Emily Latif

• Arbitrators & Mediators
• Commercial Law
• Employment & Industrial
• Inquests & Inquiries
• Public Law

Emily is a public law advocate and practices predominantly in Discrimination, Judicial Review and Disciplinary matters.

Emily is instructed by State and Commonwealth governments, regulators, educational institutions and the private sector and regularly appears in federal and state courts and tribunals.

Emily is recognised in Doyle’s Guide as Leading Administrative & Public Law Junior Counsel, Victoria 2024.

Before coming to the bar, Emily was an associate to Justice Kenny of the Federal Court of Australia and a solicitor at Allens.

List of Recent Cases:

Appeals

BFH16 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2020] FCAFC 54

Naik v Monash University [2019] VSCA 72

Winky Pop Pty Ltd v The State of Victoria & Mobil [2019] VSCA 9

Somasundaram v Department of Education and Training [2018] VSCA 318

Judicial Review

Environment Victoria v AGL Loy Yang [2022] VSC 814

GHJ v Secretary to the Department of Justice and Community Safety (No 2) [2019] VSC 411

Naik v Monash University [2018] VSC 605

Disciplinary / Regulatory

Medical Board of Australia v Piesse (Review and Regulation) [2022] VCAT 82

Psychology Board of Australia v Knobel (Review and Regulation) [2021] VCAT 64

Psychology Board of Australia v Knobel (No 2) (Review and Regulation) [2021] VCAT 1333

Employment

Traverse Alpine Operations Pty Ltd v Simpson [2022] FCA 1365

State of Victoria, Victoria Police v Milka Bateson [2022] FWC 2655

Discrimination

DJC21 v Medical Board of Australia [2022] FCA 1502- dismissed

Pateras v State of Victoria [2022] FCA 238

DJC21 v Medical Board of Australia [2022] FCA 832

Naik v Monash University (Human Rights) [2022] VCAT 1353

Xia v Monash University (Human Rights) [2022] VCAT 86-

Phillips v Peninsula Health (Human Rights) [2021] VCAT 682

Morsman (by his next friend Bamptom) v State of Victoria (Department of Education and Training) [2020] FCA 763

Naik v Monash University Academic Board (Human Rights) [2020] VCAT 797

Pathmanathan v Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency [2019] FCA 1830

FOI and Privacy

Major Transport Infrastructure Authority v Davis (Review and Regulation) [2022] VCAT 123

Tran v Office of the Chief Parliamentary Counsel (Review and Regulation) [2022] VCAT 61

McNally and Waddell v Victoria Police (Review and Regulation) [2021] VCAT 1164

Tucker v State Revenue Office (Human Rights) [2021] VCAT 503

Tucker v State Revenue Office (Human Rights) [2020] VCAT 53

Stevens v Victoria Police (Review and Regulation) [2019] VCAT 861

Inquiries

Hazelwood Mine Fire Inquiry

 

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