Dominic Toomey SC
Tel: +61 2 9233 7711
Fax: +61 2 9232 8975
Email: dtoomey@jackshand.com.au
Called to the Bar: 1999
Dominic Toomey SC was called to the Bar in 1999 and appointed Senior Counsel in 2015. He appears both at trial and on appeal, in many areas of practice, including common law, contract, equity, crime and insurance law. He specialises in all areas of tort law, including medical and other professional negligence, major personal injury and intentional torts. He also appears in coronial inquests and administrative law matters.
Mr Toomey commenced practice as a barrister in 1999, having then practised already for 6 years as a solicitor. During that time he conducted cases in the fields of tort and crime, with a heavy focus on major personal injury actions.
He appears as counsel, both at trial and on appeal, in numerous areas of practice, including common law, contract, equity and crime. He specialises in tort law – including medical and other professional negligence, personal injury, and intentional torts – and in the fields of insurance and administrative law.
Mr Toomey has appeared in numerous cases involving the application of interstate and foreign law and not infrequently appears in interstate courts, particularly in the ACT.
He has appeared as lead counsel in many appeals, including in the High Court of Australia in the leading case on police powers of arrest, State of New South Wales v Robinson [2019] HCA 46.
Mr Toomey took silk in 2015.
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