Michael Doherty
Workplace Counsel
Key practice areas: Employment & Industrial Law
Location: Sydney (NSW), Canberra (ACT)
Michael Doherty is a Workplace Counsel in the Sydney
Industrial & Employment Law practice. He practices in all areas
of employment and workplace relations law.
He provides advice in relation to a range of issues
including; contract negotiation, breach of employment
contract, restraint of trade, redundancies, workplace rights
(including the general protections in the Fair Work Act),
industrial disputes, disciplinary matters, contractor issues,
discrimination, OH&S matters, award or agreement compliance and
general employment issues.
Michael has advised and represented a wide range of employees
including senior executives, CEOs, middle managers, IT
professionals, truck drivers, health workers, air traffic
controllers, construction workers and rail workers.
He regularly conducts matters in the Federal Court, Federal
Magistrates Court, Fair Work Australia, the NSW Industrial
Relations Commission and the NSW Supreme Court. He has represented
the interest of clients in ICAC enquiries, coronial inquests, the
AHEOC (formerly HREOC) and HCCC enquiries.
Examples of Michael's experience include:
- achieving a multi million dollar settlement for a senior
executive with a multinational company who was made redundant
- successfully negotiating a large payment for the CEO of an
international organization following a dispute with
the Board
- acting for a large trade union in a ground breaking case
in the Federal Court that re-defined the way in which anti
strike orders may be made
- representing two senior executives with a large property
development company whose employment was wrongfully terminated
resulting in a significant payment of damages to them
- representing the interests of rail workers in the public
inquiry into the Waterfall Rail Disaster, and
- successfully representing 135 owner-drivers in an action
against them for breach of contract.
Michael is a member of the New South Wales Industrial Relations
Society and the Commercial Law Association.