Prior to becoming a lawyer, Isabelle graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (First Class Honours) degree in Personnel Management. She then worked in the human resources department of Land Rover in the UK.
Isabelle was admitted to practice as a solicitor in England and Wales in 2007 and in Western Australia in 2020.
At Civic Legal, Isabelle has undertaken a wide variety of litigation and advisory work for clients in the local government, government trading enterprise and insurance sectors.
"I take into account commercial considerations and stakeholders involved, and aim to provide practical and pragmatic options to our clients, where possible."
Isabelle’s experience is currently predominantly in the area of employment law, including in relation to advice on contracts of employment, unfair dismissals and conducts workplace investigations. She also undertakes external complaint assessor work under Divisions 3 and 4 of the Local Government Act 1995 (WA).
Isabelle’s work has involved matters concerning all levels of staff, including CEOs and senior officers. The areas she has investigated have ranged from tendering and procurement, use of information and position, and governance around the management of complex projects.
Following such investigation work, Isabelle has also given practical recommendations to address systemic lapses uncovered during the investigation phase. In addition, she gives advice to meet work health and safety obligations, and assists local governments when it is necessary for them to interact with the Corruption and Crime Commission.
Through her peer review work, Isabelle has also uncovered deficiencies in other investigation reports and thereby assisted by replacing such with investigations that are defensible.
Other areas of work in Isabelle’s portfolio include probity reviews, advising on performance reviews and conduct management, preparing CEO contracts of employment, advising on termination and reviewing policies, procedures and codes of conduct.
Current
Bachelor of Arts (BA) (First Class Honours) (2003)
Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL) with Distinction (2004)
Legal Practice Course with Distinction (2005)
Supreme Court of England and Wales (2007)
Supreme Court of Western Australia (2020)
High Court of Australia (2020)
