Members Directory

Area of Practice:

Criminal Law
Commercial Law
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
Common Law
Inquests, Inquiries, Tribunals & Commissions
Environmental Law & Planning Law
Defamation

Qualifications:

LL B (Hons), B Comm

Date of Admission:

01 Nov 1967

Date Appointed Silk:

22 Nov 1982

First Signed Bar Roll:

10 Nov 1967

Robert

Richter

richter@vicbar.com.au

TEL: +61 3 9225 7545

SEC: +61 3 9225 7010

FAX: +61 3 9078 2670

Chambers

flr 7 CRC

Clerk

Clerk Phone

Area of Practice:

Criminal Law
Public Law & Administrative Law

Qualifications:

LL.B. (Hons), B.A.

Date of Admission:

02 Apr 1970

Date Appointed Silk:

26 Nov 1985

First Signed Bar Roll:

05 Aug 1971

About:

Profile

Robert is the former chairman of the Criminal Bar Association,

former President of Victorian Council for Civil Liberties, former part-time Law

Reform Commissioner for Victoria and former member of Bar Council.

TEL: +61 3 9225 7377

TEL: 9225 7377

FAX: 9670 8389

Chambers

2708 ACK

Clerk

Clerk Phone

Area of Practice:

Criminal Law
Commercial Law
Tax Law & Revenue Law
Appellate
Public Law & Administrative Law
Inquests, Inquiries, Tribunals & Commissions
Industrial Relations Law & Employment Law

Date of Admission:

02 Apr 1970

Date Appointed Silk:

24 Nov 1987

First Signed Bar Roll:

09 Apr 1970

About:

A significant part of Brind Woinarski's practice is in criminal law, especially in "white collar" crime and associated areas, in all jurisdictions. He has appeared as both defence counsel and prosecutor in all areas of criminal law including committals, trials and appellate jurisdictions.

Christopher

Dane

chrisdane@vicbar.com.au

TEL: +61 3 9225 7495

FAX: 9225 8686

Chambers

Clerk

Clerk Phone

Area of Practice:

Criminal Law
Common Law

Qualifications:

B. Juris. LL.B.

Date of Admission:

01 Mar 1971

Date Appointed Silk:

27 Nov 1990

First Signed Bar Roll:

14 Jun 1973

willeeqc@vicbar.com.au

TEL: +61 3 9225 7564

Chambers

Clerk

Clerk Phone

+61 3 9225 7333

Area of Practice:

Criminal Law
Commercial Law
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
Common Law
Public Law & Administrative Law
Inquests, Inquiries, Tribunals & Commissions
Industrial Relations Law & Employment Law
Environmental Law & Planning Law

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Qualifications:

LLM, LLB, Diploma Commercial Data Processing [RMIT]

Date of Admission:

01 Apr 1966

Date Appointed Silk:

26 Nov 1991

First Signed Bar Roll:

23 Feb 1967

About:

Paul’s recent practice in criminal, commercial, administrative, maritime and admiralty law has lately tended towards regulatory litigation, particularly in environmental protection, terrorist related cases and professional ethics.

adamsqc@vicbar.com.au

FAX: 9225 7907

Chambers

Clerk

Clerk Phone

+61 3 9225 7333

Area of Practice:

Commercial Law
Common Law
Equity & Trusts
Defamation

Qualifications:

LLB

Date of Admission:

01 Apr 1965

Date Appointed Silk:

05 Dec 1995

First Signed Bar Roll:

22 Apr 1965

About:

ProfileSince the 1970's Arthur's practice has been almost exclusively in the area of Personal Injury. He has done the Geelong County and Supreme Court circuit since 1967.

horelac@vicbar.com.au

TEL: +61 3 9225 7205

FAX: 9670 2160

Chambers

0710 ODW

Clerk

Clerk Phone

+61 3 9225 7999

Area of Practice:

Commercial Law
Common Law
Public Law & Administrative Law
Industrial Relations Law & Employment Law

Qualifications:

LL.B

Date of Admission:

03 Apr 1967

Date Appointed Silk:

05 Dec 1995

First Signed Bar Roll:

13 Apr 1967

About:

ProfileProfileAdmitted to practice in Victoria, New SouthWales, Tasmania, Queensland, Western Australia and Northern Territory. Admittedto Victorian Bar in 1967.

