Alexander
McKinnon

Called to the Bar in 2019

Contact

Level 16 Quay Central
T | 07 3360 3360
E | [email protected]

Alexander
McKinnon

Called to the Bar in 2019

Areas of Expertise

  • Administrative Law
  • Arbitration
  • Building & Construction
  • Competition & Consumer
  • Contract and General Commercial
  • Corporations
  • Equity and Trusts
  • Inquiries and Coronial Inquests
  • Insolvency
  • Insurance
  • Professional Negligence
  • Resources & Infrastructure
  • Succession
  • Superannuation
  • Tax
  • Transport

Overview

Alexander McKinnon accepts briefs in all areas of commercial and public law, and private client matters.

Alexander has developed particular expertise in commercial disputes, corporations, insolvency, insurance, transport (aviation and maritime), equity and trusts, and in contentious and non-contentious private client and succession matters, especially those involving commercial complexity.

Alexander appears both led and unled in trials and appeals in courts and tribunals across Australia, as well as before arbitral tribunals and commissions of inquiry.

He is a Nationally Accredited Mediator and accepts appointments as mediator and arbitrator.

  1. Master of Laws (First Class Honours), University of Cambridge
  2. 3 Verulam Buildings Prize for International Commercial Litigation (Cambridge)
  3. Bachelor of Laws (Hons), University of Queensland
  4. Bachelor of Commerce (Finance), University of Queensland
  1. Acting for the defendant in a Federal Court proceeding seeking damages for loss of a large industrial facility (unled)
  2. Acting for the insurer of an aircraft following a fatal aviation accident (unled)
  3. Appearing for the successful plaintiffs in a 3-day trial in the Supreme Court of Queensland involving equitable mortgages and misleading or deceptive conduct (2024, unled)
  4. Acting in proceedings to remove executors and in related litigation involving alleged estoppel and constructive trust claims (2023-present, led)
  5. Acting for a major agricultural company in Corporations Law proceedings in the Federal Court of Australia, including on appeal to the Full Court (2023-24, led)
  6. Acting for a solar power company in proceedings involving its construction contractor in the Supreme Court of Queensland and Court of Appeal (2023-24, led)
Doyle’s Guide
  1. Leading Transport Law Junior Counsel Australia (Recommended), 2025

Prior to being called to the Bar in 2019, Alexander was an Associate to the Hon. Justice Byrne AO RFD in the Supreme Court of Queensland.

Alexander has also worked for a number of years as a solicitor in litigation and arbitration for a top-tier international firm in London and as the Litigation and Regulatory Counsel for a major international airline.

While undertaking his LLM studies at Cambridge, Alexander was awarded the 3 Verulam Buildings Prize for the highest mark in International Commercial Litigation.

A list of selected cases in which Alexander McKinnon has been involved is included in his CV accessible via the link below.

Contact

Level 16 Quay Central
T | 07 3360 3360
E | [email protected]

readership

For more than 20 years, Level 16 Quay Central Chambers has offered readerships to assist counsel starting at the Bar.

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General Administration

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