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Jayr practices in public and administrative law, commercial law and common law. He has specific expertise in all aspects of health law, mental health law and medical law including in the context of class actions, royal commissions, medical negligence claims, disciplinary proceedings, coronial inquests, regulatory proceedings and occupational health and safety matters.

Since coming to the Bar Jayr has appeared in Victorian Courts and Tribunals, both led and unled in the Federal Court, Supreme Court, County Court, Magistrates Court, Coroners Court and VCAT. He has been briefed by Government, regulators and private clients in a broad range of complex and sensitive litigated matters.  

Jayr is a legal member of the Mental Health Tribunal and in that role, as presiding member of the relevant tribunal division, determines whether compulsory treatment under the Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022 is appropriate. He also teaches health law at Monash University and was a senior registered nurse having practiced at both Alfred Health and TLC Aged Care. 

Jayr is regularly briefed to advise and assist with general commercial disputes, including those which relate to contract disputes, disputes relating to loans, disputes arising from the sale of businesses, lease disputes, Australian Consumer Law matters and related civil claims.   

Before coming to the Bar, Jayr had 10 years of broad legal and commercial experience having worked as a Principal Solicitor at the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), as Legal Counsel at Western Health and as a lawyer at Meridian Lawyers and Ashurst Australia.

Jayr holds a Master of Laws (specialising in taxation) from the University of Melbourne and a Bachelor of Laws from Monash University. He was awarded an academic prize for the law subject Legal Issues in Medicine and is published in a number of legal, academic and health industry journals.

Jayr read with Morgan McLay. His senior mentor was the Honourable Justice Claire Harris SC.