NON MEMBER - PAUL HARRIS FELLOW - JENNIFER BATROUNEY QC 6 February 2019
Jennifer is a highly respected and sought after advocate and advisor. She has had extensive experience in appearing before the High Court, the Federal Court and the superior State courts, mainly in revenue matters. Jennifer is President of the Australian Bar Association and Immediate Past President of the Victorian Bar and of the Tax Bar Association.
She graduated with an honours degree in law and a commerce degree majoring in accounting from the University of Melbourne in 1987. She completed her articles with Blake & Riggall (now Ashurst) in 1988 and remained with that firm as a solicitor until moving to the Bar in 1991. She was appointed a QC in 2000.
Jennifer is known for her collaborative approach to conducting major complex litigation, as well as for her clear and concise commercial opinions. She has a substantial practice in equity and trusts, particularly in the not-for-profit sector. She has assisted numerous not-for-profit entities to obtain or retain their tax concession charity status. She is a Senior Fellow at the Melbourne Law School teaching in the Melbourne Law Masters Program.
Jennifer is also the inaugural chair of the Law Council Not-for-Profit Practice and Charities committee, a director of the Charity Law Association of Australia and New Zealand and a member of the Melbourne Law School Advisory Council. She was elected to the Legal Services Board in 2018.
Our Club appealed the decision of the State Revenue Office to impose stamp duty on the purchase of our new office at 15 Collins Street. The appeal process required a huge amount of work over some three years by several people in particular, each of whom was very generous with their time and resources. One such was Jennifer Batrouney QC, who represented the Club as Senior Counsel, and who passionately acted on a pro bono basis throughout both appeals with the assistance of her team of barristers.
