Diane Chapman

Diane Chapman is the Principal lawyer at MensLegis. She is admitted as a solicitor of the High and Federal Courts of Australia and the Supreme Court of New South Wales. 

Her work on high profile commercial and class action litigation matters includes:

  • Volkswagen/Audi Class Action (Consumer Law) (Federal Court) Ford Motor Company of Australia Class Action (Consumer Law) (Federal Court)
  • Reckitt Benckiser Class Action (Nurofen Specific Pain Range) (Consumer Law) (Federal Court) (Consumer Law)
  • 247A Application Dick Smith Holdings (in liquidation) and class action (NSW Supreme Court) (Corporations Law)
  • AMP Shareholder Class Action (Corporations Law) (Federal Court and NSW Supreme Court) (Securities Law and ASIC Act))
  • Westpac Financial Advice Class Action (Corporations Law) (Federal Court) Personal Insurance claims
  • Royal Bank of Scotland Warrants Class Action (Corporations Law) (Federal Court)
  • Toyota Class Action (Consumer Law)
  • Swann (insurance) Class Action (Consumer Law)
  • Diab v Yumm Restaurants (Australia) Limited - Pizza Hut (franchisee) class action. 

Diane has a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Sydney and post-graduate qualifications in Applied Finance, Financial Planning and Legal Practice. 

Diane is a Director and Founding Fellow of the United Nations Commission for International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) National Co-ordination Committee Australia.

Diane is a Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia (FINSIA).

Diane’s international law publications include:

  • “Inclusive Competitiveness and Ensuring Universal Access to Global Supply Chains and Inputs for Developing Nations” published July 2017, for the UN Commission for International Trade Law’s 50th anniversary publication “Modernizing International Trade Law to Support Innovation and Sustainable Development.”  Diane also presented this paper at the congress in Vienna on 4 July 2017.

http://www.uncitral.org/pdf/english/congress/Papers_for_Congress/140-CHAPMAN-Developing_Nations_and_the_Key_Role_of_UNCITRAL.pdf

  • “Access to Justice in the ASEAN and the Key Role of UNCITRAL” published by the UNCITRAL Regional Centre for the Asia Pacific in their Incheon Digest, 2015. 

           http://uncitralrcap.org/en/digest-category/issue-1-2015/

  • Diane has also had several law articles published in the New York State Bar's International Journal on Micro Finance and International Arbitration.