Mark Steele KC
Mark practises primarily in commercial litigation and arbitration, building and construction, succession law, and administrative law. He took silk in 2022.
Mark has appeared in Courts and Tribunals at trial and appellate level, including in the High Court, Federal Courts and Tribunals, and State Courts and Tribunals, and in an international arbitration.
Mark is an experienced mediator, and has successfully completed mediation training with the Australian Disputes Centre
Mark is a member of two committees of the Bar Association of Queensland: the Migration Law Committee; and the South Pacific Region Continuing Legal Education Committee.
Mark is a joint winner of the 2015 Australian Lawyers’ Alliance Qld Civil Justice Award.
Mark was recommended by Doyle’s as a leading construction & infrastructure barrister in 2022.
Some of the notable cases Mark has appeared in recently include:
Canadian Solar Construction Pty Ltd v Re Oakey Pty Ltd [2023] QSC 288
Couran Cove Resort Community Body Corporate v The Proprietors of Couran Cove Resort Broadwater Villas GTP 106807 [2023] QSC 133
Built Qld Pty Ltd v Pro-Invest Australian Hospitality Opportunity (ST) Pty Ltd [2022] QCA 266
ASIC v Scholz (No.2) [2022] FCA 1542
Ooralea Developments Pty Ltd & Ors v Mackay Regional Council [2022] QSC 75
Ausipile Pty Ltd v Bothar Boring and Tunnelling (Australia) Pty Ltd [2021] QCA 223
GWRV v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs [2023] FCAFC 39
ASIC v Lightspeed Finance [2022] FCA 469
Shipton v South East Queensland Sport Aircraft Club Incorporated [2022] QSC 5
Contact
T: 07 3210 6887
M: 0413 786 660
E: msteele@northbankchambers.com.au
Areas of practice
Administrative
Appellate
Arbitration, Mediation & Evaluation
Building & Construction
Commercial
Medical Negligence
Mining, Energy & Resources
Wills, Probate & Family Provision
Papers
Commencing Class Actions in Queensland – Proctor (with Kirsty Gothard)
Navigating the new Commercial List – Proctor (with Kirsty Gothard)
Use of Adjudicators in Body Corp Disputes - Proctor (with Maxwell Walker
Conferring with Another Party’s Witness – Proctor (with Andrew Schriiffer)
Communicating with the Court – Proctor (with Kirsty Gothard)
Professional Duty in Insurance Contracts
Statutory exception to the rule against hearsay (joint article with Kylie Downes QC)