Company and Partnership Disputes​

• Breach of statutory directors’ duties
• Shareholder oppression claims
• Disputes between directors or partners
• Disputes between directors and shareholders
• Diversion of commercial opportunity claims
• Fraud and white-collar crime
• Breach of fiduciary duty claims

Employment Litigation​

• Unfair dismissal disputes
• General protections claims
• Workplace bullying
• Redundancy
• Termination of employment
• Preparation of employment contracts and independent contractor’s agreements
• Discrimination and sexual harassment claims
• Workplace health and safety
• Privacy disputes
• Restraint of trade disputes ​

Commercial Litigation

• Fraud
• Forgery
• Trade practices litigation
• Breach of contract claims

Defamation

• Pre-publication advice
• Suppression orders
• Defamation litigation for plaintiffs and defendants

Sports Law

• Athlete misconduct
• Contract preparation and negotiation
• Representation of sports governing bodies
• Disciplinary hearings
• Governance

Wills and Estates Litigation

• Contested or unfair will disputes
• Beneficiary disputes
• Solemn form proceedings
• Disputes as to testator’s capacity

Regulatory Law

Representing medical practitioners, dentists, physiotherapists, psychologists and teachers in disciplinary proceedings relating to allegations of misconduct before statutory regulatory authorities and tribunals.

Mediation

John has extensive experience in all forms of alternate dispute resolution. Over the last three decades he has participated in more than 1000 mediations, conciliations, arbitrations and other forms of dispute resolution acting both as an advocate and mediator.

John was awarded the Queensland Law Society President’s Medal in 2014 and is a past recipient of the Australian Lawyers’ Alliance Queensland Civil Justice Award.

John was ranked as one of Queensland’s recommended employment lawyers in Doyle’s Guide in 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025.

In 2024, The Queensland Attorney General recommended the Governor appoint John as a practitioner panel member of the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (QCAT) for a term of 5 years.

John is an experienced company director and served on the board of Crèche & Kindergarten Association Limited, one of Australia’s largest early childhood education providers, for over a decade. He has provided legal advice to the Board of the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, companies in the medical and allied health sectors, school boards, legal profession and indigenous councils in the Northern Territory and North Queensland.

John has extensive experience representing Australians who have been arrested or imprisoned overseas.  In 2014, he was awarded the Queensland Law Society President’s Medal and the Australian Lawyers’ Alliance Queensland Civil Justice Award for his representation of Marcus Lee, an Australian citizen charged with (and acquitted of) fraud-related offences in Dubai.  He was also a member of the legal team which acted for Peter Greste, an Australian journalist imprisoned in Egypt.  John also provided legal representation to Australian filmmaker James Ricketson during his imprisonment in Cambodia and has assisted Australians to navigate the criminal justice system in Kenya, Qatar, and Ras al Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates.