Michael Short

Background

About Michael Short

Michael is a Partner at Madison Marcus who heads up our Employment and Workplace Relations Division. Since his admission as a Solicitor over 20 years ago, Michael has practiced in NSW, ACT and the United Kingdom. Michael has significant experience in civil litigation advising clients in complex, contentious and non-contentious matters of broad areas of the law. His Employment and Workplace relations expertise includes representing and advising clients in matters regarding:/ Discrimination;/ Unfair dismissal;/ Bullying;/ General protections (including adverse action);/ Harassment;/ Occupational Health and Safety Compliance / Contractual issues. Michael also has a special interest and experience in the Crisis Management of “White Collar” /crimes, including:/ Copyright infringement;/ Cybercrime;/ Fraud;/ Identity theft / Tax invasion / Insider trading / Money laundering Michael is skilled in dispute resolution through negotiation, conciliation, mediation, arbitration and court-based litigation including, where necessary, Australian Courts of Appeal and the High Court of Australia. Michael has acted in a number of noteworthy and high profile cases in the Australian press and has represented client’s interests in 2 major judicial inquiries instituted by the NSW Government in and 2003.