Adam Hochroth SC

Adam has a broad practice in commercial matters, including class actions, equity and trusts, contracts, torts, consumer and competition, and employment law. He is recognised as a leader in class actions. He also practices in public and administrative law, particularly migration matters. He is briefed to appear as leading counsel in trials, appeals and arbitrations, and appears in a range of jurisdictions across Australia.

Recent cases in which Adam has appeared, or is appearing, include:

• a class action against AMP alleging breach of trust by superannuation trustees (2025)
• representing WIRES in claims brought by members under the Corporations Act (2025)
• a class action against the Victorian government for negligence over hotel quarantine breaches (ongoing)
• a class action against Medibank for continuous disclosure claims arising from a data breach (ongoing)
• a class action against IAG for continuous disclosure claims arising from ineffective insurance exclusions (ongoing)
• representing the NSW Attorney-General in charitable trust proceedings arising from the will of the artist Martin Sharp (2025)
• representing two human rights organisations in proceedings holding indefinite immigration detention to be unconstitutional (2023)
• representing two of the children of Gina Rinehart in family trust claims in both litigation and arbitration (2022-2024)