John Sneddon  Partner

John Sneddon is a partner in our litigation section. He practises primarily in the fields of commercial litigation and employment law.

John has extensive experience in the resolution of contractual disputes, partnership disputes, trade practices law, defamation, shareholders disputes and the duties of company directors.

John has worked as an employment and industrial relations lawyer for more than a decade, representing both employers and employees. During this time he has helped clients with matters relating to employment contracts, unfair dismissal claims, confidential information, privacy law, redundancy, restraints of trade, discrimination, sexual harassment and workplace health and safety investigations.

John also practises in the field of sports law and has advised individual athletes, sporting clubs, sports management companies and governing bodies in relation to the legal issues confronting the professional and amateur sports sectors.

A regular public speaker, John has presented more than 30 legal papers to the legal, education, insolvency and accounting professions on a range of topics including the duties of company directors, employment law, education law and industrial relations reform.

John is a member of the International Commission of Jurists, the Australian Lawyers Alliance and Industrial Relations Society of Queensland. He is legal advisor to the Board of Management of the Crèche & Kindergarten Association of Queensland and has provided legal advice to the Board of the Queensland Symphony Orchestra and indigenous councils in the Northern Territory and far north Queensland.

John's direct telephone number is 3307 4504 or he can be reached by email on jsneddon@shandtaylor.com.au.