{"id":5,"date":"2012-06-29T05:55:37","date_gmt":"2012-06-29T05:55:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertdean.com.au\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2019-08-15T20:55:38","modified_gmt":"2019-08-15T20:55:38","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.robertdean.com.au\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr Robert Dean"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Dr<\/a><\/p>\n

Robert was until recently a barrister of many years\u2019 experience.<\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

He\u00a0practiced as a commercial barrister specialising in intellectual property\u00a0and\u00a0has\u00a0taught at both Monash and Trinity College, Melbourne University.<\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

He was recently head hunted to work for a commercial property-based company as an inhouse counsel.<\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

At the Bar Robert accepted all manner of commercial briefs.<\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

While devoted to his practice,\u00a0he found time to publish through\u00a0Thomson Reuters\u00a0,\u00a0texts on Employer, Employees and Goodwill encompassing Restraint of Trade covenants and a text which became a service on Trade Secrets and Privacy<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0More\u00a0recently, in 2018, he\u00a0published a book entitled \u201cDean\u2019s Law\u00a0on Trade Secrets and Privacy\u201d\u00a0\u00a0published by Thomson Reuters.<\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

For his efforts he was awarded an LLD from Melbourne University.<\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

These\u00a0texts\u00a0concern the protection of confidential information and restraint of trade covenants.\u00a0Much of the content of these works include practical advice derived from his day\u00a0to\u00a0day practice as a barrister.<\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

The works have been met with acclaim referred to and cited many times\u00a0by the Superior Courts in each\u00a0of the\u00a0states\u00a0and New Zealand and\u00a0judged by the Australian\u00a0Law\u00a0Journal as one of the ten best legal texts ever written in Australia.<\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

His reputation particularly in these and associated areas of law is Australia wide and he is\u00a0acknowledged by the legal profession as one of Australia\u2019s leading advocates on the protection\u00a0of commercial and private confidential information in whatever form.<\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

This aspect of intellectual property requires expertise in statutory protection,\u00a0including copyright and trademarks, competition and consumer law, company law and the related causes of action in commercial law such as\u00a0contract<\/strong>\u00a0or where disputes arise within the context of relationships such as\u00a0joint ventures, employees and directors<\/strong>.<\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

It covers\u00a0inducing breach of contract, conspiracy and many other areas of commercial law.<\/strong><\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

A large proportion of Roberts practice was concerned with the very complex area of\u00a0\u201cRestraint of Trade Clauses\u201d<\/strong>.<\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

The complexity of these clauses and the meticulous drafting required has led to Robert advising on the drafting of such clauses and fighting or settling cases on potentially invalid restraints.<\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

As a consequence of the urgency of protecting secret information,\u00a0he became accomplished in\u00a0interlocutory applications<\/strong>,<\/strong>\u00a0obtaining Anton Pillar [Search] and Mareva [Freeze] Orders<\/strong>\u00a0where\u00a0winning relies almost entirely on advocacy skills and confidence in the\u00a0courtroom.\u00a0He has developed skills with respect to litigation tactics (a chapter in his text).<\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

Tribunal work includes\u00a0Freedom of information, compensation and planning applications.<\/strong><\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

His\u00a0experience<\/a>\u00a0and tertiary\u00a0qualifications<\/a>\u00a0extend to both\u00a0mediation and arbitration.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0He is a member of Arbitration\u00a0Chambers.<\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

He is regularly asked to\u00a0lecture\u00a0<\/strong>on these areas in Victoria\u00a0and\u00a0interstate by solicitor institutions.<\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

\u2018In summary<\/em>,<\/em>\u00a0Robert practises in\u00a0<\/em>c<\/em>ommercial law and intellectual property, in particular the protection of secret information with concurrent expertise in Copyright<\/em>,\u00a0<\/em>Trade Marks<\/em>,\u00a0<\/em>Patents<\/em>,\u00a0<\/em>Competition<\/em>\u00a0 Consumer Legislation,\u00a0<\/em>C<\/em>ompany law and the associated areas of law noted above.\u00a0<\/em>H<\/em>e has an extensive practice in \u201cRestraint of Trade covenants\u201d<\/em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Robert was until recently a barrister of many years\u2019 experience. He\u00a0practiced as a commercial barrister specialising in intellectual property\u00a0and\u00a0has\u00a0taught at both Monash and Trinity College, Melbourne University. He was recently head hunted to work for a commercial property-based company as an inhouse counsel. At the Bar Robert accepted all manner of commercial briefs. While devoted to his practice,\u00a0he found time …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertdean.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertdean.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertdean.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertdean.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertdean.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5"}],"version-history":[{"count":41,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertdean.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":245,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertdean.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions\/245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertdean.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}