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]
Federal Court of Australia
- Dahdah v Platinum Distributors Australia Pty Ltd [2020] FCA 1608
Federal Circuit Court of Australia/ Federal Circuit Family Court of Australia
- Loukis v Compaction & Soil Testing Services Pty Ltd [2021] FCCA 281
- Loukis v Compaction Soil Testing Services Pty Ltd (No 2) [2021] FedCFamC2G 185
- Carr v Empirical Works Pty Ltd & Anor [2017] FCCA 1813
- Chambers v The Trustee for Goanna Tracks Trust & Anor [2019] FCCA 3766
- Khoreich & Cisco Systems Australia Pty Ltd [2019] FCCA 3845
Fair Work Commission
- Alexis King v D.C lee & L.J Lyons [2016] FWC 1664
Unfair Dismissal case. Appeared for the Applicant. Case decided in favor of Applicant. - De Paiva Souza, Debora v Apple Study Group Pty Ltd T/A Apple Study Group
U2016/974
Unfair dismissal case. Appeared for the Respondent. - Calvey v The Law Society of New South Wales C2017/963
Unfair dismissal case. Appeared for the Applicant. - Cardosa v Australian Automotive Group Pty Ltd/ A City Ford
Fair Work Commission U2015/12870. Unfair Dismissal case. Appeared for the Applicant. - Ehsan Haq vs NSW Health Pathology
Industrial Relations Court – IRC 964 of 2015. Unfair Dismissal. Appeared for the Applicant.