Georgina Buckley

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Litigation, Dispute Resolution, Contract Disputes, Prosecutions, Defamation, Mining and Resources, Live Export, Government and Patents.

AWARDS

• 2018 Una Prentice Award, Women Lawyers Association of Queensland Inc
• 2018 John F Kearney Law Gold Medal, Bond University

QUALIFICATIONS

• Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice
• Bachelor of Laws (Honours)
• Bachelor of Arts (Film & TV)

SELECTED REPRESENTATIONS

• Acting for targets in schemes of arrangements regarding the Court approval process, including Apollo Tourism & Leisure Ltd, Electric Metals (USA) Limited, Over the Wire Holdings Limited and OneVue Holdings Limited;
• Acting for the Department of Education in various matters and prosecutions in relation to the Education and Care Services National Law (Queensland), which regulates the childcare sector;
• Acting for Queensland Health in prosecutions in relation to the Food Act 2006 (Qld) and the Health (Drugs and Poisons) Regulation 1996 (Qld);
• Advising and acting for the Motor Accident Insurance Commission in relation to prosecutions under the Motor Accident Insurance Act 1994 (Qld);
• Acting for several defendants in prosecutions brought by the Victorian Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions in relation to offences under the Livestock Disease Control Act 1994 (Vic);
• Acting for the operator of one of the world’s largest zinc mines in relation to an appeal worth over AUD$50 million on the amount of estimated rehabilitation cost required to be lodged;
• Acting for councils in relation to freedom of information requests; and
• Acting for the director of one of Queensland’s leading recycling and revegetation corporations in relation to a defamation claim and related bankruptcy proceedings.