Rebecca Kelly
- Commercial Law Employment & Industrial
- Intellectual Property Tort Law
- Public Law
Rebecca has a broad commercial law practice with particular experience in telecommunications law, competition & consumer law, contractual disputes (including complex IT disputes) and data breaches. Rebecca is also experienced in regulatory investigations and proceedings.
Before joining the Bar, Rebecca worked as in-house counsel at Telstra and as a solicitor in commercial litigation. She began her career as a Legal Officer, conducting criminal prosecutions, at the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions in Brisbane.
Rebecca holds a Master of Laws from the University of Queensland and a Graduate Diploma in Competition & Consumer Law from the University of Melbourne.
Rebecca read with Jeremy Masters and her senior mentor is Nicholas De Young KC.
Liability limited by a scheme approved under the Professional Standards Legislation
Contact
- P03 9225 8558
- M0417 732 403
- E[email protected]
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Aickin Chambers
Level 16, Room 9
200 Queen Street
Melbourne VIC 3000
Jane King
03 9225 8558
Expertise
- Appellate
- Banking & Finance
- Class Actions
- Climate Change
- Competition
- Consumer Credit
- Consumer Law
- Contractual Disputes
- Corporations & Securities
- Energy & Resources
- Equity & Trusts
- Insurance
- Private International Law
- Regulatory Investigations
- Residential & Retail Tenancies
- Restraint of Trade
- Confidential Information
- Information Technology
- Privacy & Data Protection
- Telecommunications
- Commissions & Inquiries
- Negligence
- Professional Negligence
- Commissions & Inquiries
- Freedom of Information
- Privacy
- White Collar Crime
Qualifications
Master of Laws (QLD)
Bachelor of Laws (QLD)
Graduate Diploma in Competition & Consumer Law (VIC)
Victoria
Queensland
State and Territory Courts and Tribunals
Federal Court of Australia
High Court of Australia
Recent Cases
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v eHarmony Inc, VID708/2023 (led by Oren Bigos KC and Clare Cunliffe, instructed by Norton Rose Fulbright) - consumer law (ongoing).
Telstra Purple Pty Ltd v MakeSport Pty Ltd, CI-24-01750 (unled, instructed by King & Wood Mallesons) - contractual dispute (ongoing).
Dar-Alawda (Wendel Street) Community Centre Inc v Merri-bek City Council [2024] VSCA 214 (led by Andrew Meagher SC, instructed by Gadens) - contractual dispute.
Dar-Alawda (Wendel Street) Community Centre Inc v Merri-bek City Council [2023] VSC 433 (led by Andrew Meagher SC, instructed by Gadens) - contractual dispute.
Chandra and Anor v Telstra Limited, CI-24-01708 (unled, instructed by King & Wood Mallesons) - contractual dispute (settled).
Biodiversity Sub TC Pty Ltd atf Biodiversity Sub Trust v Vaughan Constructions Pty Ltd and ors, S ECI 2021 00884 (led by Toby Mullen, instructed by Colin Biggers & Paisley) - construction and insurance law trial acting for a third party (settled).
Cellair Australia Pty Ltd v Optus Mobile Pty Ltd and ors, CI-22-03433 (unled, instructed by Danaher Moulton) - commercial law (settled).
Gibsons Technologies Pty Ltd t/a KiriHQ v Reid Stockfeeds Pty Ltd, CI-22-03491 (unled, instructed by Gadens) - IT contract dispute (settled).
Amazon Web Services Australia Pty Ltd v Davis, S ECI 2022 04616 (led by Yaseen Shariff SC and Lee Howard) - restraint of trade (settled).
Various investigations conducted by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, the Australian Communications and Media Authority, the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner and the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman.
Publications
Australian Climate Change Litigation Annual Review (2024) - Regulatory (Australian Competition and Consumer Commission) CommBar Climate Change Report
07 March 2023Competition and Consumer Law Update - Q&A: Increase in civil penalty maximums for contraventions of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth)
Memberships
Commercial Bar Association
Women Barristers Association - Committee Member (2024-2025)