TEL: +61 3 9225 7305

SEC: +61 3 9225 7010

FAX: 9914 2777

Chambers

7th floor CRC

Clerk

Clerk Phone

Area of Practice:

Criminal Law
Industrial Relations Law & Employment Law
Inquests, Inquiries, Tribunals & Commissions
Public Law & Administrative Law

Qualifications:

LLB (Melb)

Date of Admission:

01 Mar 1968

Date Appointed Silk:

05 Dec 1995

First Signed Bar Roll:

13 Feb 1969

About:

Philip Dunn QC is an experienced trial advocate who has conducted trials and pleas for forty years.

Philip is based at Crockett Chambers in Melbourne but regularly appears in all states in Australia.

TEL: +61 3 9225 7033

TEL: 9914 2743

SEC: +61 3 9225 7010

FAX: 9914 2777

Chambers

0921 GMC

Clerk

Clerk Phone

Area of Practice:

Criminal Law
Inquests, Inquiries, Tribunals & Commissions

Date of Admission:

01 Mar 1974

Date Appointed Silk:

25 Nov 1997

First Signed Bar Roll:

11 Dec 1975

About:

Ian Hill practices in criminal law and has appeared in all of the major Australian jurisdictions. Essentially a trial advocate he has also appeared before State Appellate Courts and in the High Court. He was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1997.

Areas of Expertise

TEL: +61 3 9225 7071

Chambers

0910 ODC

Clerk

Clerk Phone

+61 3 9225 6444

Area of Practice:

Criminal Law
Inquests, Inquiries, Tribunals & Commissions
Public Law & Administrative Law

Date of Admission:

01 Mar 1977

Date Appointed Silk:

25 Nov 1997

First Signed Bar Roll:

10 Mar 1977

About:

Patrick Tehan QC has an extensive practice in criminal law at appellate and trial level.

TEL: +61 3 9225 7563

TEL: 9225 7563

SEC: +61 3 9225 7010

FAX: 9078 2670

Chambers

07xx CRC

Clerk

Clerk Phone

Area of Practice:

Criminal Law
Public Law & Administrative Law
Inquests, Inquiries, Tribunals & Commissions

Date of Admission:

03 Mar 1969

Date Appointed Silk:

24 Nov 1998

First Signed Bar Roll:

05 Apr 1973

About:

Remy is a Victoria Legal Aid Criminal Trial Preferred barrister. He is also an accredited specialist criminal law advocate under the Victorian Bar's Indictable Crime Certificate program.

TEL: +61 3 9225 7231

TEL: 9225 7179

SEC: +61 3 9225 7179

Chambers

3214 ACK

Clerk

Clerk Phone

Area of Practice:

Appellate
Criminal Law
Inquests, Inquiries, Tribunals & Commissions
Public Law & Administrative Law

Qualifications:

LL.B. (Hons.), B.Ed. (Accounting), Dip.Crim., Dip. Math. Sci.

Date of Admission:

27 Feb 1989

Date Appointed Silk:

24 Nov 1998

First Signed Bar Roll:

25 May 1989

About:

Paul Holdenson Q.C.(LL.B. (Hons.), B.Ed. (Accounting), Dip.Crim., Dip. Math. Sci.) was admitted in Victoria and signed the Bar Roll in 1989. He is also admitted to practice in N.T, N.S.W., Tasmania and W.A. Paul was appointed one of her Majesty's Counsel in 1998.

TEL: 03 9225 8900

SEC: +61 3 9225 7179

MOB: 0417 511 741

Chambers

Clerk

Clerk Phone

+61 3 9225 7999

Area of Practice:

Criminal Law
Inquests, Inquiries, Tribunals & Commissions
Industrial Relations Law & Employment Law

Date of Admission:

01 Mar 1967

Date Appointed Silk:

23 Nov 1999

First Signed Bar Roll:

04 Mar 1971

About:

Brendan Murphy QC has been a leading advocate at the Victorian Bar for in excess of 40 years.

TEL: +61 3 9225 7073

SEC: +61 3 9225 8168

FAX: 9670 3505

Chambers

1217 ODW

Clerk

Clerk Phone

Area of Practice:

Criminal Law
Commercial Law
Appellate
Common Law
Public Law & Administrative Law
Inquests, Inquiries, Tribunals & Commissions
Industrial Relations Law & Employment Law

Date of Admission:

01 Mar 1976

Date Appointed Silk:

23 Nov 1999

First Signed Bar Roll:

08 Apr 1976

About:

ProfileMichael Tovey worked for the Trade Practices Commission and in industrial arbitration before coming to the Bar in 1976. His practice, although varied, has focused on criminal trials and appeals.

