PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE:
Clare practises in commercial and public law. She appears both led and unled in trials, appeals, and interlocutory ​hearings, and is regularly briefed in high value and complex commercial litigation.
Before joining the Bar, Clare was an Associate to the Hon Justice James Edelman at the Supreme Court of Western Australia and the Hon Susan Crennan AC KC at the High Court of Australia. Clare practised as a solicitor at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP in London, working on major international commercial arbitrations and large scale commercial and public law litigation. She began her career at King & Wood Mallesons in Melbourne.
Clare has taught law at the Australian National University, the University of New South Wales, and the University of Western Australia. She has published on equity and trusts, torts, and public law.
Clare holds a Bachelor of Civil Law from the University of Oxford (studied on the Peter Carter Taught Graduate Scholarship in Law) and a Bachelor of Laws (Hons, ranked 1st) and Bachelor of Arts from the University of Western Australia.