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| Name Benjamin O’Donnell Phone (02) 8233 0311 Fax (02) 8233 0333 b.odonnell@mauricebyers.com Admission to NSW Bar 2006 (admitted as a solicitor in 2000) Admissions in other states and countries Australian Capital Territory Degrees BEc, LLB (Hons), GradDipLegPrac (ANU) Expertise Administrative Law Bankruptcy and insolvency Constitutional law Migration Negligence Taxation litigation Trade practices (including competition law) General commercial litigation Further Information Prior to his admission to the Bar, Benjamin O’Donnell was Counsel Assisting the Commonwealth Solicitor General, David Bennett QC. In that role he appeared as junior counsel with the Solicitor-General in numerous constitutional and administrative law matters in the High Court and Federal Court and assisted in the preparation of the Solicitor-General’s opinions on matters of constitutional law, administrative law and statutory interpretation. Prior to being Counsel Assisting, he had been a solicitor with the Australian Government Solicitor, Freehills and Atanaskovic Hartnell. In 2001 he was associate to Justice Wilcox at the Federal Court. He has lectured at the Australian National University and the University of New South Wales in administrative law and statutory interpretation. In 1998 he was a member of the ANU team that came second in the world in the Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition in Washington DC. His latest publication is “Jurisdictional Error, Invalidity and the Role of Injunction in s 75(v) of the Australian Constitution” (2007) 28 Australian Bar Review 291.” Paper |