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174 - 180 Phillip Street
Sydney NSW 2000

TEL: (02) 9232 7750


Ramena Kako

Barrister

Tel:  (02) 9232 7750          Fax:  (02) 8086 6096

Email:   rkako@13wentworthselbornechambers.com.au

Admitted to the Bar

5th May 2008


Previous Occupations

Solicitor (2002-2008)
Tipstaff to Palmer J (2002)
Lecturer and post graduate co-ordinator, School of Law, University of Western Sydney


Legal Education

Bachelor of Laws (Hons), UWS
Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice


Areas of Practice

Administrative Law
Banking
Bankruptcy and Corporate Insolvency
Commercial
Contracts
Corporations Act
Criminal Law
De facto relationships
Employment Law
Equity
Fraud
Professional and Medical Negligence
Property
Trade Practices and Product Liability claims
Wills and Probate


Curriculum Vitae

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Admitted to Practice

High Court (2008)
Supreme Court (2001)


Memberships

NSW Bar Association
NSW Bar Association - New Barristers' Committee
NSW Young Lawyers, Civil Litigation and CLE committees
Member of committee of inspection: Karl Suleman Enterprizes Pty Limited (in liquidation) (2001 to date)


Publications

Speaker - "Estate Planning & The Distressed Defacto Relationship", 8th Annual Wills & Estates Conference, Lexis Nexis March 2010.

Speaker - "Informal & Statutory Wills Under the Succession Act", Succession - The Model Law Changes, TEN Conferences, March 2010.

Chair - "Succession Law - Essential Topics in Practice" CLE, UNSW, March 2010.

Co-author - "First Statutory Wills Decision under the Succession Act" NSW Law Society Journal (August 2009).

Taxation Institute of Australia - "Important Changes to the Law of Wills and Succession in NSW ".

"Expert Evidence - Some Important Lessons " - (co-author and presenter).

"Maintenance, Champerty amp; Barratry - A New Era for Litigation Funding in Australia ".

Chair - "Equity in the Supreme Court " NSW Young Lawyers CLE.

Chair - "Advanced Wills & Probate 2 " NSW Young Lawyers CLE.

Authored the chapter on "Deceased Estates " in the NSW Young Lawyers Handbook titled "A Practitioner's Guide to Civil Litigation " (1st and 2nd editions).


Career Highlights / Cases

Cemex Australia Pty Ltd v Takeovers Panel & Anor [2009] FCAFC 78 (misrepresentation in the conduct of a takeover)

Fenwick, Re; Application of J.R. Fenwick & Re Charles [2009] NSWSC 530 (succession, first NSW decision on court authorised statutory wills)

Refina Pty Ltd v Binnie [2009] NSWSC 311; and [2009] NSWSC 914 (property - adverse possession) and on appeal in the NSW Court of Appeal (2010) - judgment reserved

Go Electrical Pty Ltd v McGarvey & Ors (2009) District Court of NSW (insolvent trading)

Allen & Ors v Coffman & Ors - Estate of Prager [2008] NSWSC 1067 (succession)

Jin v Yang [2008] NSWSC 754 (trusts)



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