BARRISTERS

DANIEL FAVELL

Contact

(07) 3236 3853
danielfavell@qldbar.asn.au
(07) 3236 2240
Daniel has a wide commercial practice and regularly advises on matters in both the State and Commonwealth jurisdictions.

Prior to being called to the Bar, Daniel was a solicitor at Gadens Lawyers where he practised predominantly as a transactional lawyer in the Projects and Infrastructure Team and the Property and Commercial Team. That front end exposure has enabled Daniel to have a greater practical understanding of the issues that are likely to arise in a litigious context.

Recent commercial cases in which Daniel appeared include:

  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Italy v Simeone [2016] QDC160
  • Robinson & Ors v Dairy Brokers Australia Pty Ltd & Ors [2016] QDC 148
  • Robinson & Ors v Dairy Brokers Australia Pty Ltd & Ors (No.2) [2016] QDC 149
  • Connolly v Brisbane City Council &Ors[2015] QSC 231 (led by Hughes QC)
  • Annova Pty Limited v Wholesale Brands Pty Ltd [2015] NSWSC 1391
  • Salary Packaging Australia Pty Limited v Andropov & Ors [2014] QSC 167 (led by Campbell SC)
  • Schumacher v Emmerson & Ors [2013] QSC 205
  • Schumacher v Emmerson & Ors (No.2) [2013] QSC 231

Daniel regularly advises parties with respect to the regulatory regime surrounding pharmacy approvals and has appeared in both the Federal Court and the Administrative Appeals Tribunal on such matters throughout Australia. Cases in which he appeared include:

  • Commercial
  • Corporate Insolvency & Bankruptcy
  • Judicial Review & Administrative Law
  • Land Law & Property
  • Media & Defamation
  • Planning & Environment
  • Succession
  • Tax
  • Bachelor of Laws (Queensland University of Technology)
  • Bachelor of Business – Finance Major (Queensland University of Technology)
  • Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice (College of Law)
  • Member of the Bar Council – Bar Association of Queensland (2015 – present)
  • Bar Association of Queensland (2009-present)
  • Article Clerk/Graduate – Gadens Lawyers (2005 – 2006)
  • Solicitor – Gadens Lawyers (2006 – 2008)
  • Barrister (2009 – present)
  • ‘The Race for PBS Approvals’ (2014), 33(10) Australian Pharmacist 70-73.
  • Admitted as a legal practitioner – 19 June 2006
  • Called to the bar – 27 February 2009

Federal Court

  • Walkerden v Wodonga Pharmacy Pty Ltd [2015] FCA 273
  • Yu v Minister for Health [2013] FCA 216
  • Yu v Minister for Health (No.2) [2013] FCA 367
  • Yu v Australian Community Pharmacy Authority [2013] FCA 713
  • Deas v Issa [2013] FCA 892
  • Deas v Issa (No. 2) [2013] FCA 1145
  • Watson v Australian Community Pharmacy Authority [2011] FCA 1121
  • Watson v Australian Community Pharmacy Authority [2011] FCA 343
  • Hallgath v Australian Community Pharmacy Authority [2011] FCA 1062
  • Hallgath v Australian Community Pharmacy Authority (No 2) [2011] FCA 1074

Administrative Appeals Tribunal

  • Wodonga Pharmacy Pty Ltd and Australian Community Pharmacy Authority and Ors [2014] AATA 496
  • Issa and Anor and Australian Community Pharmacy Authority and Ors [2013] AATA 292
  • Bundaberg Friendly Society Medical Institute Limited and Australian Community Pharmacy Authority [2012] AATA 748
  • Yates and Ors and Australian Community Pharmacy Authority [2012] AATA 610

Daniel also practises in other administrative law areas, both in the Planning & Environment Court and the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (QCAT). Examples include:

Planning & Environment Court

  • WAW Developments Pty Ltd v Brisbane City Council [2015] QPEC 38
  • Connolly v Brisbane City Council and Ken Drew Town Planning Pty Ltd [2015] QPEC 016
  • Fabcot Pty Ltd v Cairns Regional Council[2013] QPEC 38

QCAT

  • Chase Commercial Pty Ltd v John Wagstaff Constructions Pty Ltd [2015] QCATA 049
  • Birch Carrol & Coyle Limited v Chief Executive, Office of Liquor and Gaming (No 2) [2011] QCAT 631 (led by Flanagan SC)
  • Gardener and Ors v Chief Executive, Office of Liquor & Gaming Regulation and Anor [2011] QCAT 542