Edward P. Anderson
Barrister
Edward came to the Bar in 2017. He accepts briefs in all areas of law and regularly appears in the District and Supreme Courts of New South Wales (including sittings in regional NSW). He also regularly appears in appeals to the New South Wales Court of Appeal and the New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal.
Select Cases
Appellate Jurisdiction
Torts - Appeared for the respondent at the hearing before White JA, Adamson JA and Basten AJA concerning a fall in a council playground, led by David Lloyd SC.
Torts - Appeared for the respondent at the hearing before Payne JA, Mitchelmore JA and Griffiths AJA concerning a slip and fall on a driveway at residential premises, led by Robert Sheldon SC.
Torts - Appeared for the respondent at the hearing before Brereton JA, Beech-Jones JA and Basten AJA concerning the intoxication provisions of the Civil Liability Act 2002, led by Robert Sheldon SC.
Crime - Appeared for the applicant at the hearing before Basten AJA, Davies J and McNaughton J in relation to a conviction appeal (sexual intercourse without consent) dealing with inconsistent verdicts on various counts, unled.
Torts - Appeared for the respondent at the hearing seeking leave to appeal before Basten JA and White JA in relation to a personal injury claim brought further to the Civil Liability Act 2002, led by Robert Sheldon SC.
Torts - Appeared for the respondent at the hearing before Basten JA, Payne JA and Simpson AJA in relation to a claim made in conversion and detinue, unled.
Building & Construction - Appeared for the respondent at the concurrent hearing before Bell P, Leeming JA and Simpson AJA in relation to a claim made further to the Security of Payment Act, unled.
Original Jurisdiction
Statutory Interpretation – Torts – Negligence – Appeared for the plaintiff at the hearing before Mitchelmore J concerning the application of the Impounding Act 1993 and secs. 43 and 43A of the Civil Liability Act 2002, unled.
Torts – Negligence – Appeared for the plaintiff at the hearing before Harrison AsJ in relation to a slip and fall on a driveway at residential premises, led by Paresh Khandhar SC.
Administrative law - Judicial review - Appeared for the plaintiff at the hearing before Schmidt AJ in relation to a certificate issued by a delegate of the President of the Personal Injury Commission of New South Wales further to the Motor Accidents Injuries Act 2017, led by Robert Sheldon SC.
Torts - Mortgages & Securities - Appeared for the plaintiff before Cavanagh J in relation to a claim for damages in conversion / detinue concerning missing assets (five Mack trucks and their associated trailers), which were noted as security under a chattel mortgage agreement, unled.
Administrative Law – Judicial review – Appeared for the first defendant before Basten J concerning whether there was a reviewable error in relation to a determination of the Review Panel under the Motor Accidents Compensation Act 1999, led by Michael Finnane QC.
Equity - Corporations – Appeared for the plaintiffs before Black J in relation to claim for oppression with respect to admission of applicants to membership of a social club, led by Michael Evans.
Admissions
- Admitted to the New South Wales Bar – 2017
- Admitted as to the legal profession – 2012