Michael Jonsson KC
QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor of Commerce, University of Queensland, 1984
Bachelor of Laws, University of Queensland, 1989
Bachelor of Economics, University of Queensland, 1990
Doctor of Philosophy, James Cook University, 2003
Bar Practice Course (Qld), 1991
Contact:
Phone:
T: 07 4050 2456
M: 0408 780 813
Michael has worked predominantly in commercial litigation during a career spanning more than thirty years. He has practised both as a solicitor and as a barrister in a variety of areas, including general commercial and contractual litigation, administrative law and judicial review, succession, insurance litigation, personal and corporate insolvency, building and construction disputation, professional negligence, property litigation, statutory compensation and resumption, and maritime claims and disputes.
Michael undertook articles of clerkship with MacDonnells, Solicitors, in Cairns from late 1987. He was admitted as a solicitor in January, 1990, and remained with MacDonnells for some fourteen years thereafter, including ten years as a partner from July, 1994.
Michael was called to the bar in 2004, and was appointed as Queens Counsel in 2015.