About Angela

Angela is an experienced administrative and regulatory lawyer having worked in the state government regulatory environment for 20 years. She has extensive experience and expertise in administrative law, litigation, investigations, dispute resolution, and corporate governance in regulatory environments. 

Angela advises government clients and statutory authorities on a broad range of matters including merits review and judicial review, statutory interpretation, complex statutory regimes, compliance and enforcement, governance and investigations.

Her recent experience includes managing a substantial volume of merits review matters for the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) through alternative dispute resolution processes to hearings in the Administrative Review Tribunal and the Tribunal’s Guidance and Appeal Panel. Angela is also managing multiple judicial review applications in the Federal Court of Australia, testing the interpretation and application of the NDIS Act.

Experience

• Litigation

  Advising government clients in complex litigation before tribunals and courts, including alternative dispute resolution, substantive hearings, and appeals. Ensuring a deep understanding of a client’s needs including the importance of empathetic litigation where vulnerable individuals are involved. 

• Investigations

  Managing investigations, with recent experience including reviewing investigation reports, providing advice on the assessment and evaluation of evidence and critical gaps in investigations, and conducting a confidential investigation into clinical governance failures at a major health service.

• Governance

  Advising government departments and statutory authorities on public law governance including the lawful exercise and delegation of power, the application of whole of government legislation and policies, and memorandum of understanding.

• Administrative law

  Advising clients on the scope of new arbitration powers, ministerial guidelines and the interaction between conciliation and arbitration powers, the impact of youth justice policy and new bail conditions on safety risks associated with student attendance at school.