Our guest speaker will be Simon Wilson QC
Simon Wilson QC has been a member of the Victorian Bar since 1976 and was appointed as the youngest Silk in 1992 at the age of 41.
Simon’s areas of speciality include commercial work involving major commercial property disputes, defamation work and common law matters having a professional negligence, insurance and personal injury content.
In his defamation practice, Simon has represented numerous identities from the world of Sport, Politics and Entertainment and he holds the record plaintiff’s verdict in Victoria for a contested defamation trial before a Judge and/or Judge and Jury.
In 1984 the Victorian Bar celebrated its Centenary and Simon was appointed as the Director, Co-writer and Actor in the Centenary Bar Review “The Life and Times of Judge John Doe”.
During his legal studies at Monash University, Simon had a sabbatical year off in Oxford where he taught school. Simon has also appeared on national radio, in debates and is a previous President of the Melbourne University Graduate Student Theatre Group.
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