John Hill

John acts for insolvency practitioners, banks, non-bank lenders, business owners, directors and the Commonwealth Government. Clients span domestic and international proceedings, including matters involving cross-border asset recovery and contested priority disputes under the Corporations Act.

John specialises in commercial disputes, corporate and personal insolvency, shareholder disputes and professional indemnity insurance. His practice covers liquidator and trustee claims, including unfair preference claims, directors’ duties and the recovery of assets diverted to related parties. He defends negligence claims against legal practitioners acting in property law, commercial disputes, historical institutional abuse and family law. John also acts in matters involving Corporations Act priority disputes, antecedent transaction provisions and the rights of secured creditors in insolvency proceedings.

John has acted for the Commonwealth in multiple proceedings brought against liquidators and receivers appointed under circulating security interests, managing complex priority disputes across Federal Court and State Supreme Court jurisdictions. He has conducted litigation involving shareholder disputes exceeding A$20 million in the Federal Court, and cross-border asset recovery proceedings involving related parties located overseas. His professional indemnity practice covers claims against practitioners across multiple practice areas.

John combines a focused insolvency and disputes practice with depth in professional indemnity that is uncommon in the insolvency market. His experience acting for the Commonwealth on priority scheme disputes gives him a distinctive understanding of the interaction between public sector creditor rights and the Corporations Act framework.