Anton Trichardt

Practice Profile:

 

Anton previously practiced at Mallesons Stephen Jacques (Perth) and Freehills (Sydney), before being called to the Victorian Bar in 2002. He has appeared in a variety of matters in the High Court, Federal Court, Victorian Court of Appeal, Supreme Courts of Victoria and Queensland, and the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal, as well as commercial arbitrations. Anton practices in a wide range of commercial law, including competition law, building and construction law, property law, transport and maritime law and banking and finance.  He completed his Blur (1980) LLB (1982) at the University of Pretoria in South Africa. Anton also undertook a Master of American Legal Studies (MALS) on a Fulbright scholarship at Chicago-Kent College of Law, and a Master of Law and Management (MLM) at the University of New South Wales. He was awarded a PhD from the University of Western Australia for his thesis on maritime liens and conflict of laws. The Centre for Business Law at the University of the Free State, South Africa, will be publishing this thesis as part of its transactions series of books. Anton's PhD thesis, Letters of comfort - a trans-systemic analysis of chameleonic instruments, has been accepted by the UNSW and the degree will be awarded in 2011. Kluwer Law International will be publishing the latter thesis as a book in 2011.

 

In addition to Mallesons Stephen Jacques and Freehills, Anton's legal career has seen him work for a number of leading firms, including: Baker & McKenzie, Chicago, USA; and Edward Nathan & Friedland Inc, Johannesburg, South Africa. He also practiced at the Johannesburg Bar.

 

Anton is also a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.

 

Languages:

English, Afrikaans

 

Miscellaneous:

 

• Fellow Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
• Fellow Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration
• Fellow of the Institute of Arbitrators & Mediators Australia.
  
• Panel of arbitrators - MLAANZ
• Research Fellow, University of the Free State, South Africa
• Law Council of Australia member (Insolvency and Reconstruction Committee, Melbourne)
• Deputy President of the Australia-Southern Africa Business Council (NSW), Sydney (2001)
• President of the Australia-Southern Africa Business Council (WA) Inc, Perth (1999)
• Convened and chaired a two-day Commercial Shipping Law Course at Notre Dame University (Australia) in Fremantle on 9 and 10 July 1998
• Lecturer in Transnational Business Law for the LLM programme, University of Pretoria (1990 and 1992)
• Delivered a paper at an international conference on The Future Development of South African Corporate Law (1993)
• Expert witness engaged by McDonalds Corp, USA, regarding the effect of the USA disinvestment legislation on its activities in South Africa in a test case relating to expungement of trademark applications
• In final year of LLB, appointed as researcher for the Commission of Inquiry into the Structure and Functioning of the Courts in South Africa, and drafted the section in the final report on the feasibility of introducing a family court

 

Scholarships and Awards:

 

• Fulbright Scholarship (1986-7)
• H Edsall Olson Scholarship, Chicago-Kent (1986-7)
• American Jurisprudence Award for Comparative Law, Chicago-Kent (1987)
• American Jurisprudence Award for International Business Transactions, Chicago-Kent (1987)
• Chief Justice Rumpff Prize, University of Pretoria (1982)

 

Publications:

 

Anton has 40 publications in professional and academic journals in the diverse fields of civil disobedience and jurisprudence, contract law, corporate law, securities regulation, antitrust law, insolvency, international law and maritime law. These publications, three of which are monographs, have been published in England, Australia, South Africa and The Netherlands. 

Details of these publications are available upon request.

 

Recent Cases:

Details of cases in which Anton has appeared are available upon request.

 

From 24/07/2008: Professional Standards Act 2003 [Vic] "Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards Legislation."