Alinea Chambers

Alinea Chambers is known for its depth of skill and experience‘ in the commercial disputes arena, with members of the set engaging in a broad range of practice areas across the commercial and employment spaces, for clients ranging from private individuals to large multinational companies and government entities, such as the police force. Patrick Holmes has a strong practice in commercial and regulatory disputes, with a focus on financial services regulation, market misconduct and consumer protection matters, whereas Melanie Cairns, who handles a range of commercial work, has co-chaired the NSW Bar Diversity & Equality Committee while sitting on a Professional Conduct Committee. ’ Tamasin Jonker regularly appears in cases involving consumer law and corporations law, such as the case of AHG WA (2015) Pty Ltd & Ors v Mercedes-Benz Australia Pacific Pty Ltd, in which she acted for the Respondent, Mercedes-Benz in a proceeding concerning its implementation of an agency model in place of the previous, decades long dealer model. Zoë Hillman is noted for her work in complex and high-risk litigation.