Matthew has a broad general civil and commercial practice. He is a nationally accredited mediator (NMAS, 2021-2025; AMDRAS, 2025-) and mediates disputes in all of his areas of practice.
He appears led and unled in appellate Courts, the Supreme and District Courts of Queensland, the Federal and Federal Circuit Courts, and state and federal commissions and tribunals.
Matthew practises extensively in contract disputes, misleading or deceptive conduct claims, trust and estate disputes (particularly those involving corporations), bankruptcy and insolvency proceedings, franchising disputes, insurance litigation, building and construction disputes, claims of professional negligence, and employment litigation.
He has particular expertise in relation to regulatory enforcement and pecuniary penalty proceedings, and accessorial liability proceedings against directors and other persons alleged to be involved in the contraventions of another. He has acted for the respondent(s) in enforcement proceedings commenced by various Commonwealth regulatory agencies (including the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, the Fair Work Ombudsman and the Australian Communications and Media Authority).
Matthew also has also been briefed – led and unled – in commissions of inquiry; he was briefed to appear in the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry (2018) and to advise in relation to the Commonwealth Senate Inquiry into underpayments of workers in the retail industry (2018).
He is an editor of and contributing author to ‘Queensland Civil Practice’, published by Thomson Reuters.
Matthew is a member of the Bar Association’s Business and Consumer Law, Legal Education and Succession & Elder Law Committees.
Matthew was called to the Bar in early 2013. He holds a Bachelor of Laws (Hons), Bachelor of International Business (Finance) and a Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice.