Biography
Victoria is a Senior Associate within Coleman Greig’s Employment Law team.
Victoria has over 12 years’ experience in employment and commercial litigation.
She has the skills to assist businesses to minimise their legal risks by identifying them early and being able to help them up to the resolution of the dispute.
Victoria has a broad range of Employment Law & WHS experience, with dealings of employment terminations, unfair dismissal and general protections claims, restructuring and redundancies, and Fair Work Ombudsman investigations to name a few.
She advises on, and conducts, all employment-related litigation in the Fair Work Commission and other Federal and NSW jurisdictions.
Victoria works with clients from a range of industries and sectors such as building and construction, retail, manufacturing, aged care providers, healthcare and medical devices. She also regularly provides advice to foreign owned Australian subsidiaries to assist with local requirements.
Working closely with her clients allows Victoria to gain more of an understanding of their specific commercial objectives and provide tailored advice, with an understanding of how urgent employment matters can be in practice.
Expertise
People like us
“I enjoy developing strong relationships with clients and am passionate about assisting clients navigate the complexities of employment law and identifying and understanding their legal obligations.” – Victoria Quayle
- Experience
- Qualifications and Memberships
- Advising on termination of a long-standing senior executive without an employment contract and successfully negotiating exit terms with reasonable notice period.
- Assisting an Australian subsidiary of a large international company with restructuring a senior team and proposed redundancies including attending and providing support to Management during risk consultation and termination of employment meetings.
- Successfully resolving a complex general protections claim and discrimination and sexual harassment claim lodged by an employee in Federal Circuit Court and Australian Human Rights Commission. Provided support to executive management from the original termination of employee, defended Fair Work Commission proceedings and AHRC complaint, then Federal Circuit Court proceedings where matter resolved.
Bachelor of Laws (UNSW)
Bachelor of Arts (UNSW)
Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice (College of Law)
Law Society of NSW
- Current Events
- Upcoming Events
- Past Events
Workshop – Performance Management and Employee Misconduct
This workshop is to ensure managers and HR decision-makers understand their obligations and responsibilities in regard to critical HR tasks.
Closing the Loopholes: [Another] Employment Law Update
In this workshop, we will take you through the government industrial reforms as part of its ‘Closing the Loopholes Bill’ and help you understand how they apply to your business.
Employment Law Workshop – Contractor or Employee: That old chestnut
Is my contractor “really” an employee? How do I tell if a person is a contractor or an employee? This is one of the most vexed questions in employment law, but still a very important one, as a lot can hang on the answer: Might I owe leave entitlements? Have I underpaid relative to award…
Workshop – Performance Management and Employee Misconduct
This interactive workshop is designed to ensure managers and HR decision-makers understand their obligations and responsibilities in regard to critical HR tasks. Employment Law experts, Victoria Quayle and Liam Zisis will demonstrate how to minimise potential risk to your business from an employment law perspective, and help to ensure appropriate procedures and protocols are followed….
