Mark graduated from Murdoch University holding a Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy (with First Class Honours).  Mark was admitted to the Supreme Court of Western Australia in 2011 and the High Court of Australia in 2012.

Now in his fifteenth year of practice, Mark has worked for several boutique and mid-size firms assisting a broad range of clients consisting of individuals, sole traders, small to medium size enterprises to publicly listed companies as well as administrators and receivers and manager of companies.  In that time, Mark has gained experience, and is proficient in:

• disputes involving real property, including commercial and residential leases, caveats, land resumption and compensation and sale of land in lieu of partition;
• corporate disputes involving breaches of director’s duties and disputes between shareholders and other stakeholders;
• applications for search and freezing orders, including urgent injunctive relief;
• insolvency matters including advice to directors regarding the potential appointment of administrators, to administrators, regarding deeds of company arrangement and to administrators;
• defending criminal prosecutions instituted under the Building Act 2011 (WA) or Planning and Development Act 2004 (WA) (or similar legislation and regulations);
• the proper administration of trust and faithful execution of a trustee’s duties;
• general debt recovery claims; and
• enforcement of civil judgments.

Below are links to cases where Mark performed an active role for a party, or parties, to the litigation:

Jadewest 2024 Pty Ltd -v- BTFMS Pty Ltd [No 3] [2024] WASC 244

Specialised Welding Australia Pty Ltd v Disselkoen [2024] FCA 1184

Tucker (Administrator) v Bolten (Trustee), in the matter of Quintis Leasing Pty Ltd (Administrators Appointed) (No 4) [2024] FCA 189

Tucker (Administrator) v Bolten (Trustee), in the matter of Quintis Leasing Pty Ltd (Administrators Appointed) (No 3) [2024] FCA 85

Tucker (Administrator) v Bolten (Trustee), in the matter of Quintis Leasing Pty Ltd (Administrators Appointed) (No 2) [2024] FCA 46

Re Spenda Ltd; Ex Parte Spenda Ltd [2023] WASC 351

CJ Graham Pty Ltd -v- Focus Funding Pty Ltd [2022] WASC 89

Hamilton -v- Mongan [2021] WASC 408

MKP Management Pty Ltd -v- Shire of Kalamunda [2020] WASCA 130

Services

Voluntary administration:

• advising directors prior to the appointment of voluntary administrators;
• applications to the Court during the course of the administration;
• identifying and appointing administrators;
• preparing deeds of company arrangement and creditors’ trust deeds;
• assisting with restructure of affairs; and
• acting on behalf of company administrators or DOCA administrators.

Liquidation:

• acting on behalf of liquidators to recover assets of the company in liquidation;
• assisting with the appointment of liquidators;
• advising on rights and entitlements of creditors of company in liquidation

Winding Up Proceedings:

• drafting and serving statutory demands;
• advising recipients of statutory demands; and
• representing clients in winding up proceedings, as plaintiff (or supporting creditor) or defendant.