Meet The Team
Sakshi Bhati

Sakshi Bhati

Associate
Areas of Practice / Specialisations
  • Commercial litigation and dispute resolution
  • Contractual disputes, including agent commission claims, franchise disputes and Australian Consumer Law matters
  • Corporations Act matters, including statutory demands, oppression claims and shareholder disputes
  • Employment disputes before the Fair Work Commission and Federal Court, including post-employment restraint matters
  • Property disputes, including off-the-plan matters, caveats and commercial leasing
  • Professional negligence claims involving solicitors, accountants and insurance brokers
  • Defamation and intellectual property disputes
Languages Spoken
English, Hindi
Qualifications & Admissions
  • Admitted to the Supreme Court of Queensland
  • Admitted to the High Court of Australia
Career Highlights
Named a finalist in the Lawyers Weekly 30 Under 30 Awards (2024) - Dispute Resolution and Litigation category.

Volunteer solicitor at Caxton Legal Centre, providing civil and employment law assistance to individuals experiencing disadvantage.

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, high-value disputes for high-net-worth individuals, SMEs, publicly listed companies and not-for-profit 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. Outside of practice, she volunteers at Caxton Legal Centre, contributing to access to justice by assisting individuals experiencing disadvantage in civil and employment matters.