State Chambers, NSW

Uche Okereke-Fisher

Contact Details

Phone: +61 2 9223 1522
Email: ufisher@statechambers.net

Date of Admission to the Bar

2015

Date of Admission as a Solicitor

2007

Areas of Practice

Employment and Labour Law
Administrative and Migration Law
Laws of Private Associations and Societies
Equality, Discrimination, Vilification and Harassment Law
Equity and Commercial Law

Qualifications

BA (English Language)
LLB (University of London)
LLM (University of Sydney) (Distinction)
MBA (Ecole Superieure de Gestion, Paris

Appointments

NSW Bar, Diversity and Equality Committee

Practice Overview

Prior to commencing practice at the NSW Bar, Uche was a practicing solicitor and member of the Law Society of New South Wales. She has worked as Senior Corporate Counsel, Head of Legal, Chief Contracts Negotiator, Legal and Compliance Manager for multiple ICT Multi-National Companies including Hewlett Packard, Avaya and Salesforce.com

She has extensive experience advising corporations on workplace relations as well as negotiating multi-million dollar ICT, Financial services agreements. She is an alumnus of the Harvard Law Program on Negotiation.

At the NSW Bar, Uche runs a general practice. She accepts briefs on a wide spectrum of practice areas. However, her core areas of interest include Employment/Industrial Relations, Commercial Law, Contractual Disputes, Laws of Associations, Administrative and Migration Law, Consumer Protection Laws, Restraint of Trade matters. Uche accepts direct briefs from corporations and in-house counsels in all areas of the law. She has appeared, unled in a wide range of matters in the Supreme Court, Federal Court, Federal Circuit Court, Fair Work Commission and Local Court. A significant component of her practice includes commercial advisory work for small businesses.

Cases

Supreme Court Cases

Nouri v Australian Capital Territory [2020] ACTCA 1 [ Led by Brett Walker SC and Andrew Campbell]- Medical Negligence
Nouri v Australian Capital Territory [2018] ACTSC 275 [ Led by Michael Cranitch SC and Andrew Campbell] – Medical Negligence
Cambodian Buddhist Society of NSW and Anor v Meng Eang Thai and Ors [2017] NSWSC 1433 [Unled]- Incorporated Associations
Cambodian Buddhist Society of New South Wales and Anor v Meng Eang Thai and Others [2018] NSWSC 569 [Unled] – Incorporated Associations

Successful Administrative Law/Migration Cases [Unled]

Federal Court of Australia

CGS18 v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs [2021] FCA 1196
CPJ17 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (No 2) [2018] FCA 16
FIP17 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2019] FCA 99
BFR15 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2018] FCA 1057

Federal Circuit Court of Australia/ Federal Circuit Family Court of Australia

ALV18 v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs [2021] FedCFamC2G 122
Van Chuong Vo v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection & Anor [2021]
FXO18 v Minister for Immigration & Anor [2020] FCCA 2233
ANL17 v Minister for Immigration & Anor (No.2) [2020] FCCA 2166
El Mir v Minister for Immigration & Anor [2020] FCCA 1416
El Mir v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs (No 2) [2021] FCCA 1093

Administrative Appeals Tribunal

ToTK and Minister for Home Affairs (Migration) [2018] AATA 4483 (3 December 2018)
Taleb Ibrahim v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection

Employment Law Cases [Unled]