LLB (Hons), BEcon, BCL (Oxon)
Dispute Resolution & Litigation, Administrative law, Government, Competition & Consumer Law, Regulatory, White Collar Crime & Regulatory Investigations
Joanne is an experienced commercial and government litigator and regulatory lawyer and has more than 20 years’ experience in managing large scale and complex commercial, regulatory and public law litigation in both state and federal jurisdictions as well as internationally. Joanne specialises in dispute resolution and litigation, public and administrative law, competition and consumer law, Government and regulatory matters.
Joanne regularly advises Commonwealth, State and Local Government departments and agencies on public and administrative law matters, statutory interpretation and statutory decision making matters.
She regularly acts for clients in both the public and private sector in public law and regulatory disputes and investigations. This includes acting on judicial review proceedings most recently, for the Department of Defence and the Australian Information Commissioner. Joanne also regularly advises clients in the context of regulatory investigations by ASIC, the Queensland Office of Fair Trading and the ACCC including successfully defending a client against allegations of insider trading following extensive examinations by ASIC and the Commonwealth Department of Public Prosecutors.
Joanne’s ability to act for and against regulators combined with her significant public law expertise, provides a combination of skills to ensure that Government decisions are defensible and with a litigation strategy which is consistent with Government’s model litigant obligation and a robust defence.
Prior to joining Holding Redlich, Joanne was Deputy General Counsel for Queensland Treasury, where she had primary responsibility for managing the statutory and regulatory compliance requirements for the department, including competition law compliance and advising on decisions made under the Queensland Competition Authority Act 1997 (Qld).
Joanne’s significant litigation experience is complemented by her senior in-house government experience and on extended secondments to Queensland Government departments.
Joanne has been recognised since 2023 in Doyle’s Guide as a leading administrative & public lawyer in Queensland.
Joanne Jary is a leading public and administrative law partner with more than 25 years’ experience including deep experience in government litigation, regulatory enforcement and judicial reviews. A former Deputy General Counsel at Queensland Treasury, she regularly acts for Commonwealth and State agencies defending statutory decisions, responding to challenges under judicial review and Freedom of Information and privacy legislation, and advising on allegations of corrupt conduct and regulatory compliance.
Joanne has acted for the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner for over five years defending judicial review challenges of statutory decisions made by the Commissioners.
Joanne’s significant experience includes:
