Josh Bornstein
Josh Bornstein is an Australian lawyer. He is a member of the Board of economic think tank, Per Capita, the Advisory Board of the Centre for Employment and Labour Relations Law, University of Melbourne, the head of Industrial Relations at Maurice Blackburn,[1] and is deputy Chair of the Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board. He is President of Tzedek.org, an advocacy organisation for victims of child sexual abuse within the Jewish community in Australia.
He is ranked as Victoria's top employment lawyer by Doyle's Guide to the Australian Legal Profession, 2013 edition.
Cases in which Bornstein has been involved include
- Representing the Australian Workers' Union and Larry Knight's family over the Beaconsfield mine collapse
- Representing Australian Council of Trade Unions and Ansett Australia employees over the insolvency of the Ansett group of companies
- Assisting the Maritime Union of Australia defeat Patrick Stevedores in the High Court (see also 1998 Australian waterfront dispute)
- Representing the Wilderness Society who were sued by Gunns Limited
- Representing the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Peter Slipper, in pursuing an abuse of process case against Mr James Ashby.
Bornstein is currently representing Essendon Football Club in its challenge to the legality of the ASADA investigation.
He has publicly campaigned for the introduction of a national workplace bullying law and for a Royal Commission to be established into institutional child sexual abuse.
References
- Top Industrial Relations lawyer says Australian system is broken, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 4 September 2018, retrieved 24 September 2018