Mr Rochow SC's practice is in all areas of commercial and corporate law, both at first instance and on appeal, with particular emphasis on trade practices and competition law. His practice includes appearances in the High Court, Federal Court and in State and Territory Supreme Courts. Previous cases include Perre v Apand, Duke Group v Barker and Scholle v AEP. He has also appeared before various tribunals and inquiries. Recent matters have involved alleged contraventions of sections 45, 46, 47, 51AA, 51AB, 51AC and 51AD, 52 and 53 of the Trade Practices Act, disputes over statutory, contractual and proprietary rights, rescission and affirmation of voidable contracts, common law restraint of trade and international sale of goods and product liability.


CURRENT COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPS AND LEGAL EDUCATION ROLES:

Deputy chair (Adelaide), Trade Practices Committee, Law Council of Australia

Member, Federal Court Liaison Committee, Adelaide Registry

Member, Federal Court Liaison Committee, Law Council of Australia

Member, Organising Committee for the Annual Trade Practices Committee, Centre for Regulation and Market Analysis, University of South Australia

Member of the Executive of the South Australian Bar Association and sub-committees

Member Bar Readers Course

Member of the Management Committee of the Research Unit for Study of Society, Law and Religion, University of Adelaide

Organiser of Conference "Cultural and Religious Freedom Under a Bill of Rights" (with Dr Paul Babie) 13 - 15 August 2009, Canberra, ACT, Australia


SELECTION OF PAPERS PRESENTED:

From Queensland Wire To Melway: Not Much Further Down The Road To Access (June 2000)

A Hitchhiker's Guide to Section 46 of the Trade Practices Act (July 2001)

"Pulling the Rabbitohs out of the Hat - And Putting Them Back" (September 2001) (Case Note, Law Society Bulletin on ss. 45 and 47 of the Trade Practices Act and South Sydney v ARL)

A Practitioner's Companion to Part IV of the Trade Practices Act (February 2002)

Principles of Limitation Upon Remedies for Monetary Recovery (April 2004)

Doing Some Damage: A Discussion of the Remedial Provisions of the Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) - Sections 80,82, 87 and 163A (May 2004)

The Ascertainment And Presentation Of Facts In Trade Practices Cases: Practice And Principles (June 2004)

Principles Relating To Obtaining And Preserving Documents Through Pre-Action Processes (July 2004)

The Federal Court Forum Shopper's Winter Catalogue (July 2005)

Facts, Facts And More Facts: Pleading A Claim In The Federal Court , (7 July 2006)

Paying For Human Rights Before The Bill Comes - Towards A More Comprehensive Domestic Implementation Of International Human Rights Norms In Australia (Paper for the International Conference Commemorating The 50th Anniversary Of The Establishment Of The Supreme Court Of The Islamic Republic Of Pakistan, Islamabad, 12 August 2006)

"Blind faith": the emerging doctrine of an implied term of good faith in contracts (30 November 2007)

"Making a Federal Case Out Of It" or the "How" and "Why" of Federal Court Litigation (27 February 2008)