Catherine Dunlop
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Background
Catherine has a particular expertise and focus in emergency management law and has a unique understanding of this sector, including in issues of volunteerism and legal crisis management.
Legal Expertise
- Administrative law
- Constitutional law
- Coronial Inquests/Royal Commissions
- Crisis management skills
- Defamation
- Freedom of Information, Privacy and Whistleblowers Protection
- Negligence
- Occupational Health and Safety
- Publication and media advice
- Statutory interpretation and drafting legislation
- Employment and Workplace law
Relevant Experience
- Acting for a Victorian statutory authority which was the main party in Victoria's second longest Coronial Inquest. The case involved over 200 witnesses, with over 150 of them from our client. Responsible for providing strategic advice and co-ordinating a large team, over a three year period. Advised on communications strategy and worked extensively with media advisors. Advised on a number of complex legal issues including occupational health and safety, suppression orders, negligence, vicarious liability and the implementation of recommendations.
- Acting for a Victorian statutory authority in the lengthy Kew Cottages Inquest. Following the inquest the State Government committed $95 million for fire protection for the intellectually disabled and the Coroner praising the role that our client played at the inquest.
- Advising and preparing submissions on behalf of a number of Victorian statutory authorities and Government Departments in relation to proposed changes to the Occupational Health and Safety Act.