Areas of Practice

Administrative Law
Litigation

Contact

Tel (Sec)
03 2164 0200
ext 170

E-mail

About Yatiswara Ramachandran

Yatiswara Ramachandran graduated in law from the Australian National University in 1991. He did his pupillage with the firm and thereafter in 1992, he proceeded to do a Master of Arts (Modern International Studies) degree at the University of Leeds on a Guinness PLC-University of Leeds-Foreign and Commonwealth Office Scholarship.

Upon completion of his MA, he practised with the firm. He was made a partner in 1999.

Qualifications and Admissions

• LLB (Hons), Australian National University (1991)
• MA (Modern International Studies), University of Leeds (1993)
• LLM (Hons) (Auckland) (2005)
• Barrister and Solicitor, Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory (1991)
• Barrister, High Court of Australia (1991)
• Advocate and Solicitor, High Court of Malaya (1993)
• Barrister and Solicitor, High Court of New Zealand (1999)

Areas of Practice

Yatiswara's areas of practice primarily involve administrative law, tort, land acquisition, general litigation, construction litigation and arbitration.

Experience

The matters Yatiswara has handled include the following:

• Providing opinions to clients on matters concerning construction, tort, land acquisition and general law matters.
• Conducting litigation on tort matters, particularly in the field of professional negligence and general negligence, nuisance and trespass.
• Advising a statutory professional body on administrative law issues arising from disciplinary hearings held by the body concerned.
• Conducting judicial review and administrative law proceedings concerning tax issues and local authority issues.
• Conducting litigation on land acquisition matters.
• Advising clients on building contract issues and assisting them in the drafting of contracts for use in their various projects.