Jeremy King.
Principal.
Accredited Specialist
Injury Law
"Thanks for listening to me and telling me your story."
Many of Jeremy's clients regard him as a great listener. They also commend him for taking the time to explain things to them - and believing their story.
Jeremy is a personal injury lawyer with two discrete areas of expertise - police misconduct and TAC compensation claims.
For the latter, he is very experienced at running TAC (motor vehicle accident) compensation claims. Jeremy was one of the four plaintiff lawyers involved in drafting the revised TAC Common Law, Impairment Assessment and No-Fault Dispute Resolution Protocols between 2014 and 2016. This was a long-term project between the Transport Accident Commission, the Law Institute of Victoria and the Australian Lawyers Alliance.
He is also an active member of the Transport Accident Commission (TAC) Legal Liaison Group.
No-one litigates against Victoria Police more than Jeremy.
He leads the firm's renowned police misconduct team and is responsible for extensive advocacy for reform of police oversight includes making submissions to the IBAC Parliamentary Committee’s Inquiry into the External Oversight of Police Corruption and Misconduct in Victoria and giving evidence at the public hearings held by this Committee.
He is regularly interviewed by the media and publishes on police misconduct matters.
Jeremy has recently been involved in high profile police misconduct cases including Hares and Hyenas, Chris Karadaglis and Dr Kim Proudlove.
Jeremy was interviewed on 60 Minutes Australia in their special investigation exposing shocking alleged police brutality.
He was the lead lawyer, along with Merys Williams, who represented Jessie Scarlett-Rhodes, a young education employee who was handcuffed and hurled headfirst into a divvy van, causing head injuries and a fractured nose. Ms Scarlett-Rhodes was charged by police after she made a complaint, and had her complaint dismissed following a police internal investigation.
Fighting for people's rights.
Countless lawyers claim to fight for social justice. Jeremy lives and breathes it every day.
On top of his advocacy work, he represents Volunteer Firefighters in Victoria and has provided pro bono legal assistance to refugees being held at the Nauru Regional Processing Centre.
Jeremy is an Accredited Specialist in Personal Injury and the head of the firm's personal injury law team.
Recognised in Doyles Guide 2020
More from Jeremy.
‘It’s in my nightmares’: Bourke Street witness fights for compensation
The 28-year-old from Sunshine is facing a new battle after being denied serious injury compensation from the Transport Accident Commission (TAC) for what he says is an unbearable but invisible injury. Lawyer Jeremy King from Robinson Gill said what Mr Harris witnessed was as bad as it gets.
Crown Resorts whistleblower Jenny Jiang sues gambling giant over treatment in China
A former Crown Resorts employee who exposed the company’s conduct in China and helped spark a powerful inquiry in New South Wales says she is taking her fight against the gambling empire to the Supreme Court. Her lawyer, Jeremy King from Robinson Gill Lawyers, said Ms Jiang was seeking compensation against Crown Resorts in respect to breaches of the duty of care it owed her as an employer.
VIC lawyer wins national award for leadership in COVID crisis
Victorian lawyer Jeremy King has been awarded the 2020 Australian Lawyers Alliance’s (ALA) Member of the Year.