About Philip Blaxill
Philip has significant expertise in dispute resolution, restructuring and insolvency, and regulatory investigations. He is a trusted adviser to clients involved in strategic commercial litigation and investigations, including matters where there is corporate financial distress.
His recent matters include acting for Woodside in judicial review proceedings and Federal Court proceedings challenging its primary approval for the Scarborough project; acting for CITIC in its multi-faceted disputes with Clive Palmer's Mineralogy; acting for Bluewaters Power Station in relation to the insolvency of The Griffin Coal Mining Company; and acting for Crown in the Perth Casino Royal Commission.
Chambers notes that Philip is 'an active and very, very capable litigator with a good banking enforcement practice'. Clients regularly comment on how Philip's advice is timely and practical, enabling clients to achieve the best possible commercial outcome as efficiently as possible.
Recent experience
- Woodside Scarborough Project: acting for Woodside in Federal Court proceedings brought by an environmental group seeking to prevent the Scarborough project development and successfully defending judicial review proceedings challenging an environmental approval relating to that project
- Woodside North West Shelf Project Extension: acting for Woodside in multiple judicial review proceedings in the Federal Court and Supreme Court of Western Australia in relation to administrative decisions approving the extension of the North West Shelf Project
- Bluewaters Power Station: acting in relation to ongoing issues regarding The Griffin Coal Mining Company
- CITIC: advising on a range of multi-million dollar disputes in the Supreme Court of Western Australia arising from the development and operation of the US$10bn Sino Iron Project, located at Cape Preston in the Pilbara region of Western Australia
- Santos Barossa Project: acting for Santos in Federal Court proceedings defending challenges to environmental approvals.