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 […]
International Law
Neil Williams SC
Neil Williams came to the Bar in 1989 and was appointed Senior Counsel in 2001. He conducts cases, and advises on, major environmental and planning issues (such as the Barangaroo project for Lend Lease, the Maules Creek mine for Whitehaven Coal, the Mt Thorley-Warkworth project for Rio, the Gold and Copper Resources litigation for Newcrest, […]
Stephen Lloyd SC
Stephen came to the Bar in 1998 and became Senior Counsel in 2008. Prior to the Bar, he held senior executive positions in the Commonwealth public service (including as a diplomat based in Washington DC, and as the Director of Research of the Administrative Review Council). He was also the co-head of the Constitutional and […]
Houda Younan SC
Houda Younan was admitted to the New South Wales Bar in 2007, after having been admitted to the New York State Bar in 2006. Prior to bar admission, Houda worked as an Associate to the Honourable Chief Justice Spigelman of the Supreme Court of New South Wales from 1998-1999, and after postgraduate study, as a […]
James King
With significant experience in both public law and commercial law matters, James appears regularly in major trial and appellate courts either unled or with senior counsel: Public law – In all areas of State and federal administrative and constitutional law, James advises and appears for and against Ministers and other public officers on judicial review […]
Pouyan Afshar
Pouyan came to the Bar in 2012. He practised as a Senior Associate in the Dispute Resolution group at Baker & McKenzie and worked as a solicitor in the Dispute Resolution and Tax groups at Allens. As a solicitor, he practised primarily in commercial litigation, including large-scale litigation, in a wide range of industries and […]
Ben Mostafa
Ben was admitted to practice in 2008 and called to the Bar in 2014. Prior to being called to the Bar, he practised as a solicitor in the litigation groups at both Herbert Smith Freehills and Mallesons Stephen Jaques, as well as completing an Associateship with the Honourable Justice Hayne of the High Court of […]
Rob Davies
Rob graduated with a BA(Hons)/LLB from the University of New South Wales (2001) and holds a Masters of Law from Harvard University (2009). Rob was admitted to practice in 2001 and called to the Bar in 2014. Rob regularly appears in the superior courts and tribunals of New South Wales and the Commonwealth. His practice […]
Brent Michael
Brent practices primarily in commercial law, and also accepts briefs in public law and tort matters. Before being called to the bar in 2015, he practiced for a number of years in the litigation group at King & Wood Mallesons, and was associate to Justice D. H. Hodgson in the New South Wales Court of […]
Celia Winnett
Celia was admitted to practice in 2009 and called to the Bar in 2016. She practises primarily in commercial and public law. Before coming to the Bar, she served as Counsel Assisting the Commonwealth Solicitor-General, Justin Gleeson SC. In that role, she drafted legal opinions, assisted the Solicitor-General in preparing cases for hearing in domestic […]
Claire Palmer
Claire was admitted to practice in 2007 and called to the Bar in 2017. She accepts briefs in all areas, and has particular interests in constitutional, administrative, commercial and international law. Claire has a doctorate from the University of Oxford, which she attended on a Clarendon Scholarship. During her time at Oxford, Claire taught law […]
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 […]
Kim Pham
Kim was admitted to practice in 2009 and called to the Bar in 2017. Kim has advised and appeared in a range of public and commercial law matters, including appearances in the High Court of Australia, Federal Court of Australia, NSW Court of Appeal and NSW Supreme Court. She has appeared unled in judicial and […]
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 […]