Practice Areas

Administrative Law

Banking & Finance

Commercial

Competition & Consumer

Construction

Corporations

Energy

Environment & Planning

Equity & Trusts

Financial Services

Insolvency

Insurance

Intellectual Property

Professional Liability

Real Property

About

Jennifer has a broad commercial and public law practice, with particular expertise in complex commercial, property, contracts, equity & trusts, corporate, banking & finance, insolvency, construction, competition & consumer, intellectual property, environmental, administrative and energy law.

Jennifer Mee’s CV is available here.

BACKGROUND

Jennifer was called to the Bar in 2017.  Prior to her call, she was a partner of global and national law firms.  Having practised as a lawyer for over 25 years, she brings to her role as a barrister the benefit of many years of legal, commercial and business experience.

Jennifer regularly appears in superior courts including the NSW Supreme Court and Federal Court of Australia. She has appeared in numerous Federal and State courts and tribunals, including the High Court of Australia, Federal Court of Australia (including Full Federal Court), Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia, NSW Court of Appeal, NSW Supreme Court, Qld Supreme Court, NSW Land and Environment Court, NSW District Court, NSW Local Court, Administrative Appeals Tribunal, and NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal.

Qualifications

Bachelor of Laws (Honours), University of Sydney, 1995

Bachelor of Arts (Honours), University of Sydney, 1993

Honours & Awards

Best Lawyers (Australia) for Energy Law, 2017 to 2024

Minter Ellison award for First in Intellectual Property, 1994

Selected recent cases

Cao v ISPT Pty Ltd [2024] NSWCA 188, unled (contracts, termination, frustration, COVID-19, commercial leases)

Veale v Coleman [2024] FCAFC 83, unled (bankruptcy, foreign currency)

Oliver v Renwick Street Pty Ltd; Scahill v Parker [2024] NSWSC 246, unled (trusts, proprietary estoppel, subrogation, contracts, proceeds of crime)

Dart v The Owners - Strata Plan No. 71849 [2024] NSWCATAP 145, unled (strata appeal on questions of law)

The Owners – Strata Plan No 80877 v Lannock Capital 2 Pty Ltd [2023] NSWSC 1401; Owners Strata Plan 80877 v Lannock Capital 2 Pty Ltd (No 2) [2024] NSWSC 618, led by D Sulan SC (termination of strata scheme, Mascot Towers)

AHG WA (2015) Pty Ltd v Mercedez-Bank Australia/Pacific Pty Ltd [2023] FCA 1022, led by Tim Castle SC and Dr C Parkinson KC, with others (contract, economic duress, franchising, unconscionable conduct)

Coleman v Veale [2023] FCA 1023; Coleman v Veale (No 2) [2023] FCA 1219, unled (bankruptcy)

ISPT Pty Ltd and AWPF Management No. 2 Pty Ltd v Cao and Zhao [2023] NSWSC 1115, unled (contracts, termination, frustration, COVID-19, commercial leases)

T & L Alexandria Pty Ltd v Sharvain Facades Pty Ltd [2023] NSWSC 947, unled (contracts, misleading or deceptive contract, leases, repudiation)

Noda Development Ltd v H & H Funding Pty Ltd [2023] NSWSC 305; Noda Development Ltd v H & H Funding Pty Ltd (No 2) [2023] NSWSC 616, unled (contracts, finance, estoppel)

Meng v Wang (No 2) [2023] NSWSC 260, unled (contracts, time of performance, reasonable time)

Wang v Meng [2022] NSWCA 215, unled against silk (civil procedure, multiplicity of proceedings)

Wurz bht NSW Trustee & Guardian v Elawaad [2022] NSWSC 1404; Wurz bht NSW Trustee & Guardian v Elawaad (No 2) [2022] NSWSC 1486, unled (cross-vesting orders and joinder)

In the matter of H&H Funding Pty Ltd [2022] NSWSC 1354, unled (extension of time for PPSR registration)

Meng v Wang [2022] NSWSC 833, unled (specific performance, purchase of shares, equity, unclean hands)

Trentelman v The Owners – Strata Plan no 76700 (2021) 106 NSWLR 227; 20 BPR 41941; [2021] NSWCA 242, led by Dr E Peden SC (proprietary estoppel)

Hari Singh by his next friend Ambu Kanwar v Lynch [2021] HCATrans 12, led by Dr C Ward SC and J Morris SC (negligence, Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW))

Trentelman v The Owners - Strata Plan 76700; The Owners - Strata Plan 76700 v Trentelman [2021] NSWSC 155; Trentelman v The Owners - Strata Plan 76700 (No 2); The Owners - Strata Plan 76700 v Trentelman (No 2) (2021) 20 BPR 41263; [2021] NSWSC 377; Trentelman v The Owners - Strata Plan 76700 (No 3); The Owners - Strata Plan 76700 v Trentelman (No 3) [2021] NSWSC 578; led by Dr E Peden SC (contract, proprietary estoppel, rectification)

Al-Huda Pty Limited v Secretary, Department of Education, Skills and Employment [2020] FCA 1613, unled against silk (appeal to Federal Court from AAT decision on question of law)

Hills Central Pty Ltd v Anthony Gerard Hagerty as Executor of the Estate of the late Gladys Delores Hagerty & Anor [2019] HCATrans 53, led by N Hutley SC and Dr C Ward SC (exercise of option)

Comptroller General of Customs v Zappia [2018] HCA 54, led by G O’L Reynolds SC and R Angyal SC (customs and excise)