Background
Daniel commenced at the New South Wales Bar in 2025.
Prior to commencing at the Bar, Daniel was a Special Counsel at King & Wood Mallesons; and has broad international employment law expertise having worked as a Managing Associate at Linklaters LLP’s London office.
Daniel has more than twelve years of experience providing commercial astute and technically excellent advice to a wide range of clients, including Australian and overseas listed companies as a solicitor. He is a highly experienced lawyer with deep employment law expertise.
Daniel has particular expertise in relation to post-employment restrictive covenant and group move litigation, bonus and equity incentive disputes, whistleblowing matters, and contentious employment termination disputes.
Daniel is responsive, well prepared, and works collaboratively with solicitors and clients to achieve their commercial objectives.
As a solicitor Daniel has appeared as an advocate in the Federal Court of Australia, Supreme Court of New South Wales, Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia, and before the Fair Work Commission.
He holds a Bachelor of Laws (Honours – First class) and Bachelor of Arts (Honours – International Relations and Politics).
Select Matters
Post-employment restrictive covenant
- Matthew Kensett v Silversea Cruises Australia Pty Ltd (SYG4613/2025 – ongoing) – acting the Respondent in relation to alleged general protections contravention involving dismissal, and a cross-claim concerning the enforcement of post-employment restrictive covenants and the clawback of sales based incentive payments to the Applicant. Led by Rob O’Neill SC.
- Matthew Kensett v Silversea Cruises Australia Pty Ltd [2026] FedCFamC2G 572 – successfully obtained injunctive relief restraining Mr Kensett from soliciting Silversea’s clients and using Silversea’s confidential information. Led by Rob O’Neill SC.
- A multinational FMCG company (2025) – enforcement of post-employment restrictive covenants following a former employee commenced employment with a competitor global FMCG company. Settled immediately prior to seeking urgent injunctive relief in the Supreme Court of NSW. Unled.
Industrial disputes
- Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia v Ausgrid Management Pty Ltd (NSD641/2026 and NSD472/2026) – acting for the Respondent in relation to alleged contraventions of enterprise agreements. Led by Vanja Bulut.
- Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia v Stowe Australia Pty Limited Trading (2026 – ongoing) – acting for the Respondent company in relation to a significant number of separate actions and applications in the Fair Work Commission concerning: protected action ballot orders, stop industrial action orders, and a single-interest employer authorisation application. Led by Bilal Rauf.
- Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union v KPI services (NSW) Pty Ltd (C2026/794 – ongoing) – acting for the Respondent in relation to a s.793 FW Act dispute arising from the interpretation of an enterprise agreement and its classifications. Unled.
Whistleblowing
- Christopher Williams v Natural Solar Pty Ltd; 1KOMMA5° GmbH; &Ors (NSD2381/2025; NSD694/2025 – ongoing) – acting for the Applicant in relation to claims under the whistleblowing regime of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), and general protections claims associated with the conduct of the Respondents in relation to the termination of the Applicant’s employment and his earn-out arrangements. Led by Rebecca Gall.
Discrimination
- HLS v Inner West Council (NCAT 2025/00445767 – ongoing) – acting for the Respondent in relation to alleged detriment in employment arising from alleged breaches of the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 (NSW). Unled.
- A multinational construction and engineering company (ongoing) – in relation to alleged vicarious liability for sexual harassment in employment. Unled.
- Jeffrey Norman v Inner West Council (NSD 1579/2025) – successfully acted for the Respondent in relation to alleged disability and sex discrimination, and victimisation in employment. Settled. Unled.
- Norman v Inner West Council (No 2) [2025] FCA 1541 – successfully obtained interlocutory orders summarily dismissing or striking out around two-thirds of the Applicant’s Statement of Claim. Unled.
- Robert Field v Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Limited (NCAT 2025/00483365 – unreported decision on transcript, 18 March 2026) – successfully acted for the Respondent in relation to alleged age discrimination in banking practices. Successfully resisted the Applicant’s claim. Unled.
General protections and unfair dismissal
- Bapista Khan v S&P Global Australia Pty Ltd (NSD346/2026 – ongoing) – acting for the Respondent in relation to a general protections claim involving dismissal. Unled.
- Amanda Jackson v LG Electronics Australia Pty Ltd (SYG775/2025 – ongoing) – acting for the Respondent in relation to alleged general protections contravention involving dismissal. Led by Bilal Rauf.
- Peter Bojanac v Cheil Worldwide Australia Pty Ltd (SYG3204/2025 – ongoing) – acting for the Respondent in relation to alleged general protections contravention involving dismissal. Successfully struck out parts of the Applicant’s claim on an interlocutory application. Unled.
- Xiangdan Quan v Belfield Bowling & Recreation Club Ltd & Ors (SYG4014/2025 – ongoing) – acting for the Respondent in relation to a general protections claim involving dismissal. Unled.
- Madison Saena v Comfort Disability and Aged Home Care Services Pty Ltd (SYG229/2025 – ongoing) – acting for the Respondent in a general protections claim by a former employee. Unled.
- Duc Nam Nguyen v Turkish Airlines [2026] FWCFB 43 – successfully acted for the Respondent before the Full Bench of the Fair Work Commission in relation to appeal against an interlocutory decision of Boyce DP refusing confidentiality and suppression orders under ss.594 and 595 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth). Unled.
- Duc Nam Nguyen v Turkish Airlines [2026] FWC 1369 – successfully acted for the Respondent in relation to a jurisdictional objection that the Applicant had not be ‘dismissed’ for the purpose of s.365 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth). Unled.
- Cifala v NF Importers Pty Ltd &Ors (SYG3079/2025) – act for the Applicant in relation to alleged general protection contraventions. Settled. Unled.
- Fahad Ullah v OM Security Pty Ltd and Meriton Properties Pty Ltd [2026] FWC 164 – acting for Meriton to successfully resist an application for an extension of time to make a general protections claim in a procedural complicated matter where the Applicant had commenced proceedings in the Federal Court of Australia before obtaining an FWC certificate. Unled.
- Jacqueline Henderson-Smith v Woopi Food Pty Ltd [2026] FWC 1316 – successfully acted for the Applicant in relation to her unfair dismissal application. Unled.
Employment entitlement claims
- Vinicius Alexandre Kursancew v Maven Securities Holding Limited (SYG3293/2025) – acting for the Respondent in relation to a claim under s.323 of the FW Act concerning the alleged failure to pay a bonus in circumstances analogous to Wollermann v Fortrend Securities Pty Ltd [2025] FCA 103. Unled.
- UGL Pty Ltd v Panos (2025) – acted for UGL in a claim in restitution for overpaid termination payments to a former employee. Settled. Led by Liam Meagher.
- Matthew Kensett v Silversea Cruises Australia Pty Ltd (SYG4613/2025 – ongoing) – acting the Respondent in relation to alleged general protections contravention involving dismissal, and a cross-claim concerning the enforcement of post-employment restrictive covenants and the clawback of sales based incentive payments to the Applicant. Led by Rob O’Neill SC.