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David Godwin

David Godwin

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Phone:

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dgodwin@qsc.com.au

02 9221 9208

02 9221 4951

Areas of Practice

Appeals

Competition Law-Consumer Protection

Constitutional and Administrative Law

Migration

Trade Practices, Competition and Consumer Law

Privilege and Crown Immunity

Liability is limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards legislation

Significant Cases as a Barrister

Competition Law-Restrictive Trade Practices

ACCC v MUA (2001) 114 FCR 472[2001] FCA 1549 (led by David Yates SC)
ACCC v FFE Building Services(2003) 130 FCR 37 [2003] FCA 1294 (led by Neil Williams SC)
ACCC v FFE Building Services [2003] FCA 1542 (led by Neil Williams SC)
ACCC v George Weston Foods (2004) 210 ALR 486 [2004] FCA 1093(led by Ian Faulkner SC)
ACCC v Liquorland (2006) ATPR 42,123 [2006] FCA 826(led by David Yates SC)
ACCC v Navman Australia Pty Ltd [2007] FCA 2061
ACCC v Australian Karting Association (NSW) Incorporated [2009] FCA 1255
ACCC v April International Marketing Services [2009] FCA 735 (led by Michael Wigney SC)
ACCC v April International Marketing Services (2010) 270 ALR 504[2010] FCA 704(led by Michael Wigney SC)
ACCC v Visa [2015] FCA 1020; (2015) 339 ALR 413 (led by Greg Nell SC)

Competition Law- Consumer Protection

ACCC v Roberson [2008] FCA 1735
ACCC v Cardcall [2009] FCA 583

Sheedy v Alveco Pty Ltd [2021] NSWCATCD 162

Media Regulation

ACMA v Radio 2UE (no 2) [2009] FCA 754(2009) 178 FCR 199

Constitutional Law

Taudevin v Egis Consulting Limited and the Commonwealth[2001] NSWIRComm 340 (led by Henry Burmester QC)
Spencer v The Commonwealth (2010) 241 CLR 118[2010] HCA 28
Lee v The Commonwealth (2014) 315 ALR 427[2014] FCAFC 174

State Administrative Law

Harris t/as Wellington Concrete v Mayne 2011] NSWSC 1551

Federal Administrative Law

High Court

Re Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs Ex Parte Miah (2001) 206 CLR 57 (led by John Basten QC)
Re Refugee Review Tribunal Ex Parte H (2001) 75 ALJR 982[2001] HCA 28 (led by Tim Game SC)
Minister for immigration and Citizenship v SZJGV (2009) 238 CLR 642[2009] HCA 40 (led by Stephen Gagelar SC)

Full Federal Court

Paramananthan v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs [1998] FCA 1693;
(1998) 94 FCR 28 (led by Richard Tracey QC)\

Abdalla v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs [1998] FCA 1017 (led by Gary Downes QC)\

Logenthiran v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [1998] FCA 169 (led by Richard Tracey QC)\

Lama v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [1999] FCA 1620 (led by Geoffrey Johnson)\

Azarcon v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (1999) 53 ALD 257[1999] FCA 145\

Cong Tam Dang v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs(2000) 61 ALD 29[2000] FCA 73\

Dhiman v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs[2000] FCA 221 (led by Geoffrey Johnson)\

H v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affair (2000) 63 ALD 43\

Al Raied v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [2001]FCA 313[2001] FCA 313\

Abeysinghe v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs [2002] FCAFC 108\

NAAG v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs[2003] FCAFC 135\

Lobo v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (2003) 132 FCR 93 [2003] FCAFC 168\

NADH of 2001 v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (2004) 214 ALR 264 [2004] FCAFC 328\

NAPU v Re Minister for Immigration Indigenous and Multicultural Affairs [2004] FCAFC 193\

SZICU v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2008] FCAFC 1\

Minister for Immigration and Citizenship v SZJGY [2008] FCAFC 87\

SZOBI v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship (No 2) (2010)119 ALD 233[2010] FCAFC 151 (Led by Stephen Lloyd SC)\

SZOOR v Minister for immigration and Citizenship (2012) 212 FCR 1 (led by Geoffrey Johnson SC)\

Tuitaalili v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship (2012) 126 ALD 48[2012] FCAFC 24\

Tewao v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship (2011) 126 ALD 185 (led by Geoffrey Kennett SC)\

Minister for Immigration and Border protection v Lesianawai (2014)227 FCR 562[2014] FCAFC 141\

Maharjan v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2017] FCAFC 213\

Cheryala v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2018] FCAFC 43

Nusipepa v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs [2022] FCAFC 24

Oraha v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs*[2023]FCACF21

FEL17 v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs*[2023] FCAFC 153

Federal Court

Peacock v The Commonwealth [1998] FCA 1297

Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs v B (2000) 105 FCR 304

Commonwealth of Australia v Peacock (2000) 104 FCR 464

Samuel v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (2000) 175 ALR 59

Naing v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (2000) 97 FCR 336 [2000] FCA 344

Rahman v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [2000] FCA 1277 [2000] FCA 1277

NAAG of 2002 v Minister for Immigration Indigenous and Multicultural Affairs [2002] FCA 713

Saleem v Migration Review Tribunal [2004] FCA 234

Mordechai v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship (2011) 196 FCR 509 [2011] FCA 986

Razai v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2012] FCA 394

SZQKC v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2012] FCA 249

Seema v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship (2012) 203 FCR 537 [2012] FCA 257

