Ryan Branch

Expertise

Ryan Branch is an experienced litigation lawyer with a particular focus on public law litigation. He advises and represents government agencies, regulators and corporate clients in regulatory, administrative law and national security matters, as well as complex commercial disputes. Much of Ryan's experience involves acting for Commonwealth Government clients in judicial review proceedings, public interest immunity applications and civil claims.

Experience

Ryan’s experience includes:

• acting on applications for public interest immunity (PII) in large, multi-defendant criminal proceedings for two Commonwealth Departments
• advising on applications for judicial review filed by defendants in the Supreme Court of Queensland with respect to purported decisions in committal proceedings for the Australian Securities and Investments Commission
• acting in bringing applications for both an interim supervision order and subsequently an extended supervision order pursuant to the Commonwealth Criminal Code against a person convicted of a terrorism offence for the Attorney-General’s Department
• acting in disciplinary and prosecution matters regarding health practitioners for the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency
• acting on an application for public interest immunity (PII) in response to a subpoena issued in a criminal trial in the Supreme Court of Queensland for the Australian Federal Police
• successfully seeking an interlocutory application to recognise the foreign law merger of a Dutch B.V. corporation with a Luxembourg S.a.r.l. for the purposes of transferring income tax appeal rights pursuant to Part IVC of the Taxation Administration Act 1953 (Cth).