New Chambers
Address: 34/126 Phillip Street, Sydney, 2000, AustraliaTel: +612951512054
Email: eastman@newchambers.com.au
@KateHumanRights
www.linkedin.com/in/kate-eastman-sc-2913a749/
Specialist areas of work and services:
Description:
Barrister, Senior Counsel - NSW Bar Association Senior Fellow, Monash University Law School
Experience, Background and Services:
Areas of Practice
• Employment and Industrial Law
• Equality, Discrimination, Vilification and Harassment law
• Health law and professional conduct
• Human Rights and International Law
• Education and Schools Law
• Privacy
• Administrative/Public and Constitutional law
• Mediation, conciliation and alternative dispute resolution
Qualifications
• BA/LLB (UNSW) (1990)
• LLM with distinction (UCL, Uni London) (1991)
• LLM (UTS) (1997) (Mediation and Alternative Dispute Resolution)
• Diploma of International Human Rights Law (EUI Florence Italy) (1999)
• Admission a solicitor 1990
• Admission as a barrister 1998
• Appointed Senior Counsel 2012
Kate was ranked as a Preeminent Senior Counsel in Employment Law for Australia and NSW in 2019 by Doyle’s Guide; Chambers and Partners – Employment Law Band 2; and Best Lawyers Australia 2019 – Employment Law.
Kate has 29 years’ experience in working in all aspects of discrimination law (employment, services, education, transport and media). This includes a specialist practice in sexual harassment and vilification.
Kate advises on the application of international human rights laws in domestic law. She has been involved in a number of matters involving modern slavery and compliance strategies to address slavery in supply chains.
- Civil law
- Compensation
- Judicial Reviews
- Public law
- Community Care & Welfare
- Child law
- Compliance
- Age dispute
- Claims against public authorities
- Employment & Discrimination law
- Human rights
Description:
Barrister, Senior Counsel - NSW Bar Association Senior Fellow, Monash University Law School
Experience, Background and Services:
Areas of Practice
• Employment and Industrial Law
• Equality, Discrimination, Vilification and Harassment law
• Health law and professional conduct
• Human Rights and International Law
• Education and Schools Law
• Privacy
• Administrative/Public and Constitutional law
• Mediation, conciliation and alternative dispute resolution
Qualifications
• BA/LLB (UNSW) (1990)
• LLM with distinction (UCL, Uni London) (1991)
• LLM (UTS) (1997) (Mediation and Alternative Dispute Resolution)
• Diploma of International Human Rights Law (EUI Florence Italy) (1999)
• Admission a solicitor 1990
• Admission as a barrister 1998
• Appointed Senior Counsel 2012
Kate was ranked as a Preeminent Senior Counsel in Employment Law for Australia and NSW in 2019 by Doyle’s Guide; Chambers and Partners – Employment Law Band 2; and Best Lawyers Australia 2019 – Employment Law.
Kate has 29 years’ experience in working in all aspects of discrimination law (employment, services, education, transport and media). This includes a specialist practice in sexual harassment and vilification.
Kate advises on the application of international human rights laws in domestic law. She has been involved in a number of matters involving modern slavery and compliance strategies to address slavery in supply chains.
