Megan Brooks
Areas of Practice
Class actions
Commercial
Competition and consumer law
Disciplinary proceedings
Discrimination
Employment
Industrial
Intellectual property
Health and life sciences
Land law and property
Regulatory proceedings
Research misconduct
Workplace health and safety
Workers’ compensation
Contact
Phone: 07 3333 9933
Email: mbrooks@qldbar.asn.au
Year of admission to the Bar: 2018
Recent cases
Mallonland Pty Ltd v Advanta Seeds Pty Ltd (2021) 7 QR 234
Memberships
Bar Association of Queensland
NSW Bar Association
Industrial Law sub-committee, Bar Association of Queensland
Intellectual Property Society of Australia and New Zealand (IPSANZ)
Industrial Relations Society of Queensland (IRSQ)
Medico-Legal Society of Queensland (MLSQ)
Megan practices in industrial and commercial litigation. She appears for government entities, hospital and health services, councils, universities and research institutes, corporations and individuals in all State and Federal courts and tribunals. Megan is also briefed as a mediator in workplace matters.
Before becoming a lawyer, Megan worked for 15 years in pharmaceutical research and development. In addition to her LLM (Juris Doctor) from Monash University, she holds an applied science degree majoring in biochemistry and a PhD in respiratory virology. She accepts briefs in all areas relating to the commercialisation of medical and life sciences products.
Alongside fellow Deputy Editor John Meredith, Megan works with Editor Richard Douglas KC to produce ‘Hearsay’, the Bar Association’s electronic periodical.