Introduction

Barrister, Advisor, Author & Lecturer

Providing legal guidance since 1982.
About

John is a barrister,
advisor, author and lecturer

John was admitted as a Solicitor in 1982 and came to the Bar in 1996. John specialises in commercial law – principally in disputes involving corporations and associations (including partnerships, incorporated and unincorporated associations and cooperatives), contract law, insurance law (directors and officers, professional indemnity, special risks and other forms of general insurance and life insurance), franchising law, finance/banking law, trade practices and equity/trusts.
John has over 40 years experience as a university and higher education lecturer and teacher in the contract law/commercial law/corporate law fields and is a leading author of several significant textbooks used by practitioners and students at universities.

Areas of Practice

John practises in a wide variety of areas with many of the cases in which he has been engaged to act involving multiple legal issues. For convenience, a number of those cases can be found under the practice areas set out below and have involved the issues that are summarised in the case description appearing under those headings. While many of the listed cases are first instances hearings, a large number involve complex appeals heard by appellate courts and have been significant in the respective areas.
Timeline

Recent Significant Cases

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2020 - 2021
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John Gooley's Recent Publications

With 45 books and other publications produced over several decades for practitioners and students together with being co-foundation editor and contributor to several legal practitioner focussed publications, John has developed a significant profile as an author of legal publications.