Sakshi Bhati
Previous Experience
- Complex contractual litigation, including agent commission claims, franchise disputes, and Australian Consumer Law matters involving misleading and deceptive conduct
- Corporations Act matters, including statutory demands, oppression claims, liquidator actions, and shareholder disputes
- Employment disputes before the Fair Work Commission and Federal Court, including disputes involving post-employment restraint clauses
- Property disputes, including off-the-plan property disputes relating to termination under sunset clauses, caveats, and commercial leasing matters
- Professional negligence claims involving solicitors, accountants and insurance brokers
- Defamation and intellectual property disputes
Sakshi is a commercial litigation and dispute resolution solicitor admitted to the
Supreme Court of Queensland and the High Court of Australia, with experience
acting in complex, highvalue disputes for highnetworth individuals, SMEs, publicly
listed companies, and notforprofit organisations.
She regularly advises and appears in contractual, corporations law, employment,
property and general commercial disputes across the District, Supreme, and Federal
Courts of Australia. Sakshi appears both with and without counsel and has
experience managing matters through interlocutory applications, mediations, trials,
and appeals.
Sakshi adopts a strategic and commercially focused approach to litigation, working
closely with clients to secure practical outcomes, whether through early resolution or
by progressing matters to a hearing, where required. Her advice is underpinned by a
strong command of procedural and evidentiary rules, allowing her to provide clear,
outcome-driven guidance through every stage of a dispute.
Sakshi’s commitment to the profession was recognised when she was named a
finalist in the Lawyers Weekly 30 Under 30 Awards (2024) in the Dispute Resolution
and Litigation category.
Outside of practice, Sakshi volunteers at Caxton Legal Centre, contributing to access
to justice by assisting individuals experiencing disadvantage in civil and employment
matters.