BARRISTERS

DOM FERRARO

Contact

(07) 3012 9451
dferraro@qldbar.asn.au
(07) 3236 3026

Dom Ferraro has a broad commercial litigation and tort law practice. He is regularly briefed to advise upon and appear for clients in proceedings in both the State and Federal Courts of Australia. Dom also accepts briefs to appear as mediator.

Prior to being called to the bar, Dom gained valuable experience in a top-tier Australian law firm and also as a crown prosecutor for the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions.

  • Building & Construction
  • Commercial
  • Corporate Insolvency & Bankruptcy
  • Corporations
  • Insurance
  • Intellectual Property
  • Land Law & Property
  • Media & Defamation
  • Personal Injury
  • Trade Practices & Competition
  • Admitted as a legal practitioner – 17 December 2007
  • Called to the bar – 27 February 2012
  • Bachelor of Laws (Hons) (Griffith)
  • Bachelor of Behavioural Science (Griffith)
  • Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice (QUT)
  • Australian Bar Association: Advanced Trial Advocacy Intensive
  • ARITA Advanced Certificate in Insolvency (University of Technology, Sydney)
    • Awarded Highest Mark in Queensland for Fundamentals of Restructuring, Insolvency and Turnaround Subject
  • Bar Council – Bar Association of Queensland (2014 – 2015)
  • Australian Young Lawyers’ Committee – Law Council of Australia (2014 – 2015)
  • Solicitor – Clayton Utz Lawyers (2007 – 2009)
  • Associate to His Honour Judge T D Martin SC – District Court of Queensland (2010)
  • Crown Prosecutor – Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (2011)
  • Barrister (2012 – present)
  • A Case For Compliance’ (2012), 32(8)Proctor 24-25.
  • D & L Events Pty Ltd v Opetaia [2024] QSC 245;
  • Birbilis v GAP Home Loans (Aust) Custodians Pty Limited [2024] QSC 222;
  • Belevue Station Pty Ltd v Consolidated Pastoral Company Pty Ltd & Anor [2024] QCA 47;
  • D & L Events Pty Ltd v Opetaia [2023] QSC 279;
  • Consolidated Pastoral Company Pty Ltd v Bellevue Station Pty Ltd & Anor; Bellevue Station Pty Ltd v Consolidated Pastoral Company Pty Ltd [2023] QSC 202;
  • Crema Espresso Leasing Pty Ltd v Grocorp Developments Pty Ltd [2023] QCAT 281;
  • Clarke v Ham [2023] QCA 17;
  • Ham v Clarke [2022] QDC 159;
  • Nightowl Properties Pty Ltd v BDR No. 3 Pty Ltd [2022] QSC 143;
  • YIC Industrial Pty Ltd & Anor v Spa Investments Pty Ltd & Ors [2022] QCA 95;
  • Griffiths v Williams [2021] QDC 338;
  • YIC Industrial Pty Ltd & Anor v Spa Investments Pty Ltd & Ors [2020] QSC 378;
  • SEQ Tourism Projects Pty Ltd v Pioneer Australia Pty Ltd [2020] QSC 310;
  • Imperial Homes (Qld) Pty Ltd v Boys [2020] QCAT 299;
  • Asbog Veterinary Services Pty Ltd & Anor v Barlow [2020] QDC 112;
  • Quinn & Anor v Pioneer Australia Pty Ltd & Anor [2019] QCA 266;
  • Campbell & Anor v T.L. Clacher No. 2 Pty Ltd & Ors [2019] QSC 218;
  • Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Limited v Boothbuck International Pty Ltd & Ors; Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Limited v Irongrow Corporation Pty Ltd (in liq) & Ors [2019] QSC 153;
  • Lake Laurel Pty Ltd & Ors v Nichols Constructions Pty Ltd & Ors (No 3) [2019] QSC 152;
  • Lake Laurel Pty Ltd & Ors v Nichols Constructions Pty Ltd & Ors (No 2) [2019] QSC 145;
  • Lake Laurel Pty Ltd & Ors v Nichols Constructions Pty Ltd & Ors [2019] QSC 129;
  • Pioneer Australia Pty Ltd & Anor v Quinn [2019] QSC 82;
  • Pioneer Australia Pty Ltd & Anor v Quinn [2019] QSC 72;
  • WPG 28 Pty Ltd & Anor v Dowling & Ors [2019] QDC 139;
  • Walsh, Liquidator of D&R Community Services Pty Ltd (Receivers & Managers Appointed) (In Liq) v Commissioner of Taxation [2018] FCA 1739;
  • Michael Vincent Baker Superannuation Fund Pty Ltd v Aurizon Operations Limited & Anor [2017] QSC 26;
  • Michael Vincent Baker Superannuation Fund Pty Ltd v Aurizon Operations Limited & Anor (No. 2 ) [2017] QSC 63;
  • Kettleton v Murray [2017] QDC 064;
  • Blackwatch Projects Pty Ltd & Ors v D J Cowling & B L Roberts (a firm) & Anor [2016] QSC 291;
  • MSD Securities Pty Ltd & Ors v MFB Properties (NQ) Pty Ltd & Ors [2016] QSC 261;
  • Bank of Queensland Ltd & Anor v Ross Auto Auctions Pty Ltd (in liq) (receivers & managers appointed) & Anor [2016] QSC 019.