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Victor Dominello
PARTNER
Victor Dominello heads the Litigation division of Etheringtons. Victor’s experience in litigation has developed extensively since his admission as a solicitor in 1991, and he has acted in several significant and complex disputes in a broad field of practice.
Victor is dedicated and pro-active in advocating the interests of his clients, using his expertise in litigation to ensure that the best result is achieved through either the litigation process or alternative dispute resolution methods. Victor has been the driving force behind a number of the firm’s successes, offering strategic analysis to each client and the benefit and foresight of many years expertise.
VICTOR ADVISES IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS:
- Shareholder Disputes
- Commercial Litigation
- Defamation
- Misrepresentation
- Employment Law
- Debt Recovery
- Insolvency Law
- Negligence
- Building and Construction Law
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE
In his more recent work in the Supreme Court, Victor was successful in an application to remove a court appointed liquidator on the basis of unfairness and misconduct: BL & GY v Hypec Electronics [2004] NSWSC 1119 (2 December 2004). In BL & GY International v Hypec Electronics [2002] NSWSC 38 he successfully defended Hypec Electronics against fraudulent claims for payment of invoices exceeding $7million. Other notable successes have included a complex defamation action in Megna v Marshall [2004] NSWSC 191 (where a rare personal search warrant known as an ‘Anton Pillar order’ was successfully obtained and subsequent contempt orders were made against an opponent) as well as the highly publicised Fraudulent Electoral Inquiries and Airforce Sexual Discrimination cases in the mid-1990s.
Victor’s experience in complicated factual and legal matters across a broad range of areas of the law enables him to provide strategic direction and advice in difficult matters.
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
A graduate of the University of Sydney, Victor was admitted to practice in 1991 and joined the firm in 1994. Victor became partner in 2000.
