D’Arcy Hope

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

D’Arcy practises in commercial litigation, and has particular expertise in large scale litigation, construction and engineering, building disputes, arbitration, class actions, contract, insurance, competition and consumer, and regulatory proceedings.

Prior to coming to the Bar, D’Arcy was a commercial litigation lawyer in King & Wood Mallesons’ Dispute Resolution Group.

D’Arcy holds a Master of Laws, Bachelor of Laws, Bachelor of Arts and Diploma of Mandarin. He ranked first in his cohort in multiple law subjects. He is also a casual academic at Deakin Law School.

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

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

• Arbitration under ACICA Rules regarding a Public-Private Partnership project (construction and engineering), instructed by Maddocks and led by Richard J Harris SC (2024).
• Fairbank Haven Pty Ltd v Merkon Constructions Pty Ltd & Ors* (Supreme Court of Victoria) (building and construction; negligence), acting for the insurer of a superintendent, instructed by Barry Nilsson and led by Gabi Crafti SC (2023-2024).
• Lara Property Investments* v VSS Real Estate Pty Ltd & Ors (Supreme Court of Victoria) (misleading or deceptive conduct re the sale of land), led by Georgina Costello KC (2024).
• Nicholas Gehrke v Freedom Foods Group Limited* & Anor (Supreme Court of Victoria) (shareholder class action), instructed by Arnold Bloch Leibler and led by Robert Craig KC, Jennifer Findlay and Andrew McRobert (2022-2024).
• Lin v Lin (Supreme Court of Victoria) (trusts dispute), instructed by Hunt&Hunt and led by Nasos Kaskani.
• Adams v Pradhan & Ors* (County Court of Victoria), (contract dispute) instructed by Clayton Utz and unled (2023-2024).
• Keppel Prince Engineering Pty Ltd v Vestas – Australian Wind Technology Pty Ltd* (Supreme Court of Victoria) (construction and engineering), instructed by Pinsent Masons and led by Richard J Harris SC (2022-2023).
• Chuanmei Lu and YL Enterprises Pty Ltd v Grand Land Property Pty Ltd & Ors* (Supreme Court of Victoria) (oppression), acted for the eleven defendants, instructed by Holding Redlich and led by Robert Craig KC and Colette Mintz (2022-2023).
• Luke* v Aveo Group Limited (Federal Court of Australia) (class action): led by Nick Kidd SC, Emrys Nekvapil SC and Jim Hartley. See for e.g., Luke v Aveo Group Limited (No 2) [2022] FCA 1072 (2022-2023).
• DGT17* v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs & Anor [2023] FCA 552 (migration and judicial review), instructed by Asylum Seeker Resource Centre and led by Georgina Costello KC (2023).
• Alexandre Raffin v Modern Assets Australia Pty Ltd & Ors* [2023] FCA 1130 (cryptocurrency dispute), acted for the director of the respondent.

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