Tony Horan

Overview

Tony Horan is a barrister, Victorian Bar Advanced Mediator, Sessional Member at the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal, and Senior Fellow at Melbourne Law School.

He specialises in insurance, construction, professional liability, environmental law, commercial mediation and conducting expert conclaves. Tony has represented, advised and resolved disputes for all levels of government, statutory authorities, construction professionals, property owners and contractors, as well as professional indemnity, construction risk and liability insurers.

Tony is recognised in Doyle's Guide in the following categories: Leading Construction & Infrastructure Junior Barrister Australia 2018-2025, and Leading Construction & Infrastructure Junior Barrister Victoria 2018-2025.

Tony’s work has been referred to both by the High Court of Australia (Tesseract International Pty Ltd v Pascale Construction Pty Ltd [2024] HCA 24; P-Value Pty Ltd v Wellara Holdings Pty Ltd & Ors [2017] HCATrans 78) and in leading texts (including Cheshire & Fifoot, Law of Contract (12th Aust ed.) and Thomson, Warnick and Martin, Commercial Contract Clauses (4th ed.)).

In 2017, Tony was awarded the President's Award by Consult Australia, the peak national body representing engineers and related professions in the built and natural environment. The annual award was given for his contribution to the engineering profession, including legal advice on law reform and policy issues, and professional development and training.

Prior to coming to the Bar in 2007, Tony was a partner at DLA Piper (Phillips Fox) for 10 years.

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