Ajay specialises in commercial law and building and construction (including Home Building Act 1989 (NSW), Design and Building Practitioners Act 2020 (NSW), Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 (NSW)). Ajay also has expertise in work health and safety and sports law.
Some matters going to trial include:
- Hynash Constructions Pty Ltd v BRP Industries Pty Ltd [2025] NSWCA 14 (led by Mr Byrne)
- Perpetual Corporate Trust Ltd v Owners Corporation SP6534 [2024] NSWCA 279 (2-day appeal) (led by Mr Cheshire SC); [2024] NSWSC 173; [2024] NSWSC 358; [2024] NSWSC 537 (8-day trial) (led by Mr Byrne)
- Inndeavor Apartment Wolli Creek Pty Ltd v Maroun Pty Ltd [2024] NSWCA 237 (led by Mr Lynch SC)
- Warrane Design Construct Fit-Out Pty Ltd v Woonona Bulli RSL Memorial Club Ltd [2025] NSWSC 123; [2025] NSWSC 271; [2025] NSWSC 365; [2025] NSWCA 89 (led by Mr Lynch SC)
- AGS v Waratah on Alstonville (2023/201981) (settled part-way through 7-day trial) (led by Mr Byrne)
- A Lloyd Babb Pty Ltd v Bexgrove Pty Ltd [2023] NSWSC 1167 (led by Mr Dooley)
- Leaver v Leaver (NSWSC 2020/30644) (settled after first day of one-week trial) (led by Mr Hicks SC)
- Thompson v Minister for Home Affairs [2024] FCA 776 (led by Mr Bagley)
- Redmyre Group Pty Ltd v Stockman [2023] NSWCATAP 305 (led by Mr Lynch SC)
- Morri v Addbuild Master Builders Pty Ltd [2025] NSWCATAP 136 (unled)
- Jamie Pittman v CombatAus (NST-E24-4932) (National Sports Tribunal) (unled)
Before the Bar, Ajay was a solicitor at Ashurst and Tipstaff to Justice Robb at the Supreme Court of New South Wales.
Ajay holds a Bachelor of Economics, Bachelor of Laws and Master of Laws, all from the University of Sydney. Whilst there, Ajay was a Student Editor of the Sydney Law Review and received several prizes and awards, including the Ivan Roberts Scholarship, New Colombo Plan Scholarship, Eric Cunstance Shaw Scholarship, Pitt Cobbett Scholarship, Walter Reid Memorial Prize for Law (twice), and Dean’s List of Excellence for Academic Performance in Law.
