Dr Katy Barnett

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Lecturer
Lecturer

Languages spoken: English, Japanese

Katy Barnett joined the Melbourne Law School in 2006. She has recently been awarded her PhD, and it will be published in May 2012 by Hart Publishing as a monograph entitled Accounting for Profit for Breach of Contract: Theory and Practice.

Prior to teaching at the Melbourne Law School, Katy held a variety of positions, including banking litigator at Russell Kennedy, Associate to Justice Mandie at the Supreme Court of Victoria and Research Assistant to the Court of Appeal at the Supreme Court of Victoria.

Katy has taught Property II, Equity and Trusts, Trusts, Torts, Contract and Remedies. Her research interests reflect her broad teaching experience and interest in private law.

 


Representative Publications

Barnett, K. 'Substitutability and disgorgement damages in contract' in E. Bant, M. Harding (ed), Exploring Private Law (2010) 377-401.

Barnett, K. 'Deterrence and disgorging profits for breach of contract' (2009) 17 Restitution Law Review, 79-97.

Barnett, K. 'The midas touch - Profits from the King's Gold Piano (148 Investment Group v Elvis Presley Enterprises)' (2010) 18 Restitution Law Review, 83-86.


Areas of Expertise:

Current Research Interests

Presently researching the availability of proprietary remedies over unauthorised gains in the context of breach of contract and breach of fiduciary duty.


Memberships and Affiliations

Katy Barnett is an associate of the Communications and Media Law Centre.


Katy Barnett

Phone:
+61 3 903 54699
 
Email:
Katy Barnett
 
Room:
0750