D’Arcy Hope

• Class Actions
• Commercial Law
• Competition
• Equity
• Inquests & Inquiries
• Media, Entertainment & Broadcast
• Public Law
• Sports, Gaming & Licensing

D’Arcy practises in commercial law, and has particular expertise in class actions, building and construction, contractual disputes, and regulatory proceedings.

Prior to coming to the Bar, D’Arcy was a commercial litigation lawyer in King & Wood Mallesons’ Dispute Resolution group and an academic at Deakin Law School. 

D’Arcy holds a Master of Laws, Bachelor of Laws, Bachelor of Arts and Diploma of Mandarin. He ranked first in his cohort in Administrative Law and International Commercial Litigation. 

D’Arcy read with Helen Tiplady and Nasos Kaskani, and his senior mentor is Robert Craig KC.

A sample of D’Arcy’s recent experience includes:

DGT17* v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs & Anor [2023] FCA 552 (Federal Court of Australia) (migration and judicial review): acted for the successful appellant, instructed by Asylum Seeker Resource Centre and led by Georgina Costello KC

Chuanmei Lu and YL Enterprises Pty Ltd v Grand Land Property Pty Ltd & Ors* (Supreme Court of Victoria, resolved part way through the trial) (oppression, contract and misleading or deceptive conduct): acted for the eleven defendants, instructed by Holding Redlich and led by Robert Craig KC and Colette Mintz

Keppel Prince Engineering Pty Ltd v Vestas – Australian Wind Technology Pty Ltd* (Supreme Court of Victoria, resolved part way through the trial) (construction, liquidated damages and estoppel): acted for the defendant, instructed by Pinsent Masons and led by Richard Harris 

Luke* v Aveo Group Limited (Federal Court of Australia, resolved part way through the trial) (class action, unconscionable conduct, misleading or deceptive conduct): acted for the class and led by Nick Kidd SC, Emrys Nekvapil SC and Jim Hartley

Luke* v Aveo Group Limited (No 2) [2022] FCA 1072 (Federal Court of Australia) (class action, practice and procedure concerning opt out notice): acted for the class and led by Philip Tucker and Jim Hartley

​​​​Nicholas Gehrke v Freedom Foods Group Limited* & Anor (Supreme Court of Victoria, ongoing) (class action, large scale document review and appearing at related hearings): acting for the corporate respondent and instructed by Arnold Bloch Leibler and appearing unled 

Alexandre Raffin v Modern Assets Australia Pty Ltd & Ors* (Federal Court of Australia, ongoing) (unconscionable conduct and misleading or deceptive conduct): acting for a director of the corporate respondent and appearing unled 

Weboptimizers Pty Ltd v PAWK Pty Ltd* (Magistrates’ Court of Victoria, ongoing) (contract and misleading or deceptive conduct): instructed by Holding Redlich and appearing unled

Grey Door Pty Ltd* v Ezymart Australia Pty Ltd & Anor (Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal) (retail lease dispute): instructed by Media Arts Lawyers and appearing unled 

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