Dimity Leahy

Dimity Leahy is a special counsel in the employment and safety team. Dimity is a labour lawyer with thirteen years' experience working on a broad range of employment, safety and regulatory matters. 

Dimity advises on investigatory, risk assessment and organisational review processes and industrial relations matters. She is also an experienced litigator, appearing before the Federal Circuit Court, the Federal Court, state courts and tribunals, industrial relations commissions, and for a range of mediated and arbitrated matters in the Fair Work Commission.

Dimity acts for a broad range of clients, including federal workplace relations and work health and safety regulators, employers, senior executives, trade unions, industry associations and individuals. 

In addition to her national experience, Dimity worked for the International Labour Organization in Geneva, Switzerland where she advised on the reform of national labour laws and OHS laws of a number of ILO member states.

Dimity holds a Master of Laws degree and was admitted to practice in 2004. She joined Colin Biggers & Paisley in 2018.