Current Position:

External Consultant

Experience

Brooke brings years of experience in advising employers and employees on all areas of industrial relations and employment law.

Brooke’s industrial and legal experience is varied and extensive. She has worked as a Senior Industrial Officer with industrial unions in the local government, and public and private health sectors. She has also worked for employer industrial associations as a Solicitor and Senior Advisor to some of the largest metals and manufacturing companies in Australia.

Brooke has regularly appeared in the various Federal and State industrial tribunals.

In addition to industrial and employment law matters, Brooke has a particular interest and expertise in occupational health and safety issues, having defended a number of companies against WorkCover prosecutions.

Brooke also has extensive experience in advising participants in corporate acquisitions and mergers as to employment issues and potential liabilities.

Brooke provides commercially astute legal advice on employment matters such as executive and employee terminations, as well as sensitive workplace issues including discrimination on the basis of sex, race, pregnancy and age as well as on sexual harassment issues. She also advises superannuation fund trustees as to the liability of super funds to members and their dependents.

Qualifications

Brooke is a member of the Australian Mediation Association and works with parties as a Mediator in resolving disputes at the workplace, as well as conducting relevant investigations.

Brooke is also a member of the Law Society of New South Wales, the Women Lawyers Association of New South Wales, and the NSW Industrial Relations Society.

She has a Bachelor of Commerce majoring in Finance and Marketing, a Bachelor of Laws and a Masters of Commerce majoring in Industrial Relations and Organisational Behaviour from the University of New South Wales.