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mcairns@alineachambers.com.au
Melanie has expertise in many areas of commercial law and equity including: AI law, corporations, insurance, intellectual property, professional negligence, real property and trusts.
The Legal 500 has ranked Melanie as a ‘Leading Junior Counsel’ in Commercial Disputes in Australia for the past 5 years, this year stating:
‘Melanie has a singular ability to identify the key issue in a complex dispute and structure the case around that issue. Her oral and written advocacy is direct, articulate and effective. She has the respect of the bench.'
Melanie is a recent graduate of Singularity University’s Future of AI course. A leading technology university based in ‘Silicon Valley’ California.
Melanie has a Master of Laws (Corporate & Commercial) from UNSW where she has also lectured in undergraduate and postgraduate law. She is a member of the NSW Supreme Court, Equity Division Consultation Group chaired by his Honour Justice Hammerschlag CJ in Eq, has co-chaired the NSW Bar Diversity and Equality Committee and sits on one of its Professional Conduct Committees.
