Rebecca Gilsenan
Principal
Key practice areas: Class Actions & Major Projects
Other areas: Public Liability
Qualifications: LLB, Bachelor of Social Work
Location: Sydney (NSW)
Rebecca Gilsenan's practice focuses on class actions in the
areas of price fixing, failed investment schemes and product
liability.
Rebecca's major cases have included:
- a series of class actions regarding failed heart devices
- a class action regarding failed 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 class action against Amcor Limited and Visy Board Pty Ltd
regarding alleged price fixing in the corrugated fibreboard
packaging market,
- a test case about whether human genes can be patented, and
- a product liability class action.
Rebecca also acts for Greenpeace Australia Pacific Limited.
Rebecca is in demand by media outlets to provide commentary
on a range of legal topics. She answered readers' legal questions in the The Daily
Telegraph newspaper and also wrote a weekly legal blog for News Limited.