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Bernard Carr
Bernard Carr

Bernard Carr

LL.B, B.E. (Civil)

Admission:

04 March 1996

Signed Bar Roll:

22 November 2001

Chambers:

Owen Dixon Chambers West
Level 19, Room 01
525 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne

Admitted to Practice:

Victoria
Federal Court
High Court

9225 7666
0414 596 140
carr@vicbar.com.au
Areas of Practice:
  • Building & Construction Law
  • Civil Law
  • Commercial Law
  • Contracts Law
  • Environment Law
  • Insurance Law
  • International Law
  • Professional Negligence
  • Property Law
  • Trade Practices

General profile

Bernard Carr is an experienced barrister and civil engineer. He practises in the areas of building and construction law, environmental (land contamination) law, insurance law and professional negligence.

He has been a lawyer for over 20 years, and as a barrister has appeared in many of the large multi-party construction or environment related disputes heard before the Victorian Supreme Court and Court of Appeal over the last decade. He completed his articles at Clayton Utz in 1996, and worked as a solicitor before joining the Bar.

Specialisation:

His special interests include duties of care and recovery for pure economic loss, causation, proportionate liability, and the assessment of damages.

has been a graded Arbitrator since 1993, and frequently acts as an Arbitrator or Expert Assessor in legal proceedings involving technical matters.

Previous occupation:

Prior to completing his legal qualifications he was a senior geotechnical engineer and manager with a US based consulting firm. He has had extensive experience in South East Asia working as an engineer and lawyer, and has lived and worked in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.

Memberships and Associations:

County Court of Victoria Building List Users Group.

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