Mark Dunstan

Mark accepts briefs in all areas of law, but practices principally in employment and industrial relations, work health & safety, commercial litigation, and public and administrative law.
Before coming to the Bar, Mark spent fourteen years working as a solicitor, including over a decade with various trade unions and as a partner at a national boutique firm.

Mark commenced his career as a commercial litigator, before working as an industrial lawyer for the United Services Union and then leading a disputes team at the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association, acting in numerous matters in both the Commonwealth and New South Wales industrial relations systems. Mark’s work has included securing a multi-million dollar underpayment recovery against Australia’s largest private health provider, acting in Award applications and achieving the mass reinstatement of employees found to be unfairly terminated.

Directly before commencing at the Bar, Mark was a partner at Prolegis Lawyers, a national firm specialising in advising and representing charities and not-for-profits.

Mark brings a forensic and practical approach to litigation and advisory work. He is deeply invested in his clients and values a warm and collaborative relationship with instructing solicitors. Having spent a decade leading teams in a range of different contexts, Mark applies a strategic lens to planning and managing litigation and projects, working creatively to meet client objectives.

Mark appears in the full range of courts and tribunals across all states and territories.