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 and arbitration, construction and engineering, infrastructure, class actions, contract, insurance, and competition and consumer.

D’Arcy is recognised in Doyle’s Guide as a Recommended Construction and Infrastructure Junior Counsel in Victoria.

Prior to coming to the Bar, D’Arcy was a commercial litigation lawyer in Mallesons’ Dispute Resolution Group. He holds a Master of Laws, Bachelor of Laws, Bachelor of Arts and Diploma of Mandarin, and ranked first in his cohort in multiple law subjects.

D’Arcy read with Helen Tiplady and his senior mentor was Robert Craig KC (as his Honour then was).

A sample of D’Arcy’s experience includes:

Construction / infrastructure litigation:

• CPB Contractors* v Aurecon Australasia (and others) (Supreme Court of New South Wales) (construction and engineering / tunnelling), instructed by MinterEllison and part of a large counsel team (2026).
• ADCO Group Pty Ltd* v Boroondara City Council (Supreme Court of Victoria) (construction and engineering), instructed by MinterEllison and led by Kathleen Foley SC and Elizabeth Bateman (2025-2026).
• John Holland Pty Ltd (and others)* v Arcadis Australia Pacific Pty Ltd (and others) (Supreme Court of Victoria) (construction and engineering / tunnelling), instructed by Pinsent Masons and led by Nick Pane KC and John Gurr KC (2025-2026).
• J and M Kheir Builders* v 7 Annette (County Court of Victoria) (domestic building), instructed by Maddocks and led by Richard J Harris SC (2024-2026).
• Arbitration under ACICA Rules regarding electrical engineering works (construction and engineering / tunnelling), instructed by MinterEllison and led by Peter Braham SC and Fiona Cameron (2024-2025).
• Advising tier 1 construction company regarding claims in connection with major industrial facility (construction and engineering), instructed by Maddocks and led by Robert Craig KC (2024-2025).
• Fairbank Haven Pty Ltd v Merkon Constructions Pty Ltd & Ors* (Supreme Court of Victoria) (building and construction / insurance), instructed by Barry Nilsson and led by Gabi Crafti SC (2023-2025).
• Arbitration under ACICA Rules regarding a Public-Private Partnership project (construction and engineering), instructed by Maddocks and led by Richard J Harris SC (2024).
• Keppel Prince Engineering Pty Ltd v Vestas – Australian Wind Technology Pty Ltd*(Supreme Court of Victoria) (contract / wind farm), instructed by Pinsent Masons and led by Richard J Harris SC (2022-2023).

Commercial litigation: 

• Advising the State of Victoria in connection with dispute resolution (contract / corrective services), instructed by MinterEllison and led by Robert Craig KC, Christian Juebner KC and Fiona Cameron (2024-2026).
• 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 (2022-2025).
• Chuanmei Lu and YL Enterprises Pty Ltd v Grand Land Property Pty Ltd & Ors*(Supreme Court of Victoria) (oppression), 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 (2022-2023). See for example Luke v Aveo Group Limited (No 2) [2022] FCA 1072.
• Raffin v Modern Assets Australia Pty Ltd [2023] FCA 1130 (cryptocurrency), unled for a director of the respondent.

Other:

• Lin v Lin* (Victorian Court of Appeal)(equity and trusts), instructed by Hunt&Hunt and led by Nasos Kaskani (2026).
• Advising an applicant seeking approval of the Foreign Investment Review Board in relation to a significant residential asset, instructed by Sutton Laurence King Lawyers and led by Gareth Redenbach (2026).
• Lin* v Lin [2025] VSC 691; [2025] VSC 712 (equity and trusts), instructed by Hunt&Hunt and led by Nasos Kaskani.

Further information is available on request.

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