Matt Keating

Background

About Matt Keating

Solicitor at Williams and Hughes practising in commercial litigation and having a background practising in banking and finance. I have appeared as counsel in contested hearings for final orders in most Federal and State Courts in Western Australia, as well as in the State Administrative Tribunal and in arbitral proceedings under the Commercial Arbitration Act. Recent work includes- Appearing as counsel in a successful application for summary judgment seeking delivery up of land- Advising a creditor of a company in liquidation in respect of the liquidator’s claim to claw back an alleged preference payment- Appearing as counsel in a successful application to have a royalty dispute referred to arbitration- Acting in Supreme Court proceedings seeking compensation for a compulsory acquisition of land by a statutory body; and - Acting as instructing solicitor in successfully defending an application to set aside an arbitral award for an alleged breach of natural justice, both at first instance in the Supreme Court and subsequently in the Court of Appeal.