William Isdale

William has a broad civil practice, with a focus on commercial and regulatory matters. He appears in all State and Federal Courts and Tribunals.  

Prior to being called to the Bar, William worked as an Associate at MinterEllison (focusing on commercial and regulatory work for financial services clients), and as a Senior Legal Officer at the Australian Law Reform Commission (working on the Corporations and Financial Services Inquiry).  

Previously he has served as an Associate to the Hon. Justice Dowsett AM on the Federal Court of Australia, and before that to Commissioner Graeme Neate AM on the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission and Industrial Court of Queensland.

William holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) from the University of Queensland, a LLM in International Financial and Commercial Law from King’s College London, and a PhD in Law from the University of Queensland. He was the recipient of the Holt Prize in 2021 for his PhD thesis, which has since been published as a book by The Federation Press.

Phone: 0432 069 212 | Email: wisdale@qldbar.asn.au

Year of admission to the bar as a reader: 2023

Areas of practice

• Administrative

• Alternate Dispute Resolution

• Appellate

• Banking & Finance

• Bankruptcy & Insolvency

• Civil Regulation

• Commercial

• Competition & Trade Practices

• Consumer Law

• Contract

• Corporations

• Defamation

• Disciplinary proceedings

• Employment / Industrial Relations

• Environment and planning

• Equity

• Industrial & Employment

• Insurance

• Intellectual Property

• Inquests, Commissions of Inquiry & Statutory Tribunals

• Medical Negligence

• Mining, Energy and Resources

• Native Title

• Professional Negligence

• Property

• Taxation

• Wills, Probate & Family Provision

• Work Health & Safety

• Workers Compensation