D’Arcy Hope
- Class Actions
- Commercial Law
- Competition
- Equity
- Inquests & Inquiries
- Media, Entertainment & Broadcast
- Public Law
- Sports, Gaming & Licensing
D’Arcy practises in commercial and public law, and has particular expertise in class actions, construction and engineering, contract, insurance, competition and consumer, and regulatory proceedings.
Prior to coming to the Bar, D’Arcy was a litigation lawyer in King & Wood Mallesons’ Dispute Resolution Group and Norton Rose Fulbright’s Competition Disputes Group.
D’Arcy holds a Master of Laws (commercial and competition focus), Bachelor of Laws, Bachelor of Arts and Diploma of Mandarin. He ranked first in his cohort in multiple law subjects. D’Arcy 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.
D’Arcy accepts briefs to appear and advise in all jurisdictions. A sample of D’Arcy’s recent litigation experience includes:
Arbitration under ACICA Rules regarding a Public-Private Partnership project (alleged breach of contract, construction and engineering), instructed by Maddocks and led by Richard J Harris SC (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).
Fairbank Haven Pty Ltd v Merkon Constructions Pty Ltd & Ors* (Supreme Court of Victoria) (building and construction): acting for the insurer of a superintendent, instructed by Barry Nilsson and led by Gabi Crafti SC (2023-2024).
Alexandre Raffin v Modern Assets Australia Pty Ltd & Ors* (Federal Court of Australia) (alleged unconscionable conduct and misleading or deceptive conduct): acted for the director of the corporate respondent and appearing unled (see for e.g., succesful strike out application: [2023] FCA 1130 (2023-2024).
Chuanmei Lu and YL Enterprises Pty Ltd v Grand Land Property Pty Ltd & Ors* (Supreme Court of Victoria) (oppression proceeding): acted for the eleven defendants, instructed by Holding Redlich and led by Robert Craig KC and Colette Mintz (2022-2023).
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).
Luke* v Aveo Group Limited (Federal Court of Australia, settled at trial) (class action alleging unconscionable conduct and misleading or deceptive conduct): 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 (Federal Court of Australia) (migration and judicial review): acted for the successful appellant, instructed by Asylum Seeker Resource Centre and led by Georgina Costello KC (2023).
Weboptimizers Pty Ltd v PAWK Pty Ltd* (Magistrates’ Court of Victoria) (technology dispute, alleged misleading or deceptive conduct): instructed by Holding Redlich and appearing unled (2023-2024).
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PRACTICE AREAS
- Class Actions
- Commercial Law
- Appellate
- Banking & Finance
- Building & Construction
- Contractual Disputes
- Corporate Insolvency
- Corporations & Securities
- Energy & Resources
- Real Property
- Competition
- Equity
- Inquests & Inquiries
- Media, Entertainment & Broadcast
- Defamation
- Public Law
- Appellate
- Sports, Gaming & Licensing
- Contracts
ADMISSIONS & QUALIFICATIONS
- Signed Victorian Bar Roll
- 05 May 2022
- Admitted
- 4 December 2018
- Qualifications
- Master of Laws; Bachelor of Laws; Bachelor of Arts; Diploma of Languages (Mandarin)
CONTACT
MOB: +61 437 786 488
Email: [email protected]
Clerk phone: +61 3 9225 6777
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Chambers: 2910
Aickin Chambers
200 Queen Street
Melbourne 3000