Richard

Maidment

r.maidment@vicbar.com.au

TEL: +61 3 9225 7222

MOB: 0411 130 930

FAX: 9225 8485

Chambers

0302 ODW

Clerk

Clerk Phone

Area of Practice:

Criminal Law
Commercial Law
Appellate
Public Law & Administrative Law
Inquests, Inquiries, Tribunals & Commissions
Industrial Relations Law & Employment Law

Qualifications:

LL.M.

Date of Admission:

01 Oct 1981

Date Appointed Silk:

27 Nov 2001

First Signed Bar Roll:

22 Oct 1981

About:

Profile

Bruce

Walmsley

walmsley@vicbar.com.au

TEL: +61 3 9225 8880

Chambers

0619 ODC

Clerk

Clerk Phone

Area of Practice:

Commercial Law
Common Law
Criminal Law
Family Law
Inquests, Inquiries, Tribunals & Commissions
Public Law & Administrative Law

Qualifications:

LLB

Date of Admission:

01 Dec 1970

Date Appointed Silk:

17 Dec 2002

First Signed Bar Roll:

04 Feb 1971

About:

Bruce Walmsley QC is a Victoria Legal Aid Criminal Trial preferred barrister.

clelland@vicbar.com.au

TEL: +61 3 9225 7370

SEC: +61 3 9225 8123

Chambers

1901 ACK

Clerk

Clerk Phone

Area of Practice:

Criminal Law
Commercial Law
Public Law & Administrative Law
Inquests, Inquiries, Tribunals & Commissions
Industrial Relations Law & Employment Law

Qualifications:

LL.B / B. Juris

Date of Admission:

01 Jun 1983

Date Appointed Silk:

11 Nov 2003

First Signed Bar Roll:

29 May 1986

About:

Neil's principal practice is defence work in the area of Commercial Crime. This includes criminal prosecutions, civil penalty and other proceedings arising out of investigations conducted by ASIC, the ATO, the ACCC and other regulatory bodies.

TEL: +61 3 9225 6483

Chambers

1818 CAS

Clerk

Clerk Phone

+61 3 9225 7888

Area of Practice:

Criminal Law
Public Law & Administrative Law
Industrial Relations Law & Employment Law
Defamation

Qualifications:

BA, LLB, LLM, PhD

Date of Admission:

03 Mar 1975

Date Appointed Silk:

24 Nov 2005

First Signed Bar Roll:

27 May 1993

About:

Taught criminal law at the University of NSW, Commissioner Victorian Law Reform Commission, Head, Legislation Branch Victorian Justice Department, Chair, Model Criminal Code Committee.

nickrobinson@deakinchambers.com.au

Nicholas

Robinson

TEL: +61 3 9225 7460

TEL: 9670 8656

FAX: 9670 9704

Chambers

0905 DKN

Clerk

Clerk Phone

+61 3 9225 7555

Area of Practice:

Criminal Law
Public Law & Administrative Law
Inquests, Inquiries, Tribunals & Commissions
Industrial Relations Law & Employment Law

Qualifications:

LL B; LL M

Date of Admission:

03 Apr 1978

Date Appointed Silk:

28 Nov 2007

First Signed Bar Roll:

04 May 1978

i.freckelton@vicbar.com.au

TEL: +61 3 9225 7074

TEL: 9914 2740

FAX: 9914 2790

Chambers

0617 CRC

Clerk

Clerk Phone

Area of Practice:

Common Law
Criminal Law
Equity & Trusts
Family Law
Inquests, Inquiries, Tribunals & Commissions
Public Law & Administrative Law

Qualifications:

LLD (Melb), PhD (Griff), BA (Hons), LLB (Syd), Dip Th M (ANH), FAAL, FASSA, FACLM (Hon)

Date of Admission:

31 Aug 1987

Date Appointed Silk:

28 Nov 2007

First Signed Bar Roll:

24 Nov 1988

About:

Dr Freckelton's PhD, entitled "Expert Evidence: Accountability and Evaluation", was conferred by Griffith University in 1998.

Dr Freckelton's LLD, entitled “Health Law, Scholarliness and Regulation”, was conferred by the University of Melbourne in 2017.

BAR PRACTICE

TEL: +61 3 9225 7777

MOB: 0419 136 467

FAX: 9225 8480

Chambers

0608 ODC

Clerk

Clerk Phone

Area of Practice:

Appellate
Criminal Law
Industrial Relations Law & Employment Law
Inquests, Inquiries, Tribunals & Commissions
Public Law & Administrative Law

Qualifications:

LL.B., Dip. Chem. Eng.

