David Levin QC

David Levin studied at Cambridge and obtained a BA in Economics and Law in 1971 before entering practice at the English Bar. He came to the Bar in Victoria in 1977 and has established an extensive practice in commercial law, computer and building construction litigation. He established and organised the Victorian Bar Computer Users Group and from late 2003 until August 2005 was President of the Victorian Society for Computers and the Law Inc. He has developed expertise in utilising computerised litigation support systems and has been engaged in a number of substantial matters in which such systems were established and used successfully.

David has undertaken work as an expert, an arbitrator, a mediator and a Special Referee particularly in construction matters. He is a Grade 1 Arbitrator on the panel maintained by the Institute of Arbitrators and Mediators Australia and is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. He is a mediator accredited by IAMA and by the Victorian Bar.  He is also a member of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) Arbitration and Mediation Centre's List of Neutrals and is on its Domain Name Panel.

David has been accredited as an Australian National Mediator under the National Mediation Accreditation Scheme. He was a director of Barristers Chambers Ltd (from Oct 1998 until July 2005) and from 1996-2003 was an alternate Director of Barfund Pty Ltd, Trustee of the Victorian Bar Superannuation Fund.