Connect with meGeorgie is an experienced litigator specialising in Royal Commissions, Public Inquiries and Investigations, as well as general commercial and media law. She acts for major commercial, media and government clients as well as high-profile individuals.
Georgie works closely with clients to protect their legal, commercial and reputational interests. She is well-regarded for her ability to project manage complex and large-scale matters and to support clients throughout sensitive and high-profile situations, including matters of public significance.
Her work in Royal Commissions, Inquiries and Investigations includes acting for lived experience and expert witnesses in the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion, leading the Wotton Kearney team as Solicitors Assisting the Board of Inquiry into the McCrae Landslide, acting for a government-owned statutory authority in the Parliamentary Inquiry into the 2022 Flood Event in Victoria and associated Ombudsman Investigation and acting for Victoria Police and its current and former officers in the Royal Commission into the Management of Police Informants. She was also involved in the Royal Commission into Family Violence, Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Parliamentary Inquiry into the Handling of Child Abuse by Religious and other Non-Government Organisations and Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission.
She has acted in many high-profile defamation cases for both plaintiffs and defendants and provides pre-publication advice to clients including Channel 7 Melbourne, The Conversation Media Group and JAM TV Australia. She also advises and represents clients in privacy and contempt matters.
Georgie provides advice on sports law, integrity and commercial matters for clients including the AFL, Racing Victoria and Gymnastics Victoria, as well as individual directors, executives, coaches and athletes of AFL and other sporting clubs.
Georgie has served on a number of community and not for profit boards, most recently as a Director of Gymnastics Victoria.
Royal Commissions, Inquiries and Investigations
- Acted for lived experience and expert witnesses in the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion.
- Led the Wotton Kearney team as Solicitors Assisting the Board of Inquiry into the McCrae Landslide.
- Acted for a Victorian Government owned statutory authority in the Parliamentary Inquiry into the 2022 Flood Event in Victoria, associated Ombudsman Investigation and an Independent Review chaired by former Federal and Supreme Court Judge, his Honour Tony Pagone.
- Acted for Victoria Police and its current and former officers (including former Chief Commissioners of Police, Christine Nixon AO, APM and Ken Lay AO, APM) in the Royal Commission into the Management of Police Informants.
- Acted for representatives of the Melbourne Response (including three prominent (then) Queen’s Counsel) in the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.
- Member of the Counsel Assisting teams in the Royal Commission into Family Violence and Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission.
- Conducted internal investigations (including into allegations of sexual harassment and assault, racism, fraud, and other matters) for a large multinational organisation.
Media, Sports, Leisure and Entertainment Liability
- Acted for actress, Rebel Wilson, in her successful defamation proceedings against Bauer Media.
- Acted for media personality, Grant Denyer, and his dance partner from the series Dancing with the Stars: All Stars, Lily Cornish, in a successful defamation matter against Are Media regarding a defamatory article published by New Idea.
- Provides pre-publication and clearance advice to JAM TV Australia, including for its Stan Original documentary series, Show Me the Money, following the AFL trade and draft periods; Stan Original documentary, Danielle Laidley: Two Tribes, produced for Stan and Screen Australia and documentary, The Longest Feud: Chappell v Botham, produced for Amazon Prime and the Nine Network and aired during the World Cup.
- Provides advice to Channel Seven Melbourne including in relation to prepublication, defamation, contempt and commercial disputes.
- Provides defamation and privacy advice and representation to employees and directors of the AFL and other sporting clubs.
- Provides advice on sports law, integrity and commercial matters for clients including the AFL, Racing Victoria and Gymnastics Victoria, as well as individual directors, executives, coaches and athletes of AFL and other sporting clubs.
- Acted for the AFL and members of the AFL Anti-Doping Tribunal in commercial matters.
Investigations, Inquests and Whistleblower Complaints
- Conducts internal and whistleblower complaint investigations (including into allegations of sexual harassment and assault, racism, fraud, and other matters) for large multinationals and other corporates.
- Acts for Victoria Police and other government agencies in coronial inquiries and inquests.
- Commercial Litigation
- Defamation
- Inquiries, Investigations and Prosecutions
- Legacy, Sensitive and Complex Claims
- Sports, Leisure and Entertainment Liability
- Professions and Business Services
- Public Sector and Education
- Sports, Leisure and Entertainment
- Technology and Cyber
- Centre for Media and Communications Law
- Law Institute of Victoria
- Melbourne Press Club
- Carlton IN Business