Kai Allison

Kai is an experienced litigator with expertise in complex commercial disputes across multiple jurisdictions, having acted in state and federal courts at trial and appellate levels. Energetic, pragmatic and collaborative, Kai is committed to delivering informed, efficient and effective client outcomes.

Experience

Kai has acted in major proceedings in the Federal Court of Australia and the Supreme Courts of Queensland and Victoria, and has experience in arbitration, mediation and expert determination.

Kai's areas of expertise include:

• complex commercial litigation and major contentious matters
• class action defence across consumer and operational failure matters
• regulatory investigations
• costs recovery

Career highlights

Kai's career highlights include:

• acting for an Australian energy company at first instance and on appeal in defending a class action in the Federal Court of Australia in relation to alleged contravention of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth)
• acting for an Australian renewable energy company in Federal Court of Australia proceedings arising in relation to the approval of a wind farm under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth)
• acting for a state government body in defending complex class action proceedings in the Supreme Court of Victoria arising from a large-scale public program
• acting for a global energy company in relation to costs recovery following proceedings in the Federal Court of Australia
• acting for a major Australian company in preparing responses to notices issued under section 155 of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
• acting for a major Australian company in preparing responses to a notice issued by a State Commission of Inquiry
• assisting unrepresented refugees and asylum seekers with visa applications for their spouses or children, in partnership with a local community legal organisation