Qualifications
Dinesh Ratnam is a commercial law barrister with more than 16 years’ legal experience. His practice focuses on contract disputes, banking and finance law, consumer law, fraud, insolvency, company law and building and construction law.
Dinesh represents clients in all jurisdictions and regularly appears in the Supreme Court of New South Wales and Federal Court of Australia. He also frequently appears in courts and tribunals in Melbourne and Tasmania.
Dinesh’s clients have included liquidators, receivers, company directors and shareholders. He has represented them in actions involving winding up and bankruptcy applications, unfair preferences, uncommercial transactions, shareholder disputes, trust disputes and remuneration applications. He has also acted for companies and individuals in contract disputes involving misleading and deceptive conduct claims.
Dinesh believes in taking a collaborative approach with instructing solicitors, so that litigation runs more efficiently and effectively. He believes that effective advocacy means more than simply appearing in court. It involves taking a strategic and methodical approach to the matter, even before pleadings are filed.
Dinesh was recognised in the 2017 Doyle's Guide as an Emerging Construction & Infrastructure Junior Counsel within NSW.
Specialisations
Professional Recognition
Doyles Guide 2017 - Emerging Construction & Infrastructure Junior Counsel
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