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Lucy Bartlett
Solicitor
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Isabella Rosati
Lawyer

Georgina Buckley

Senior Associate

Georgina approaches her work with the aim of reaching a resolution sensibly and she focuses on quickly assessing the issues at hand. She is trusted by clients to give considered, practical and commercial advice.

Georgina is a litigation and dispute resolution lawyer specialising in promissory and proprietary estoppel, contract disputes, defamation, injurious falsehood, compulsory share acquisitions, and shareholder and corporate disputes. She also has experience in freedom of information requests, property disputes, prosecutions and live export, and has instructed counsel in the Federal, Supreme, District and Magistrates Courts of Australia.

Prior to Hamilton Locke, Georgina was at McCullough Robertson Lawyers.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Litigation, Dispute Resolution, Contract Disputes, Promissory Estoppel, Proprietary Estoppel, Corporate Disputes, Defamation, Injurious Falsehood, Mediation, Live Export, Prosecutions.

 

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

 

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

 

SELECTED REPRESENTATIONS
  • Acting for high-wealth individuals in complex promissory estoppel claims spanning decades of factual allegations regarding multi-million-dollar family enterprises.
  • Acting for Goldtower Construction Pty Ltd in the compulsory acquisition of shares in Nimrod Resources Limited.
  • Acting for the Mackay Group in various disputes including corporate, contractual, negligence and nuisance disputes.
  • Acting for Consolidated Pastoral Company Pty Ltd in successful Supreme Court of Queensland proceedings and a successful dismissal of an appeal regarding a dispute over a give and take agreement.
  • Acting for the Aveo Group in various contractual and defamation disputes, and advising on niche policy concerns and legislative interpretation.
  • Acting for individuals and entities in claiming and defending defamation and injurious falsehood allegations in personal and corporate contexts.