Rebecca Gall

Rebecca has a broad commercial and employment practice. She appears in a range of matters, often unled, such as large commercial proceedings, corporations matters, insurance matters, urgent proceedings for injunctive relief (such as for restraints of trade and extension of caveats), employment and industrial disputes, work health and safety prosecutions, corruption inquiries and sports law matters.

Rebecca is regularly briefed in more complex proceedings that involve both general commercial law and employment law issues. Clients who Rebecca has recently acted for include Uber, Qantas, Merivale, Colliers, Payton Capital (now HMC Capital) and Manildra, as well as senior executives.

Before coming to the Bar, Rebecca practised in commercial litigation at Freehills (now Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer) and was an associate to the Honourable Peter Jacobson KC, formerly a judge of the Federal Court of Australia.

Some recent cases include:

• Weddall v Rasier Pacific Pty Ltd (judgment reserved) – test case in the Federal Court concerning the proper characterisation of Uber drivers as employees or independent contractors.
• Khalil v Rasier Pacific Pty Ltd [2026] FWC 3490 – challenge to the Uber Services Agreement under the unfair contract provisions in the Fair Work Act.
• State of New South Wales v Schofields Nominee No 5 Pty Ltd [2024] NSWSC 1590 – breach of contract for the sale of land and whether clause was a contractual penalty.
• Fogg v Port Stephens Coaches (Nelson Bay) Pty Ltd (settled just prior to hearing) – corporate shareholder oppression proceedings, with additional claims of adverse action and whistleblower victimisation, by a minority shareholder and former CEO.
• Williams v Natural Solar Pty Ltd [2025] FCA 527 – urgent reinstatement of a CEO.
• Maguire v R (NSWDC, 26 March 2026, Smith SC DCJ) – successful appeal from a conviction for giving misleading evidence before ICAC.

A curriculum vitae is available on request.