About Jacinta

Jacinta specialises in commercial litigation and dispute resolution.

She has worked on a number of complex commercial and corporations law disputes, intellectual property matters including pharmaceutical patent and copyright matters, theft of confidential information and contractual disputes. Jacinta is conscious of her clients’ commercial and legal objectives, and works with them to adopt a strategic practical approach to managing and resolving their disputes.

Experience

• European car manufacturer
  Acting for a European car manufacturer and franchisor in Federal Court proceedings commenced against our client by a former franchisee of a dealership, involving assertions of trademark infringement, breach of contract, and claims on a guarantee and indemnity. The matter also included a multi-million dollar cross-claim for damages arising out of allegations of misleading and deceptive conduct, breach of contract and various declarations. The matter resolved on favourable confidential terms.
• Generic partners

  Acting for Generic Partners (a generic pharmaceutical supplier) in the following proceedings:

  • GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare Investments (Ireland) (No. 2) Limited v Apotex Pty Ltd [2016] FCA 608; GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare Investments (Ireland) (No 2) Limited v Generic Partners Pty Limited (No 2) [2018] FCAFC 71
  • Apotex Pty Ltd v Warner-Lambert Company LLC (No 3) [2017] FCA 94; Warner-Lambert Company LLC v Apotex Pty Limited [2017] FCAFC 58
• Commercial and private clients

  Acting for various commercial and private clients, in large scale commercial and contractual disputes.

• Latrobe City Council
  Acting for Latrobe City Council in both the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal in a long-running dispute over the responsibility of the Morwell Main Drain at Hazelwood Coal Mine. We successfully argued on behalf of Council that the drain existed for the benefit of the mine and should remain their responsibility, both at first instance reported at Hazelwood Power Partnership v Latrobe City Council [2015] VSC 638 and on appeal at Hazelwood Power Partnership v Latrobe City Council[2016] VSCA 129. The Court’s decision included ground-breaking interpretation of the law relating to ‘reasonable flows’ under the Water Act 1989 (Vic).
• Fashion retailer
  Acting for a fashion retailer in proceedings issued by a former supplier involving assertions of misleading and deceptive conduct under the Australian Consumer Law, breach of contract and conventional estoppel. The matter resolved on favourable confidential terms.