Brock Morgan is a special counsel in Cooper Grace Ward’s litigation, dispute resolution and insolvency team.
Brock has more than 15 years’ experience in which he has assisted a range of clients to resolve commercial disputes through court processes and alternative dispute resolution. He also assists clients to navigate the complexities of the insolvency process to achieve successful outcomes.
Brock has acted for clients across a range of industries. His clients have included insolvency practitioners, creditors, financial institutions, public and private corporations, government departments, government‑owned corporations, directors, officers, shareholders, trustees and individuals.
As well as giving Brock the ability to identify key areas of risk and develop strategies to overcome them, his diverse experience means that his skills are adaptable to most commercial disputes.
Before joining Cooper Grace Ward, Brock worked at a national top‑tier law firm where he acted in several large-scale and complex commercial litigation and insolvency matters, as well as working on secondments with several government owned corporations.
Defamation actions include a ‘serious harm’ threshold that often enables respondents to more readily dispose of complaints that do not result in significant damage to the claimant’s reputation. The recent decision in Peros v Blackburn highlights one pitfall for parties defending defamation actions in seeking separate ‘serious harm’ hearings in the Federal Court, and raises whether the Federal Court Rules require amendment to better align with the defamation legislation of the states and territories.
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Cooper Grace Ward acknowledges and pays respect to the past, present and future Traditional Custodians and Elders of this nation and the continuation of cultural, spiritual and educational practices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
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