Chris is a Senior Associate in our Australian Government Team.
Chris is an experienced solicitor advocate who is both practical and solutions focussed. His practice focuses on government litigation, and he regularly appears on behalf of various Commonwealth government clients in the Administrative Review Tribunal, the Federal Court of Australia and the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia.
Experience & expertise
Chris has extensive experience in both a private practice and a public service setting. His previous experience in private practice included a Commonwealth government secondment and he has also worked for a Commonwealth government litigation branch. Chris also spent 18 months working in-house at a FTSE-100 company in London in their commercial disputes team.
Chris is known for his pragmatic and practical approach to complex merits review and judicial review matters.
His expertise is in social security, family assistance and child support legislation as well as the National Disability Insurance Scheme.
At Moray & Agnew, Chris’ practice primarily focuses on managing matters concerning the National Disability Insurance Scheme and Services Australia which includes the Child Support Registrar.
Work highlights
Some published decisions in which Chris has appeared as solicitor-advocate for Commonwealth government clients include:
- JTQL and Child Support Registrar (Child support second review) [2020] AATA 192
- BMXB and Child Support Registrar (Child support second review) [2022] AATA 375
- Ali and Secretary, Department of Social Services (Social services second review) [2021] AATA 3344
- Kilner and Secretary, Department of Social Services (Social services second review) [2020] AATA 1368
- Vella; Secretary, Department of Social Services and (Social services second review) [2021] AATA 4051
- Mainprize and Secretary, Department of Social Services (Social services second review) [2019] AATA 4359.
Professional background
