Simon Gibbs

Simon Gibbs is a legal advisor to Claims Funding Australia, the litigation funding arm and wholly owned subsidiary of Maurice Blackburn. He is a Senior Associate based in Maurice Blackburn’s Sydney office.

He holds a BA in socio-legal studies and a Master’s degree in International Relations and Government from Sydney University and a Juris Doctor (with Honours) from the University of NSW.

Simon has more than 12 years' experience with Maurice Blackburn and has worked on several class actions and significant commercial litigation in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Canada.

He has litigated claims that have recovered in excess of $690 million for claimants. Simon has worked on significant policy reform projects in relation to class actions and litigation funding reforms in Australia and New Zealand and has published peer-reviewed literature and contributed to law review textbooks on these subjects.

“Litigation funding sits at the nexus between complex litigation, commerciality, and access to justice. It is an essential part of the armoury of litigators, which facilitates equal access to the law and enables robustly contested outcomes by providing equality of resources, and leverages commercial acumen, subject-matter expertise and strategic thinking to deliver for clients,” he says.  

Accreditations & memberships

• Law Society of NSW member

Publications

• "Market-based causation: new contours of the causation debate in Australia” in Precedent, Issue 157
• "Post-Brewster Jurisprudence - The Future of the Common Fund Doctrine" (2022) Vol 96 Pt 6 Australian Law Journal
• Third Party Litigation Funding, Lexology - 7th Edition (2024) - New Zealand chapter
• Third Party Litigation Funding, The Law Review - 6th Edition (2023) - New Zealand chapter