VSC 516); [2012] VSCA 207; [2012] VSC 260; [2012] VSC 295; [2012] VSC 312
Other Fora
• Chen & Chen [2020] FamCA 602; [2020] FamCA 744; [2018] FamCA 828; [2017] FamCA 555
• Noll & Noll (2013) 48 Fam LR 635
• “Cobalt Cases”: Kavanagh v Racing Victoria Limited [2018] VCAT 291; [2018] VCAT 674; Racing Victoria Limited v Kavanagh & O’Brien [2017] VSCA 334; Hope v Racing Victoria Limited (No 2) [2018] VCAT 1688; Pateman and Barton v Racing Victoria Ltd [2022] VCAT 947.
• Jess & Jess (No 12) [2024] FedCFamC1F 58
*Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards legislation
Areas of Practice
Cases
Publications
- Albert Dinelli – was, from 2013-2021, a reporter for the Commonwealth Law Reports.
- Albert Dinelli – “Proper law” and “Freezing injunctions and search orders” in Encyclopaedia of European Private International Law (Elgar, 2018) (co-authored with Alexander Layton QC).
- Albert Dinelli – “The Limits on the Remedy of Damages for Breach of Jurisdiction Agreements: The Law of Contract Meets Private International Law” (2015) 38 University of Melbourne Law Journal 1023. Click here to view this paper.
- Albert Dinelli – Handy Hints on Legal Practice (3rd ed, Thomson Reuters, 2004) (co-authored with the Honourable Justice Emilios Kyrou and his Honour Gordon Lewis).
QUALIFICATIONS
D.Phil, BCL (Oxon), LLB (Hons), BA (Hons)
Albert completed his D.Phil and BCL at the University of Oxford, having earlier graduated from Monash University with first class honours in his undergraduate Law degree.
MEMBERSHIPS & ASSOCIATIONS
Member of the Bar of England and Wales (Inner Temple)
Member of Twenty Essex Chambers in London and Singapore
Senior Fellow, University of Melbourne Law School, where he teaches subjects in constitutional law and international commercial litigation.
Albert Dinelli KC
Profile
Albert has a broad commercial and public law practice. He has appeared in the High Court of Australia in a number of commercial, constitutional, administrative and criminal law matters, and has appeared in numerous cases in intermediate appellate courts. His most substantial experience is in commercial trials in the Supreme and Federal Courts. In 2018, he was appointed by the Commonwealth Attorney-General as one of the Counsel Assisting the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry.
Albert has also been called to the Bar of England and Wales, and is a member of chambers at Twenty Essex, a leading international law and arbitration set.
Before coming to the Bar, Albert was Associate to the Honourable Murray Gleeson AC, the then Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia. Prior to that, he practised as a solicitor with Mallesons Stephen Jaques (now King & Wood Mallesons) in the dispute resolution group.
He holds a D.Phil in Law from the University of Oxford.
Cases
High Court of Australia
• Bird v DP (a pseudonym) [2024] HCA 41
• Kozarov v State of Victoria (2022) 273 CLR 115
• Stubbings v Jams 2 Pty Ltd (2022) 276 CLR 1
• Hsiao v Fazarri (2020) 270 CLR 588
• DBE17 v Commonwealth of Australia (2019) 266 CLR 156
• NH v Director of Public Prosecutions (2016) 260 CLR 546
• Wotton v Queensland (2012) 246 CLR 1
• Momcilovic v The Queen (2011) 245 CLR 1
• Hogan v Hinch (2011) 243 CLR 506
• South Australia v Totani (2010) 242 CLR 1
• Wurridjal v Commonwealth (2009) 237 CLR 309
• Gypsy Jokers Motorcycle Club Incorporated v Commissioner of Police (2008) 234 CLR 532
Intermediate appellate courts
• Abedini v Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police [2024] VSCA 230
• Madafferi v The Queen [2024] VSCA 14
• Genesalio v Genesalio (No 4) [2023] FedCFamCIA 216; [2023] FedCFamCIA 214
