Shane advises on commercial litigation, employment disputes insurance matters and trust and deceased estates litigation in Western Australia. He brings more than 30 years of experience as a practising lawyer, including four years at the independent Bar.

Biography

Shane acts for commercial clients across litigation, employment and insurance matters and trust and deceased estates litigation in Western Australia. He has advised accounting, mining industry and aged care providers on workplace crisis management, and provides advice to professional sporting organisations. He is based in Perth.

Shane advises and appears as counsel on commercial litigation, employment and industrial relations, and insurance matters and trust and deceased estates litigation. He is a trained mediator and keen advocate of alternative dispute resolution. He has appeared as counsel in State and Federal Courts and Tribunals, Fair Work Act proceedings, Occupational Safety and Health Act prosecutions and Coroner’s Inquests,  and has acted in leading cases making new law in areas including adverse possession and commercial tenancy legislation.

Shane has more than 30 years of experience as a practising lawyer and spent four years in independent practice as a barrister. He has appeared in a number of leading cases including Ben-Pelech v Royle [2020] WASCA 168 (adverse possession) and Millennium Sports and Jashan Technology matters in the State Administrative Tribunal establishing new principles under COVID-19 emergency legislation. His practice spans the full range of commercial dispute types in Western Australian courts and included the successful conduct, as Counsel, of a complex right of refusal and sale of land dispute involving serious allegations of forgery (Wheeler v Savoldeli & Kamil [2026] WASC 162).

Shane combines extensive litigation experience with advocacy experience and trained mediation skills. His background across commercial, employment and insurance matters, combined with his in-depth knowledge of Western Australian property, tenancy and employment legislation, gives him a breadth of practice that is particularly suited to advising clients across multiple intersecting areas of law.

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Shane's experience

Adverse possession — Court of appeal

Acted as counsel in Ben-Pelech v Royle [2020] WASCA 168, a leading case on adverse possession that established the proper interpretation of Western Australian property legislation and clarified the law. The clients succeeded at trial and on appeal.

COVID-19 tenancy legislation — New principles

Represented landlord and tenant in separate cases in the State Administrative Tribunal of Western Australia, establishing new principles of law under COVID-19 emergency legislation. (Millennium Sports Pty Ltd and Vinciullo Holdings Pty Ltd [2021] WASAT 109; Jashan Technology Pty Ltd and Phoenix Properties International Pty Ltd [2022] WASAT 61.)

Commercial leasing and sale of land disputes

Acted as both principal legal advisor and as trial Counsel in the Supreme Court of Western Australia for the successful landlord and seller in a complex right of refusal and sale of land dispute involving serious allegations of forgery (Wheeler v Savoldeli & Kamil [2026] WASC 162)

Cryptocurrency company — Oppression proceedings

Successfully resolved company oppression proceedings against a minority director and obtained control of an emerging cryptocurrency company.

Hell’s Angels — Intellectual property claim

Negotiated settlement of a passing off and copyright infringement claim by the Hell’s Angels Motorcycle Club against Rocktape, the manufacturer of kinesiology tape.

Sporting organisations

Advises and manages sexual misconduct and harassment complaints for high-profile sporting organisations.

Employment disputes

Successfully represented and appeared as counsel for a major car sales business in an unfair dismissal application brought by a dismissed employee: Aung Min v Rohanna Pty Ltd [2025] FWC 1622.