ROSS STANTON

areas of practice

• Common Law

• Workers Compensation

• Work Health and Safety

Overview

Ross graduated with a Bachelor of Economics and a Bachelor of Law from Macquarie University in 1982 and then worked as a litigation solicitor at Hunt & Hunt, Mallesons Stephen Jacques and Baker and McKenzie before being admitted to the NSW Bar in 1991.

Ross then practised primarily in Common Law and Workers Compensation jurisdictions until returning to practice as a solicitor with Ellison Tillyard Callanan between 2008 and 2010. In 2010 Ross returned to practice as a barrister and since then has continued to act in Common Law and Workers Compensation matters for both claimants and insurers. He has appeared in a number of key appellate cases on the interpretation of workers compensation legislation.

From 2013 to 2014 Ross worked as a sessional arbitrator for the NSW Workers Compensation Commission (now Personal Injury Commission of NSW). He has also been a member of the Common Law Committee of the NSW Bar Association since 2014 and is currently a member of the Rules Committee for the Personal Injury Commission of NSW.

SELECTED CASES

New South Wales v Taylor [2001] HCA 15 (led by L King SC)

Goudappel v ADCO Constructions Pty Ltd [2013] NSWCA 94 (Led by A J Bartley SC)

Kolodziejczyk v Grandview Pty Ltd [2002] NSWCA 267 ( Led by Mr A D M Hewitt SC)

WorkCover Authority of NSW v MacKley [2006] NSWCA 204

Tamworth Base Hospital v Durant [2000] NSWCA 209 (Led by J.D. Hislop QC)

Fletcher International Exports v Barrow [2007] NSWCA 244 (Led by P Webb QC)