SZQMA v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship (2012) 127 ALD 305 [2012] FCA 433

SZQGL v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship (2012) 206 FCR 474 [2012] FCA 1011

Spruill v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2012] FCA 1401

WZAQU v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2013] FCA 327

SZQYM v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2014] FCA 427

SZRSJ v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2015] FCA 457

AQP15 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2016] FCA 943

Salama v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2017] FCA 2

SZTIS v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2017] FCA 545

Jung v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2017] FCA 173

D'Abreau v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2017] FCA 1103

El-Chahini v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2018] FCA 202

SZSZQ v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2018] FCA 403

AWL17 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2018] FCA 570

AKR16 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2018] FCA 825

DDX16 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2018] FCA 838

SZTYV v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2018] FCA 1076

DWE18 v Minister for Home Affairs [2018] FCA 1121

AQP15 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2018] FCA 1103

CZY16 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2018] FCA 1171

Chan v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2018] FCA1323

DCJ16 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2018] FCA 1865

EXV17 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2018] FCA 1780

EDV17 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2018] FCA 1980

Ibrahim v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2018] FCA 2087

FKO17 v Minister for Home Affairs [2019] FCA 98

BFW16 Minister for Home Affairs [2019] FCA 191

ANN15 V Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2019] FCA 246

FYBR v Minister for Home Affairs [2019] FCA 500

BBE17 v Minister for Home Affairs [2019] FCA 573

EFP17 Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2019] FCA 690

DPS17 v Minister for Home Affairs [2019] FCA 754

BAO18 Minister for Home Affairs [2019] FCA 965

DDG17 Minister for Home Affairs [2019] FCA 1608

CPE16 Minister for Immigration and Border Protection  [2019] FCA 2007

BFA17 v  Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2019] FCA 2102

BLF16 v Minister for Immigration,Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs [2020] FCA 55

Basyouni v Minister for Immigration,Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs [2020] FCA 119

AWW17 v Minister for Immigration,Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs [2020] FCA 247

AMV17 v Minister for Immigration,Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs [2020] FCA 262

El Jejieh v Minister for Immigration,Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs [2020] FCA 1103

Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v CYE17 [2020] FCA 1594

AIT17 v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs  [2020] FCA 1627

AVE17 v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs  [2021] FCA 16

AAZ19 v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs  [2021] FCA 407

CZC19 v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs  [2021] FCA 1083

ECR20 v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs  [2021] FCA 1312

DXO21 v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs  [2021] FCA 1656

BBI19 v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs  [2021] FCA 1466

BET20 v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs  [2022] FCA 6

DDK17 v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs  [2022] FCA 462

Wang v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs  [2022] FCA 672

Sidhu by his litigation representative Kaur v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs* [2022] FCA 1459

AHL19 v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs* [2023] FCA 122

CRG17 v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs*[2022] FCA 1567

Salma v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs * [2023] FCA 356

Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs v Antoon *[2023] FCA 717

Gorgees v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs*[2023] FCA 746

BQG21 v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs*[2023] FCA 865

[Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs v Antoon* [2023] FCA 717] (http://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/cases/cth/FCA/2023/717.html)

Search Warrant Challenge

Puglisi v Fisheries Management Authority [1997] FCA 846

Taxation

Deputy Commissioner of Taxation v Leslie Raymond Austin [1998] FCA 1034
Miller v Deputy Commissioner of Taxation (1997) 26 ACSR 533; (1998) 98 ATC 4059

Common Law

McKinnon v The Commonwealth [1998] FCA 1456
McKinnon v The Commonwealth [1999] FCA 717

Industrial Law

Fohmsbee v Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union [1999] FCA 487
John L Pierce v Kennedy[2000] FCA 1729
John L Pierce v Kennedy (2001) 113 FCR 177[2001] FCA 779
Taudevin v Egis Consulting Limited and the Commonwealth [2002] NSWIRComm 6

Work History before being called to the Bar

1984 Member of the UNSW Jessup Moot team
1985 legal cadet Commonwealth Attorney General's Department, Canberra
Oct 1985-1986 Associate to Chief Justice Kevin O'Leary of the Northern Territory Supreme Court
1986-1987 solicitor in General Counsel – the advisings area of Commonwealth Attorney General's Department, Canberra.
1988-1989 solicitor in the Government Branch of AGS which was the Constitutional and Administrative law branch of the AGS. Instructing solicitor in the High Court in Davis v The Commonwealth and Air Caledonie v The Commonwealth which were Constitutional cases heard at this time.
1990 solicitor in AGS Sydney with carriage of Customs prosecution work.
1991 solicitor/barrister working in the administrative law section of AGS Perth. Appearing as counsel in Federal Court administrative law matters.
1992 -1993 Appointed as a Legal 2 (the level below Senior Executive Service) team leader of the AGS Sydney team in the major commercial recovery case of Commonwealth v Ling which successfully recovered debts assigned to the Commonwealth by overseas Chinese students. This case raised Constitutional issues concerning the executive power of the Commonwealth to enter contracts.
1994-1995 team leader AGS team embedded with Trade Practices Commission in successful prosecution of TNT and Mayne Nickless. The penalty imposed was the highest achieved by the Commission at that time.
1995 Manager AGS Sydney for Department of Workplace Relations matters

Email:

Phone:

Fax:

dgodwin@qsc.com.au

02 9221 9208

02 9221 4951