Esther Khoo

Exper­tise

• Lit­i­ga­tion
• Insol­ven­cy
• Cor­po­rate and com­mer­cial disputes
• Prop­er­ty and leas­ing disputes

Practice & Industry Sectors

• Litigation & Dispute Resolution

Experience

• Urgent duty matters in the Supreme Court of NSW, including extension of caveat proceedings, defending application to re-enter commercial restaurant premises, restraint of trade proceedings.
• For liquidators in breach of director duty proceedings, debt recovery and deed of company arrangements (including applications for transfer of property, mortgage issues and share transfer).
• For liquidators and also for directors in public examinations.
• For directors and corporations in misleading and deceptive conduct claims, breach of contract claims involving overseas investors, commercial partnership and contractual disputes.
• In winding up applications, including winding up of corporate trustees.
• For local council in negligence and contractual claims.
• For property developers and for lessors in commercial properties and leasing disputes.
• Professional negligence claims.
• s 66G applications.

Roles, memberships and education

• Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, Solicitor of the High Court of Australia
• Master of Laws, University of Sydney
• Bachelor of Science / Bachelor of Laws (Hons), The Australian National University
• Teaching Fellow, Faculty of Law & Justice, University of New South Wales
• The Francis Forbes Society for Australian Legal History, member
• Law Society of NSW, member
• Fluent in written and spoken Bahasa Malaysia, Bahasa Indonesia.