Sarah Bryden

Expertise

Sarah has over 15 years’ experience acting in all manner of commercial disputes at all State and Federal levels.  

Sarah is a staunch health and wellbeing advocate and her particular area of interest is in the health, wellbeing and sporting space.

Sarah is also passionate about Holding Redlich’s pro bono practice and has most recently acted on a pro bono basis for refugees seeking asylum in Australia and for an international organisation who rescues children from the sex trade in Asia.

Sarah is an avid weekend warrior who spends her free time long distance cycling, running and competing in triathlon.

Experience

Sarah is an experienced litigator and has experience at all levels of dispute resolution. She is dedicated to her clients and works hard to achieve the best possible outcome for them.

Her considerable commercial experience includes appearing as advocate for clients in Tribunals, mediations and settlement conferences as well as instructing senior and junior counsel in complex litigation in both state and federal jurisdictions. She has recently been involved in one of Queensland’s longest running Supreme Court trials.

Sarah has years of experience in managing large scale and complex commercial disputes and she can quickly analyse the issues and advise on the most suitable approach in line with her client’s particular circumstances.  

Some examples of the recent disputes that Sarah has been involved in include:

• acting for a major property developer in Federal Court proceedings in a claim for misleading and deceptive conduct
• acting for a client in the sporting space in a member protection dispute
• acting for a client defending a potential claim for infringement of various intellectual property rights
• acting for a major Queensland mining company in unique proceedings in the Land Court of Queensland arising from special purpose legislation enacted by the Queensland Parliament
• acting for clients in defamation proceedings relating to defamatory tweets
• acting for a major property developer in Supreme Court proceedings involving conspiracy to injure and malicious prosecution claims 
• acting for a major head contractor defending a number of disputes in relation to the Enforced Land Force Stage 2B Facilities project (ELF) 
• acting in various disputes about contractual entitlements of subcontractors involved in the construction of the Queensland Cilento Children’s Hospital
• acting for plaintiffs in a major claim against a well-known property developer and builder. The claim involved approximately 190 individual plaintiffs who brought proceedings in the Supreme Court against the builder and developer of Festival Towers, a high rise mixed use building in Brisbane. The claim was for breach of contract, negligence and breach of the Trade Practices Act resulting from defective work in the construction of the building
• acting as an advocate for the Queensland Building and Construction Commission in QCAT in a review by an individual of a decision by the Commission not to direct a builder to rectify defective works.  Sarah was asked to act for the Commission at the last minute and she demonstrated her ability to quickly and decisively determine relevant issues and manage a complete hearing in a very short time frame.