Thomas Boban
Senior Associate
Senior Associate
Sydney,
Australia
Thomas is an experienced commercial litigator, with a keen focus on product liability and ESG claims.
He has acted for some of Australia’s largest corporations in defending some of the most high-profile cases and class actions in Australia and has assisted our clients in managing the risks associated with these actions.
Experience & capabilities
Selected matters
- Toyota Motor Corporation Australia in defending a large product liability class action in the Supreme Court of New South Wales arising from allegedly defective Takata airbag inflators
- Advising Dyson in relation to notification and recall requirements under Australian Consumer Law
- Advising Pfizer regarding a dust diseases tribunal claim against its former subsidiary Parke-Davis (deregistered)
- Advising on product liability issue for a well known personal hygiene product the subject of global litigation
- GreenCollar Group in defending proceedings in the Federal Court of Australia in relation to alleged misuse of trust property and breaches of fiduciary duty relating to copyright infringement in certain carbon accounting methodologies
- AMP Limited in defending shareholder class action proceedings in the Supreme Court of New South Wales arising out of evidence at the Banking Royal Commission
- EML Payments in defending shareholder class action proceedings in the Supreme Court of Victoria in respect of disclosure regarding EML’s Irish subsidiary
- Serco in defending proceedings in the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory in relation to an alleged holding over claim
Select Pro-bono
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Advising the Duke of Edinburgh Award in relation to issues under the Australian Consumer Law
- Advising RUOK? in relation to a dispute with Zoom Communications Inc
- Assisting the Public Interest Advocacy Centre in relation to the Towards Truth campaign
Background
Thomas holds a Bachelor of Arts from Macquarie University and Juris Doctor from the University of Technology Sydney.
Thomas is qualified as an Australian legal practitioner who is admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of New South Wales and the High Court of Australia.
