Holly Jager

• Class Actions
• Commercial Law
• Competition
• Employment & Industrial
• Equity
• Fraud, Injunctive Relief & Asset Recovery
• Inquests & Inquiries
• Insurance & Reinsurance
• Intellectual Property
• Media, Entertainment & Broadcast
• Professional Negligence
• Public Law
• Sports, Gaming & Licensing

Holly Jager practices in defamation and other major torts, commercial law, public law, and proceeds of crime.

Holly was a solicitor at HWL Ebsworth in the commercial group, and was a member of the media sub-group.  As part of that team Holly gained significant experience in commercial transactions, defamation and contempt proceedings.

Before coming to the Bar, Holly was the Senior Associate to the Hon. Justice John Dixon and Senior Researcher to the Chief Justice (the Hon. Marilyn Warren AC KC).

Holly read with Renee Enbom KC and her senior mentor is Matt Collins AM KC.

Recent cases include the following:

Defamation and injurious falsehood

• Wilks v Qu (led by T J Mullen)
• Tziotzis v Nine Digital Pty Ltd (led by D P Gilbertson KC)
• Junk Group Pty Ltd v Maultby & Anor (led by T J Mullen)
• Deeming v Pesutto (led by M J Collins AM KC, T Mullen, with D Dexter)
• Jenkins v  Australia Council for the Arts (led by E Nekvapil SC, with T Meyrick, resolved)
• Bartlett v Roffey & Ors (led by M J Collins AM KC, S Mukerjea)
• Khoury v Kirwan (led by G Schoff KC, resolved)
• Wellington v Metcalf (led by J Castelan)
• Thunder Studios Inc (California) v Kazal (led by G Schoff KC)
• Li v Auwe Group Pty Ltd (led by M Hoyne, resolved)
• Armstrong v Kahramanian & Ors (unled, resolved)

General commercial

• Complete Technology Pty Ltd v F & N Property Developments Pty Ltd & Ors (led by C Juebner KC, resolved – dispute arising under consultancy agreement)
• Kingston City Council v Monash City Council (led by D V Aghion KC, arbitration, resolved – dispute arising under amalgamation agreement in relation to landfill sites)
• Northern Territory of Australia v Dover Investments Pty Ltd (led by A Wyvill SC and F Cameron, resolved – dispute in relation to a development agreement and its alleged repudiation)

Privilege

• Gehrke & Anor v Noumi Ltd (led by Dr S McNicol AM KC – acting for joint plaintiffs in a class action in relation to complex privilege disputes and related evidentiary issues)

Judicial review and administrative law

• Moriarty v Independent Commissioner Against Corruption (led by F Forsyth KC)
• Barnett v The Secretary, Australian Government Department of Health (led by D V Aghion KC)

Proceeds of crime

• Advice to various applicants (led by C Juebner KC)
• Perfect Choice Travel Australia Pty Ltd v DPP (led by E Ruddle KC)
• Saydali & Anor v DPP (unled)
• DPP v Thondan (led by E Ruddle KC, resolved)
• Zhu & Ors v DPP (led by E Ruddle KC, resolved)
• Providing advice to both applicants and respondents in relation to various applications

Commissions of Inquiry

• Royal Commission into the Management of Police Informants (acting for Victoria Police and individual members, led by S Holt KC and R Enbom KC)
• Acting for and advising affected persons and entities in relation to various investigative commissions and bodies

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