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To contact the office of Rebecca Gilsenan

Assistant Kirsty  Ozdemir
T (02) 8267 0962
F (02) 9261 3318
E KOzdemir@mauriceblackburn.com.au

Rebecca Gilsenan

Principal

Key practice areas: Class Actions & Major Projects
Other areas: Public Liability
Qualifications: LLB, BSocWk
Location: Sydney (NSW)

Rebecca Gilsenan is a principal in Maurice Blackburn's class actions department in Sydney.  She has extensive experience in running complex and novel litigation, including class actions in the areas of price fixing, failed investment schemes, product liability and securities.

Rebecca's major cases have included:

  • a class action against Amcor Limited and Visy Board Pty Ltd resulting in $95 million settlement for thousands of victims of the companies price fixing and market rigging conduct
  • a series of class actions regarding failed heart devices
  • a class action regarding failed Smith & Nephew macrotextured knee implants
  • landmark litigation for a child immigration detainee against the Commonwealth and detention centre operators regarding the child's treatment in immigration detention
  • a constitutional challenge in the High Court
  • a class action regarding investments in a property trust, and
  • a group action for investors in a failed property investment scheme.

She is currently working on:

  • a test case about whether human genes can be patented
  • a shareholder class action against Gunns Limited
  • a class action against various airlines for price fixing in the air cargo industry
  • a class action in relation to failed knee implants
  • a shareholder class action against Gunns Limited
  • a class action against various airlines for price fixing in the air cargo industry, and
  • a class action in relation to failed DePuy LCS Duofix knee implants

Rebecca also acts for Greenpeace Australia Pacific Limited.

Rebecca is on the boards of Guthrie House and the Public Interest Advocacy Centre and is a member of the Advisory Council to the UNSW Law School.

Rebecca also been a contributor on legal matters with various media outlets.  In 2011, Rebecca was a weekly contributor and blogger with The Daily Telegraph newspaper.  In 2012, Rebecca was a weekly contributor to  Network Ten's national morning television program Breakfast as their weekly expert on legal matters.

 

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