Biography

Cassie acts for major financial institutions, government agencies, insolvency professionals and public and private organisations on contentious recovery, mortgage enforcement and insolvency matters across Australia.

Her practice covers civil litigation across financial services disputes, mortgage and security enforcement, debt recovery and insolvency proceedings. She manages mortgage recovery actions through multiple court levels, advises on competing security and trust claims, and acts for liquidators and bankruptcy trustees in complex administrations.

Her experience includes high-value and technically complex matters, including acting for liquidators overseeing the wind-up of large property development groups with creditor claims exceeding $700 million, and mortgage recovery proceedings that have been contested through to the Court of Appeal. She operates across federal and state court jurisdictions and manages substantial portfolios for major institutional clients.

Cassie combines strong courtroom advocacy with strategic portfolio management across recovery and insolvency work for financial institutions and insolvency practitioners. Her experience spans both the creditor and practitioner sides of complex insolvency administrations, giving her a practical understanding of how competing interests are managed through the process.

Credentials

Academic qualifications:

• Bachelor of Laws (Edith Cowan University)
• Master of Business Administration (University of New England)

Cassie's experience

Mortgage recovery: Court of Appeal

Acting for a major bank in mortgage recovery proceedings across multiple court levels, including contested appeals to the Court of Appeal involving complex security and enforcement issues.

Commercial property recovery: Unjust lending allegations

Acting for one of the Big Four banks in recovery proceedings across six commercial properties, including responding to allegations of unjust lending conduct and managing strategy across a multi-property enforcement program.

Mortgage enforcement: Competing trust claim

Acting for a major bank in recovery proceedings where a competing trust claim has been asserted over the mortgaged property, requiring careful navigation of the interaction between trust law and security enforcement.

Property developer liquidation: $700 million creditor pool

Acting for the liquidators of a group of large property development companies with creditors exceeding $700 million, involving public examinations, voidable transaction claims and complex asset realisation across multiple entities.

Private unit trust: Supreme Court appointment

Advising an insolvency professional appointed by the Supreme Court of Western Australia to a private unit trust with several beneficiaries, managing the administration and vesting of trust assets.

Bankruptcy trustee: Distribution approval

Acting for a bankruptcy trustee in court approval proceedings for the distribution of recovered monies where the creditor class is uncertain, requiring careful legal analysis of entitlements and court engagement to authorise distribution.