Meredith Schilling
BA, JD, Assoc Dip Mus (Opera)
Admitted to Practice:
Signed Victorian Bar Roll:
Appointed as KC/SC:
15 November 2005
11 May 2006
8 August 2024
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(03) 9225 6783
(03) 9225 6777 (Clerk)
0434 601 105
Meredith has 18 years’ experience as a barrister and specialises in tax and public law.
Meredith has been recognised as a ‘Leading Tax Barrister Victoria’ in Doyles Guide 2018, 2020 and 2022 editions and was listed in ‘Best Lawyers of Australia’ (Litigation category) in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 editions.
She has an extensive tax advice and appearance practice, acting both for and against the Commissioner of Taxation and state revenue authorities in significant tax disputes concerning income tax, payroll tax, superannuation (taxation and regulation), the lawful exercise of statutory powers and tax recovery including insolvency related matters and mareva/freezing orders.
Meredith also has a wide-ranging public law practice. She regularly appears in judicial review proceedings concerning opinions of medical panels in the Victorian Supreme Court and Court of Appeal. She has appeared in regulatory proceedings involving decisions of the Medical Board and Health Complaints Commissioner and in migration and coronial proceedings. In 2020, Meredith led a successful appeal to the High Court as lead counsel for the appellant in ABT17 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (2020) 269 CLR 439.
Meredith holds Juris Doctor and Masters degrees in law from the University of Melbourne. She graduated in 2003 with a first class honours average as the top student of her JD cohort and completed her Masters Degree in 2017 by research thesis in administrative law.
A detailed list of published cases can be found in Meredith's Resume.
Meredith has an established practice and does not retain a clerk. Briefing enquiries should be directed to Meredith on the contact details above.