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 35 years experience as a university 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

2024
Punchbowl Casual Dining Pty Ltd & ors. v Rashays Cafés & Restaurants Pty Ltd [2024] FCA 1265
2024
Lindfield NSW Pty Ltd v Netdeen Pty Ltd trading as GJ Gardner Homes [2024] NSWSC  1305
2024
Commissioner of State Revenue v Gleeson, in the matter of Dalma Form Specialist Pty Ltd (subject to deed of company arrangement) [2024] FCA 908
2024
PAR Recycling v Shoebill Pty Ltd (Supreme Court of NSW, No. 2020/00039362) and  Somersby Aust Pty Ltd v Gallagher & PAR Recycling Pty Ltd (Supreme Court of NSW, No 2020/00244319)
2023
Carnegie v Nelson-Carnegie
[2023] NSWSC 1379
2023
United Resource Management Pty Ltd v Par Recycling Services Pty Ltd [2023] NSWCA 236 (5 October 2023)
2023
Amy Rickhuss v The Cosmetic Institute Pty Ltd (in liq) and 19 others (Supreme Court of NSW, No 2017/279308).
2023
Gleeson (Trustee), in the matter of Soong v Soong [2023] FedCFamC2G 819
2022
Colin CM Moore Pty Ltd v Sivathasan [2022] NSWSC 532
2022
Rashays Cafe & Restaurants Pty Ltd v Mohammed Mateen Nazari & Anor (Supreme Court of NSW, 2020/195321)
2022
D Capital 2 Pty Ltd v Western and others [2022] NSWSC 1064 (12 August 2022) and 2022] NSWSC 1283 (23 September 2022)
2022
Par Recycling Services Pty Ltd v United Resource Management Pty Ltd [2022] NSWSC 1269 (20 September 2022) and Par Recycling Services Pty Ltd v United Resource Management Pty Ltd (No 2) [2022] NSWSC 1405 (17 October 2022)
2021
Perry v Perry & ors. [2021] NSWSC 1669
2021
Community Work Pty Ltd t/as Guardian Youth Care (Supreme Court of NSW, 2020)
2021
Murray Goulburn Co-operative Ltd and MG Responsible Entity Ltd v AIG Australia Ltd [2021) FCA 288.
2021
Casey v AIG Australia Limited [2021] FCA 553 (24 May 2021)
2020 - 2021
Loo, in the matter of Halifax Investment Services Pty Ltd (in liquidation) v Quinlan (Liquidator) [2021] FCAFC 186; [2021] FCA 531; [2021] NZCA 561; [2021] NZHC 1113; [2020] FCA 248; [2020] FCA 533; [2020] FCA 1146; [2020] FCA 1282
2020
In the matter of K-C Trade Pty Ltd (in liq), (Supreme Court of NSW No 291850 /2020)
2020
Lorenzato v Burwood Council and ors. [2020] NSWSC 1659 (23 November 2020)

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.