Damien Payard

Areas of Practice

Disciplinary Proceedings
Discrimination
Industrial and Employment
Regulatory Disputes
Work Health and Safety

Contact

Phone: (07) 3333 9906
Mobile: 0417 647 840
Email:  dpayard@qldbar.asn.au
Reception: (07) 3333 9921

Year of admission to the Bar: 2021

Damien’s areas of speciality are employment, industrial, work health and safety, and anti-discrimination in both litigation and advice work. He appears in federal and state courts and federal and state tribunals on behalf of government entities, private employers, employees, and regulators. He is listed in Doyle’s Guide in Leading Employment & WHS Barristers in Queensland.

Damien also appears in disciplinary and regulatory proceedings for regulators, prosecuting bodies and respondents, and in commercial litigation, usually relating to contractual disputes.

Before coming to the Bar, Damien was a Senior Associate at a national law firm in its workplace relations and safety practice, and a Lawyer at the Fair Work Ombudsman. In 2014, he was associate to the Honourable Sandy Horneman-Wren SC.

Damien holds a Master of Laws from the University of Sydney, and a Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Science (Major in Physics) from the University of Queensland. He also lectures at the University of Southern Queensland in employment law.

Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards Legislation