Caroline Kirton SC
Barrister & Mediator BA (Hons); LLB; LLM
Caroline Kirton has been a member of the Victorian Bar since 1990 and practices as a commercial barrister specialising in technology, engineering, construction and property related cases. Prior to commencing practice as a barrister Caroline worked as a solicitor at Phillips Fox, now DLA Phillips Fox.
Caroline graduated from Melbourne University in 1986 with a LLB and a BA with Honours in Mandarin. She graduated from Monash University in 1994 with an LLM.
Caroline is a member of the Executive of the Commercial Bar Association and also Chair of the Construction Law Section of the Commercial Bar Association. She is a representative of the Victorian Bar on the Victorian Supreme Court's Technology Engineering and Construction List Users Group. Caroline is a member of the Society of Construction Law Australia and the Building Dispute Practitioners Society.
Over the past twenty years Caroline has been engaged in a wide range of complex engineering and construction disputes in the Supreme Court of Victoria and commercial arbitrations. Caroline has been involved in the following engineering and construction disputes:-
- Supreme Court litigation involving the construction and maintenance of offshore production platforms in Bass Strait.
- Supreme Court litigation involving roof replacement works to the Sydney Myer Music Bowl in the Botanical Gardens, Melbourne.
- An arbitration dealing with the failure of a sewerage treatment facility servicing a Victorian western coastal region.
- Supreme Court Litigation involving a dispute over the installation of V6 engine manufacturing lines for a major international motor vehicle manufacturer at its Melbourne assembly plant.
Contact Details
Phone Number: +613 9225 8367
Fax Number: +613 9225 7955
Mobile Number: +61 411 024 788
Caroline became a nationally accredited mediator in 2008 and has acted as mediator in numerous mediations concerning construction, engineering and commercial disputes. Caroline also regularly appears as counsel in mediations and is experienced in assisting clients with other forms of appropriate dispute resolution procedures, including expert determination and early neutral evaluation.
Caroline is a past President of Australian Women Lawyers and a past Convenor of the Women Barristers Association. Caroline was a member of the Victorian Bar's Ethics Committee for four years. She is presently the Chair of the Victorian Bar's Equality and Diversity Committee and a member of the Bar Readers Course Committee and the South Pacific Education Committee. Caroline is an experienced advocacy teacher and has taught advocacy nationally and internationally with the Australian Bar Association and the Australian Advocacy Institute.