Charles Scerri QC has extensive experience as an advocate and advisor in a wide variety of commercial matters with a particular emphasis on contractual disputes, competition and consumer law matters, class actions and commercial disputes within the mining and resources sector. He appears principally in the Federal Court of Australia and the Supreme Court of Victoria. He also appears regularly interstate and in Papua New Guinea.
Widely regarded as a leading advocate, Charles is regularly engaged by the Australian government, the Victorian government, the Papua New Guinea government, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and other Commonwealth agencies and departments.
Recent cases
Some of the major commercial law cases Charles has undertaken are outlined below:
Ok Tedi class action litigation (for BHP Billiton and Ok Tedi Mining Limited) and later class action (acting for Ok Tedi Mining Limited)
Kelian litigation concerning mineral reserves in Kalimantan, Borneo (acting for Rio Tinto)
Longford Royal Commission concerning the explosion at the Longford Gas Plant (acting for BHP Billiton)
Melbourne Metropolitan Ambulance Service Royal Commission (acting for a Mallesons Stephen Jaques partner)
Acting for Administrators/Liquidators in the Opes Prime litigation arising out of insolvency, including several class actions
Access litigation in the Federal and High Courts of Australia in relation to access to the railways in the Pilbara region of Western Australia (acting for the National Competition Council)
AWB Limited shareholder class action in Sydney, Melbourne and New York
Orrong Strategies v Village Roadshow in Victorian Supreme Court concerning a contractual dispute and accounting and valuation issues
GSK v TPI and Ritchie in Victorian Supreme Court concerning the use of confidential information
Multiplex shareholder class action
Litigation in Papua New Guinea concerning the Ramu nickel and cobalt project (acting for Ramu NiCo Management (MCC) Limited, a Chinese government owned corporation)
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Contact
PH +61 3 +61 3 9225 8276
Email [email protected]
Chambers: Room 1517
Castan Chambers
460 Lonsdale Street
Melbourne 3000
Practice Areas
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Mediation
Arbitration
Commercial Law
Corporations Law & Securities Law
Insurance Law & Professional Negligence Law
Competition Law & Consumer Law
Banking & Finance
Common Law
Negligence
Corporations Law & Securities Law
Investments
Equity & Trusts
Negligence
Professional Negligence
ADMISSIONS
Admitted to the Legal Profession:
03 Apr 1975
Signed Victorian Bar Roll:
29 May 1986
Appointed Silk:
25 Nov 1997
Qualifications
LLM, Bcomm
Also Entitled to Practise in
Australian Capital Territory
New South Wales
Papua New Guinea
Queensland
Western Australia
Western Samoa
Committee Memberships
Federal Court - Class Actions User Group
Federal Court - Users Committee