Bruce graduated from the Australian National University in 1975 (BA, LLB(Hons)) and Columbia University in 1978 (LLM). He was called to the Bar in 1983 after practising as a solicitor in Sydney and an attorney in New York. He was appointed Senior Counsel in 1996. Bruce conducts cases in, and advises on, the areas of […]
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Timothy Hale SC
Tim was appointed Senior Counsel in New South Wales in 1999 and Queens Counsel for Western Australia in 2000. He has practiced at the Bar for more than 30 years. Prior to coming to the Bar, he had been a solicitor at Allen Allen & Hemsley. He has a broad practice in New South Wales […]
Todd Alexis SC
Todd has practiced at the Bar for 30 years and as Senior Counsel since 2003. He is predominantly a trial advocate with extensive experience across all jurisdictions in all Superior Courts of Australia, with emphasis in equity and commercial law. He also appears regularly in the Court of Appeal, the Court of Criminal Appeal and […]
Matthew White SC
Matthew was called to the Bar in 1999 and appointed Senior Counsel in 2013. He was admitted as a solicitor in New South Wales in 1987. After obtaining a Bachelor of Civil Law at Oxford University in 1989 he practised as a solicitor for over 9 years with Minter Ellison, Phillips Fox and Rowe & […]
James Hmelnitsky SC
James represents a diverse range of corporate, private and government clients in commercial and revenue disputes. He appears regularly in taxation appeals in the Federal Court of Australia and the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, and in revenue and commercial matters in other State and Territory courts and tribunals. He has appeared in the High Court in […]
Brent Michael
Brent accepts briefs in commercial and public law matters. Before coming to the Bar in 2015, he practised in the litigation group at King & Wood Mallesons, where he acted in a diverse range of matters for private corporations, government entities and individuals. Prior to that he was an associate to Justice David Hodgson AO […]





