13 Wentworth Selborne - Sydney barristers and lawyers

174 - 180 Phillip Street
Sydney NSW 2000
TEL: (02) 9232 7750

Andrew Bouris

Barrister

Tel: (02) 9232 3676 Fax: (02) 9232 4071

Email: abouris@13wentworthselbornechambers.com.au

Admitted to the Bar

11 August 2003

Previous Occupation	Solicitor Tutor in English, University of Sydney
Legal Education	BA (Class 1 Hons) University of Sydney LLB (UNSW)

Areas of Practice

Administrative Law
Commercial Law
Constitutional Law
Corporations Law
Equity
Intellectual Property
Trade Practices

Admitted to Practice

Federal Court and Specialist Tribunals
Judicial review, Patents, Copyright, Trade Marks, Insolvency, Part V and Part IV Trade Practices

Supreme Court
Contracts, Equity, Breach of Confidence, Wills and Probate, Corporations, Commercial

District Court
General Commercial

Memberships

NSW Bar Association

Additional Qualifications

Accredited Mediator

Andrew was the winner in 1985 of the NSW Law Society Young Solicitor of the year for his essay on the Law of Confidential Information. He was also the Draftsman of the first Plant Variety Rights Agreement registered with the Australian Plant Variety Rights Office.

As a Solicitor he was engaged in the major cases of:

		Hughes Aircraft v Air Services Australia (Government Contracts and Tenders)
		Smith Kline & French Laboratories v Secretary, Department of Community Services and Health (Law of Confidence; Constitutional Law)
		Kodak (Australasia) Pty Ltd v Commonwealth (Sales Tax)

He also has a special interest in the Law of Confidential Information and Freedom of Information Law, and is joint author of "Freedom of Information: Balancing the Public Interest" (University College London, May 2006) - a book dealing with concepts of public interest in the Freedom of Information laws in the Commonwealth, New South Wales, Queensland, Canada (Federal, Ontario, British Columbia, Alberta), the UK, Scotland, Ireland and New Zealand. (See also Freedom of Information Resources).

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