Arielle advises government agencies on administrative law litigation, sound decision-making processes and statutory interpretation.
Arielle acts for major Commonwealth and State departments and agencies including the Department of Home Affairs, NSW Police Force, Department of Social Services and Services Australia. She has had carriage of hundreds of merits and judicial review matters involving challenges to decisions made by officers and administrative tribunals.
Arielle provides clients with specialist, value-for-money, volume litigation services and advice that delivers practical and legally sound solutions. She regularly appears as solicitor-advocate in the NSW Civil and Administrative Appeals Tribunal, Administrative Review Tribunal, Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia and Federal Court of Australia. She regularly acts in and instructs Counsel and Senior Counsel in strategic and complex matters.
Arielle is a trusted advisor in complex legal matters, known for her excellent written and oral communication and proactive, practical and solution-oriented approach. She has worked with government clients for almost a decade, including having undertaken four secondments, and has a profound understanding of the interaction and interdependence with internal and external stakeholders.
- Arielle has had carriage of and appeared as solicitor-advocate in hundreds of judicial and merits review proceedings for the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship in the Administrative Review Tribunal, Federal Circuit and Family Court, Federal Court and High Court of Australia including in relation to migration decisions, character refusal and cancellation decisions made under section 501 of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth) and citizenship decisions made under the Australian Citizenship Act 2007 (Cth).
- Arielle has experience in statutory interpretation and preparing legal opinions for the Department of Home Affairs, Department of Social Services, Services Australia and NSW Police Force, advising on particular provisions in the Migration Act 1958, Migration Regulations 1994, Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988, Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989, Firearms Act 1996 (NSW) and various legislative instruments and policies.
- Arielle has represented the Commissioner, NSW Police Force in challenges to firearms licence decisions in the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal.
- Arielle has extensive experience acting for the Child Support Registrar including commencing enforcement proceedings in the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia to recover unpaid child support debts, acting for the Registrar in various applications brought under the Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989 and Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988 and regularly appearing as amicus curae to provide assistance to the Court where child support orders are sought, and representing the Child Support Registrar in appeals brought in the Federal Circuit and Family Court and Federal Court of Australia from decisions made by the Social Services and Child Support division of the (former) Administrative Appeals Tribunal.
- Arielle has appeared on behalf of the Secretary, Department of Social Services in merits review challenges to social security decisions including in relation to disability support pension, family tax benefit, carer payment and youth allowance.
- Arielle has advised public sector clients on privacy issues associated with information sharing between agencies and Departments arising under the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 (NSW) and Privacy Act 1998 (Cth).
- Arielle has undertaken secondments with the Department of Home Affairs, Services Australia and NSW Police Force.