Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Media, Broadcasting & Entertainment, Intellectual property, Privacy, Sports law
Justin is one of Australia’s most experienced media law practitioners, practising exclusively in the area for over 25 years. Justin is highly sought after by high profile media and tech companies for urgent advice on significant matters or to run large high stakes or high profile litigation. He is extremely well regarded as a litigator and in particular, a strategic thinker.
Justin is a regular columnist for some of Australia’s largest newspapers and often called on as an expert commentator in the media.
Justin specialises in administrative law, Online Safety Act advice, defamation, contempt of court, suppression orders, urgent injunctions, confidential information claims, freedom of information requests, privacy claims, journalists’ sources, prepublication advice, defending breach of legislation claims and racial vilification claims.
He provides advice to most of Australia’s largest media and tech companies – helping them to mitigate risk when publishing and fighting court actions like regulator actions or defamation or contempt of court claims. Justin is known for being available 24/7 and for his work ethic and passion. That passion has seen him hone his administrative law skills in recent years and apply them to the online safety space to become one of Australia's most experienced and highly sought after practitioners in this area acting for most of the big players.
Justin Quill is ranked by international legal directory Chambers and Partners Band 1 for Media Law and has been for 14 years.