• Bird v DP (A pseudonym) (2023) 69 VR 408
• Barodawala v Perinparajah (2022) 68 VR 329
• Scholes v Commonwealth (2022) 403 ALR 256
• Freedom Foods Pty Ltd v Blue Diamond Growers (2021) 286 FCR 437
• Eustace v The Queen [2021] VSCA 142
• Traffic Technique Pty Ltd v Burgmann [2020] VSCA 319
• Danbol Pty Ltd v Swiss Re International SE [2020] VSCA 274
• McLean v Racing Victoria Ltd [2020] VSCA 234
• Racing Victoria Ltd v Kavanagh [2017] VSCA 369
• Yarra City Council v Metropolitan Fire and Emergency Services Board (2017) 223 LGERA 135
• MZAHK v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (2017) 72 AAR 257
• Secretary of The Department of Justice and Regulation v Fletcher [2017] VSCA 44
• Attorney-General v Dreyfus (2016) 242 FCR 472
• Adnow Pty Ltd v Greenwells Wollert Pty Ltd [2016] VSCA 282
• Clarke v Great Southern Finance Pty Ltd (in liq) (2012) 36 VR 308
Federal Court of Australia
• Bianco (Trustee), In the Matter of the Bankrupt Estate of Jones (Deceased) [2022] FCA 1470
• Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) v Retail Employees Superannuation Pty Ltd [2022] FCA 438
• Scholes v Commonwealth of Australia [2022] FCA 27; [2021] FCA 1593
• EDJ21 v EBO21 (2022) 290 FCR 325
• Seven Network v Cricket Australia (2021) 393 ALR 53; [2021] FCA 1032; [2021] FCA 1303
Supreme Courts
• Jordan v Community Housing Limited [2024] TASSC 63
• Tianjin Yingtong Materials Co Ltd v Young [2022] NSWSC 943
• Uren v Bald Hills Wind Farm Pty Ltd [2022] VSC 145
• DP (A Pseudonym) v Bird [2021] VSC 850
• Director of Public Prosecutions v Westbrook [2020] VSC 290; [2020] VSC 472;
• Orwin v Rickards [2019] VSC 374; [2019] VSC 375
• Liu v Ma (2017) 55 VR 104
• “Great Southern Litigation”: Clarke v Great Southern Finance Pty Ltd (in liq) [2014] VSC 334 (see Annexure to [2014] VSC 516); [2012] VSCA 207; [2012] VSC 260; [2012] VSC 295; [2012] VSC 312
Other Fora
• Chen & Chen [2020] FamCA 602; [2020] FamCA 744; [2018] FamCA 828; [2017] FamCA 555
• Noll & Noll (2013) 48 Fam LR 635
• “Cobalt Cases”: Kavanagh v Racing Victoria Limited [2018] VCAT 291; [2018] VCAT 674; Racing Victoria Limited v Kavanagh & O’Brien [2017] VSCA 334; Hope v Racing Victoria Limited (No 2) [2018] VCAT 1688; Pateman and Barton v Racing Victoria Ltd [2022] VCAT 947.
• Jess & Jess (No 12) [2024] FedCFamC1F 58
*Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards legislation
Areas of Practice
Publication
- Albert Dinelli – was, from 2013-2021, a reporter for the Commonwealth Law Reports.
- Albert Dinelli – “Proper law” and “Freezing injunctions and search orders” in Encyclopaedia of European Private International Law (Elgar, 2018) (co-authored with Alexander Layton QC).
- Albert Dinelli – “The Limits on the Remedy of Damages for Breach of Jurisdiction Agreements: The Law of Contract Meets Private International Law” (2015) 38 University of Melbourne Law Journal 1023. Click here to view this paper.
- Albert Dinelli – Handy Hints on Legal Practice (3rd ed, Thomson Reuters, 2004) (co-authored with the Honourable Justice Emilios Kyrou and his Honour Gordon Lewis).
Qualifications & Memberships
QUALIFICATIONS
D.Phil, BCL (Oxon), LLB (Hons), BA (Hons)
Albert completed his D.Phil and BCL at the University of Oxford, having earlier graduated from Monash University with first class honours in his undergraduate Law degree.
MEMBERSHIPS & ASSOCIATIONS
Member of the Bar of England and Wales (Inner Temple)
Member of Twenty Essex Chambers in London and Singapore
Senior Fellow, University of Melbourne Law School, where he teaches subjects in constitutional law and international commercial litigation.