Luke Livingston SC

Practice Areas

Equity, commercial, corporations, taxation, constitutional and public law

Career

2021: Appointed Senior Counsel

2009: Called to the Bar

2003 to 2009: Solicitor, then Senior Associate, in Dispute Resolution Group at Mallesons Stephen Jaques (now King & Wood Mallesons)

2003: Admitted as a solicitor

2002: Associate to the Hon Justice Gummow, AC, High Court of Australia

Professional Memberships

Australian Association of Constitutional Law

Australian Institute of Administrative Law

New South Wales Bar Association

Publications

“Revocation of a Patent for Prior Secret Use by a Patentee” (2003) 14(1) Australian Intellectual Property Journal 5

Co-Editor, Melbourne University Law Review, Volumes 25(1), 25(2) and 25(3) (2001)

Experience

Luke Livingston SC appears in trials and appeals throughout Australia in all areas of equity, commercial, corporations, taxation, constitutional and public law. Luke conducts a substantial appellate practice and is frequently briefed on appeal in matters in which he did not appear at trial.

With more than 23 years’ experience in litigation (including 16 years as a barrister, 4 as silk), Luke is a trusted source of advice and representation. He regularly appears both for and against regulators and government agencies. Although he accepts briefs in all areas of the law, Luke has deep experience, in particular, in financial services, corporate regulatory, trusts, property and revenue disputes and in administrative law.

Prior to coming to the Bar in 2009, Luke was a senior associate at Mallesons Stephen Jaques (now King & Wood Mallesons), where he practised as a commercial litigation solicitor in Sydney for six years, focusing on property, banking, contract and corporate disputes and equity and trust matters.

Luke was privileged to commence his legal career as Associate to the Hon Justice Gummow, AC, in the High Court of Australia, in 2002.

In 2008, Luke was awarded the Con Varnavas Award for the highest aggregate score in the New South Wales Bar Examinations.

In 2018, Luke successfully completed the Australian Bar Association Advanced Trial Advocacy Intensive (a 5-day residential course specialising in advanced trial advocacy).

Luke is a graduate of the University of Melbourne, where he was awarded First Class Honours in both Law and Arts (History); was placed 3rd in the Law Honours List, from a graduating class of approximately 300; and was Editor of the Melbourne University Law Review.

Education