Justin Bourke KC
Asia-Pacific Guide 2025
Band 1 : Employment: The Bar
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About
Provided by Justin Bourke KC
Practice Areas
Justin Bourke KC has extensive experience in industrial, employment and discrimination law.
Justin brings immense experience to the conduct of trials and appeals, having done numerous trials, including trials of substantial length, and complex appeals, in the areas of industrial, employment and discrimination law since coming to the Victorian Bar.
Justin’s experience includes being involved in numerous interlocutory applications, especially in respect of applications to stop industrial action and applications to enforce post-employment restraints and protect confidential information.
Justin also regularly provides strategic advice to regulators, State and Federal governments and the corporate sector.
Liability limited by a scheme approved under the Professional Standards Legislation
Professional Memberships
Member of the Editorial Board of the Australian Journal of Labour Law
Member of the Industrial Bar Association
Chambers Review
Asia-Pacific
Justin Bourke KC is an exceptionally experienced litigator, to High Court level, of workplace-related cases, in which he acts for both employers and a wide range of government agencies. He is widely regarded as one of the Victorian Bar's leading specialists in industrial relations issues.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Justin is a market leader."
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"Justin is a market leader."
"Justin is a leading silk with a top-drawer reputation."