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John K Arthur
LLB; BA
Chambers: Floor 8: Room 803: Building Isaacs
Born : 7th Dec 1959
Admitted : 1986
Signed Bar Roll : 1989
Admitted to Practice in : Victoria, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Federal Jurisdictions.
Phone : (03) 9225 8291 Facsimile : (03) 9225 8292 Mobile : 0412 892199
E-Mail : jkarthur@vicbar.com.au
Areas of Practice :
  • Banking and Finance
  • Bankruptcy/Insolvency
  • Building and Construction Law (Incl Engineering)
  • Commercial Law
  • Contract
  • Corporations (Company) Law
  • Credit Law
  • Defacto Property Law
  • Defamation
  • Equity & Trusts
  • Insurance Law
  • Intellectual Property
  • Leases : Commercial and Retail Tenancies
  • Mining Law
  • Probate/Wills/Family Provision
  • Professional Negligence
  • Property Law / Sale of Land
  • Taxation ( Including Revenue, Customs & Excise)

  • John did his Articles with Price Brent and signed the Bar Roll in 1989.

    John's principal areas of practice are sale of land, property, equity, probate and wills and general commercial litigation.

    His work ranges across the following:

  • causes and applications in the Supreme, Federal, County and Magistrates Courts;


  • mediations;


  • drawing pleadings, affidavits and other documents;


  • advising in civil litigation, general advice work;


  • John has also published a number of articles:

  • "Liability of Directors for Unpaid Group Tax" (1994) Vol 68 Law Institute Journal pp 606-609.


  • "Testator's Family Maintenance - are Stepchildren Eligible?" (1997) Vol 71 Law Institute Journal.


  • "Possible Avenues for Policyholders following the collapse of the HIH Group" (2001) Vol 75 Law Institute Journal 56.


  • "When time is of the essence. Remedies for breach of contract" (2006) 80 Law Institute Journal 42.


  • "Fair play" Interlocutory injunctions (2007) 81.06 Law Institute Journal 52.


  • He has delivered CPD seminars on topics including remedies for breach of contract for sale of land and interlocutory injunctions.

    John is also a current author of Butterworths Bankruptcy Law and Practice and the current author of the "Contempt of Court", "Insolvency" and "Leases" titles in the Butterworths publication, "Court Forms Precedents and Pleadings Victoria".

    John is married with 4 children.