Barrister, Brisbane Chambers, Brisbane

Anand has been in continuous private practice for 30 years, 11 years as a solicitor and 20 as a barrister.
Anand’s main area of practice is commercial litigation, covering areas such as corporations’ law, contract, equity, consumer law, property, trusts, insolvency, bankruptcy, banking and insurance. Other areas of practice include administrative law, judicial review, succession, defamation, human rights and personal injuries.

As counsel, Anand has appeared in the High Court, Queensland Court of Appeal and in all the State Courts at interlocutory and trial level as well as the District Court in its appellate jurisdiction. Anand has also appeared in the Federal Court and the Federal Circuit Court of Australia and in many Tribunals.. He has also appeared at coronial inquests both as counsel and solicitor.

Anand is a nationally accredited mediator and has been appointed to act as a mediator in disputes concerning commercial law, professional negligence, succession and personal injuries..

Anand has been actively involved in the affairs of the Bar Association of Queensland including having been elected by the Bar, on nine occasions, to serve on its peak executive body, the Bar Council. Anand is also a past president of Queensland Young Lawyers and has served on many Queensland Law Society committees including the Property Law and Development Committee.

Anand has a keen interest in legal education delivering many papers and articles for the Queensland Law Society, Bar Association of Queensland and professional legal providers such as LexisNexis and Thomson Reuters. He has also taught in the areas of civil procedure and evidence. He holds a masters of law from the Queensland University of Technology.

Anand is President of the Asian Australian Lawyers Association (AALA) (Qld Branch). AALA seeks to promote and encourage cultural diversity within the legal profession.