Justine Munsie

Ampol Australia — successfully acted in Federal Court proceedings commenced by Chevron Global Energy against Ampol Australia regarding Ampol’s transition from the CALTEX brand to the AMPOL brand. Chevron’s claims to own the colour red for certain aspects of service stations were rejected, leaving Ampol free to proceed with its transition roll out.

Bega Cheese — acted in proceedings commenced in the Federal Court of Australia by Kraft Heinz against Bega Cheese. Bega Cheese was successful at every stage of the dispute which went all the way to the High Court and related to the ownership and right to use the iconic packaging of peanut butter formerly branded “Kraft” and purchased by Bega Cheese from Mondelēz in 2017. The case involved a consideration of the nature and assignability of goodwill, copyright rights and misleading and deceptive marketing.

IGADF Afghanistan Inquiry — acting for two members of the Australian Special Air Service Regiment (SASR) in the inquiry into rumours of possible breaches of the Laws of Armed Conflict by members of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) in Afghanistan undertaken by the Inspector General of the ADF.

Media publishers — provide regular advice to a range of media publishers of news, current affairs, documentaries and podcasts, including Seven West Media, Australian Associated Press and Australian News Channel (Sky News) on pre-publication issues involving defamation, contempt, copyright and compliance with various publication Codes of Conduct. Also acting for those media clients in disputes arising from the content published by them.

Seven West Media — act for Seven West Media in a range of litigation matters affecting the property, intellectual property and reputation of Seven West Media, including its various television interests. This work includes acting in proceedings against a former employee who had defrauded Seven of $7 million using fake invoices; advising in relation to allegations of contempt by a program broadcast outside the Northern Territory during the high profile murder trial of Zachary Rolfe; and acting in defamation proceedings commenced by Jeff Rayner relating to an interview with Thomas Markle Snr on Seven’s Sunrise program.