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Fiona Cameron practises as a barrister, arbitrator and mediator in relation to disputes across Australia and internationally. Her areas of expertise include technology, engineering and construction disputes; transport, aviation and maritime law; complex commercial; and taxation matters. Fiona also has an interest in sports law, and sits as a member of the Victorian Amateur Football Association's Independent Integrity Hearing Panel.
She has been recommended in Doyle's Guides to Leading Construction and Infrastructure Junior Counsel, and to Leading Commercial Litigation and Dispute Resolution Junior Counsel, as well as in Legal500. Client feedback described Fiona as "analytical, unflappable, easy to work with".
Fiona is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, a member of the Arbitrators' and Mediators' Institute of New Zealand and a Grade 3 Arbitrator (Resolution Institute). She is a nationally accredited mediator under the National Mediator Accreditation Scheme.
Fiona is a member of Young's List Barristers and MTECC in Melbourne and a visiting member of William Forster Chambers in Darwin.
Recent experience
Some examples of Fiona's recent experience include disputes relating to:
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energy, mining and resources projects, such as in relation to LNG facilities, renewables projects including wind turbine generators and solar farms, mining tenements and joint venture arrangements, land fill operations and electricity infrastructure
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technology and product liability matters, such as a dispute in relation to the suitability and manufacturing quality of components for a public emergency address system in a large tunnel project, and a dispute concerning the design of a private passenger jet
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large scale construction projects, such as the design and construction of a recycled water treatment plant, and various master-planned residential precinct or apartment developments
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maritime law, such as in relation to the international carriage of goods and commodities and ship collisions
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company and consumer law, contractual breaches and other issues of corporate conduct including allegations of fraudulent conduct, conspiracy to cause economic harm, oppressive conduct and breaches of directors' duties, and
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transfer pricing as between Australian resident taxpayers and international associated entities.
A list of selected recent published cases in which Fiona appeared as counsel is available here.
Previous experience
Before being called to the Bar in 2015, Fiona was Associate to the Honourable Justice Pagone of
the Federal Court of Australia, assisting his Honour in a wide range of commercial and public law matters. Prior to this, Fiona was an Associate at the Supreme Court of Victoria, where she assisted
in matters in the commercial trial division and in criminal and civil appeals. Fiona was previously employed by Crawford Legal, an Adelaide-based boutique commercial and construction law firm.
Qualifications
Fiona holds a Diploma in International Commercial Arbitration from the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, a Master of Public and International Law from the University of Melbourne, a Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice from the Australian National University, and a Bachelor of Laws (Hons)
from the University of Adelaide.
Download Fiona's CV here.