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 […]
Native Title 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 […]
Anna Mitchelmore SC
Anna commenced at the private bar in 2006 and was appointed Senior Counsel in 2018. Anna practises predominantly in the areas of administrative law, constitutional law, criminal law, local government/environmental law, migration and native title. She has acted for a wide range of private parties in challenges to government decisions, as well as for state […]
James Arnott
James joined the NSW Bar in 2008. James practises in all areas of commercial law, with a focus on large commercial disputes and class actions, competition and consumer law, corporations law, professional negligence and regulatory investigations (including by the ACCC and ASIC). Before coming to the Bar, James was a Senior Associate at Allens. James […]
Joanna Davidson
Joanna was admitted to practice in 2004 and called to the Bar in 2012. From 2012 to April 2014 she served as Counsel Assisting the NSW Solicitor General and Crown Advocate. Joanna previously worked as a Senior Solicitor in the Administrative Law group at the NSW Crown Solicitor’s Office and spent several years in commercial […]
Stephanie Patterson
Stephanie has a broad practice in both commercial law and public law. Stephanie’s commercial law practice includes corporations law, equity, professional negligence and competition and consumer law, as well as general commercial law issues such as contract, restitution and tort law. In her public law practice, Stephanie has been briefed in matters involving judicial review […]
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 […]
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 […]
Emma Bathurst
Emma is briefed in a wide range of commercial matters, including class actions, consumer law, corporations law, equity and intellectual property law. She also accepts briefs in administrative law, including migration law. She has worked across a range of courts and tribunals. She has been recognised in the Doyle’s Guide as a leading litigation and […]
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 […]
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) […]
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 […]