Guy Reynolds SC specialises in appeals in the High Court of Australia and other appellate courts in Australia and Hong Kong. He has appeared in 57 High Court cases across a broad range of areas, including constitutional law, administrative law, commercial law and common law. He commenced practice at the NSW Bar in 1987 […]
Criminal Law and Appeals
Todd Alexis SC
Todd has practiced at the Bar for over 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, particularly in equity and commercial law. He also appears regularly in the Court of Appeal, the Court of Criminal Appeal and […]
Pouyan Afshar
Pouyan has a busy commercial practice. He regularly conducts trials mostly in the Supreme Court of New South Wales and the Federal Court of Australia. He has also practised in the Supreme Courts of Victoria and Queensland. The focus of his practice is general commercial litigation, corporations and insolvency, but his practice extends to defamation, […]
Julia Roy
Julia practices primarily in commercial, competition and criminal law. She has appeared in the High Court of Australia, the Courts of Appeal and Criminal Appeal in New South Wales and Western Australia, the Full Court of the Federal Court and in lower Federal and State courts and inquiries in NSW, Western Australia and the ACT. […]
Surya Palaniappan
Surya was admitted to practice in 2007 and called to the NSW Bar in 2014. From 2014 to 2015, Surya was Counsel Assisting the NSW Solicitor General and Crown Advocate. Prior to that she served as a Judge’s Associate in both the High Court and Federal Court, worked in-house as a legal adviser at the […]
Celia Winnett
Celia was admitted to practice in 2009 and called to the Bar in 2016. She practises primarily in commercial and public law. She is a Centre Fellow of the UNSW Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law. Before coming to the Bar, she served as Counsel Assisting the Commonwealth Solicitor-General, Justin Gleeson SC. In that role, […]
Louise Coleman
Louise has a diverse practice in public and commercial law. She has appeared both led and unled in the High Court of Australia, as well as in various New South Wales and federal courts and tribunals. Louise accepts briefs in all areas of law. Louise holds a Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Arts (History) […]
Joe Edwards
Joe was admitted to practice in 2008 and called to the Bar in 2017. He has a broad practice in public and commercial law, and accepts briefs in all areas of law. Before coming to the Bar, Joe worked in a variety of legal roles for the Commonwealth Government. He was Counsel Assisting the Commonwealth […]
Georgina Westgarth
Georgina practises in a wide range of commercial and criminal matters with a focus on regulatory matters including corporations law, consumer law, money laundering and foreign bribery. She regularly acts for and against corporations, Commonwealth and State agencies and regulatory bodies. She has appeared in the Federal Court of Australia, the NSW Court of Criminal […]
Eleanor Jones
Eleanor was admitted to practice in 2015 and called to the Bar in 2018. From 2018 to 2020, Eleanor was Counsel Assisting the NSW Solicitor General and Crown Advocate. In that role, she appeared principally in appellate proceedings in the areas of constitutional, criminal and administrative law. Before coming to the Bar, Eleanor was an […]
Naomi Wootton
Naomi was admitted to practice in 2017 and called to the Bar in 2020. Naomi has advised and appeared in a range of commercial, public and criminal law matters, including appearances in the High Court of Australia, Federal Court of Australia, and NSW and Victorian Supreme Courts. She has appeared unled in final hearings in […]
Stephen Speirs
Stephen was admitted to practice in 2013 and called to the Bar in 2021. He accepts briefs in all areas of law. Before coming to the Bar, Stephen was a Senior Associate at Ashurst where he practised primarily in commercial and regulatory litigation (civil and criminal) and investigations. Stephen has also practised as an attorney […]
Daniel Ward
Daniel was called to the Bar in 2021. He accepts briefs in all areas of law. He has a BCL (Distinction) from the University of Oxford, and University Medals in Law and Arts from the University of Sydney. He has represented clients in a range of matters in the High Court, NSW Court of Appeal, […]
Jordan Smith
Jordan was admitted to practice in 2018 and called to the Bar in 2022. He accepts briefs in all areas of law. Before coming to the Bar, Jordan was a lawyer at Arnold Bloch Leibler where he practised primarily in commercial litigation and white collar crime. In 2018, Jordan was Associate to the Honourable Justice […]
Neil Williams SC
Neil Williams came to the Bar in 1989 and was appointed Senior Counsel in 2001. He appeared in a wide range of major cases both at first instance and on appeal including, major environmental and planning issues, major tax matters, major constitutional issues, a wide range of general administrative law matters, competition and consumer law […]