Date of Admission:

01 Mar 1978

Date Appointed Silk:

26 Nov 2008

First Signed Bar Roll:

18 Jun 1981

About:

John Dickinson QC specializes in defence work with particular emphasis in trial, committal and appellate areas.

He has appeared as appellate and trial counsel in a number of interstate jurisdictions. He also practices in a range of Administrative Tribunals.

charrison@vicbar.com.au

TEL: +61 3 9225 7609

FAX: 9642 1318

Chambers

1325 ODW

Clerk

Clerk Phone

+61 3 9225 7555

Area of Practice:

Commercial Law
Common Law
Equity & Trusts

Qualifications:

LLB

Date of Admission:

01 Oct 1980

Date Appointed Silk:

26 Nov 2008

First Signed Bar Roll:

09 Oct 1980

About:

Profile

Since coming to the Bar Craig Harrison has practised widely in all jurisdictions. His current practice deals with common law, all facets of commercial law, particularly construction and general commercial disputes, as well as banking and finance matters.

David

Brustman

brustman@vicbar.com.au

TEL: +61 3 9225 7772

Chambers

1109 ODC

Clerk

Clerk Phone

Area of Practice:

Appellate
Commercial Law
Criminal Law
Family Law
Inquests, Inquiries, Tribunals & Commissions

Qualifications:

B.Juris, LLB

Date of Admission:

01 Nov 1974

Date Appointed Silk:

24 Nov 2009

First Signed Bar Roll:

13 Feb 1975

About:

David Brustman QC was admitted to practice in 1974 and signed the Bar Roll in 1975.

nickpapas@deakinchambers.com.au

Nicholas

Papas

TEL: +61 3 9225 7888

TEL: 9640 0895

FAX: 9670 9704

Chambers

0901 DKN

Clerk

Clerk Phone

+61 3 9225 7888

Area of Practice:

Criminal Law
Appellate
Inquests, Inquiries, Tribunals & Commissions
Industrial Relations Law & Employment Law

Date of Admission:

01 Apr 1982

Date Appointed Silk:

24 Nov 2009

First Signed Bar Roll:

18 Nov 1982

About:

Profile

Former Victorian Chief Magistrate, Crown Prosecutor and General Manager of Victoria Legal Aid Criminal Law Division. Experienced in both appellate advocacy and criminal trials. Indictable Crime Certificate.

petermorrissey@pjmsc.com

TEL: +61 3 9225 6564

Chambers

0706 CRC

Clerk

Clerk Phone

Area of Practice:

Criminal Law
Appellate
Public Law & Administrative Law
International Law
Inquests, Inquiries, Tribunals & Commissions
Industrial Relations Law & Employment Law

Date of Admission:

03 Mar 1993

Date Appointed Silk:

24 Nov 2009

First Signed Bar Roll:

24 Nov 1994

About:

Peter Morrissey practises in serious criminal proceedings in most Australian jurisdictions, including homicide cases, major fraud and ASIC prosecutions, drug and sexual offences and all other prosecutions in the higher courts.

TEL: +61 3 9225 7490

Chambers

0909 ODC

Clerk

Clerk Phone

Area of Practice:

Criminal Law
Appellate
Inquests, Inquiries, Tribunals & Commissions

Qualifications:

B Juris, LL.B

Date of Admission:

01 Apr 1981

Date Appointed Silk:

25 Nov 2010

First Signed Bar Roll:

18 Jun 1981

About:

Peter Chadwick QC has practised extensively in all criminal jurisdictions in Victoria as well as interstate for more than 35 years.

Thomas

Gyorffy

tgyorffy@vicbar.com.au

TEL: +61 3 9225 6118

MOB: 0408 874 735

Chambers

0212 ODC

Clerk

Clerk Phone

Area of Practice:

Appellate
Commercial Law
Common Law
Criminal Law
Inquests, Inquiries, Tribunals & Commissions
Public Law & Administrative Law

Qualifications:

LLB (Melbourne); LLM (Monash)

Date of Admission:

02 Nov 1977

Date Appointed Silk:

22 Nov 2011

First Signed Bar Roll:

10 Apr 1979

About:

With over 30 years of experience as a barrister Tom Gyorffy QC appears in criminal and civil trials and has an extensive practice in the appellate jurisdictions of the High Court and Court of Appeal.

Suzanne

McNicol

smcnicol@vicbar.com.au

TEL: +61 3 9225 7717

Chambers

2114 ODW

Clerk

Clerk Phone

+61 3 9225 8444

Area of Practice:

Criminal Law
Commercial Law
Tax Law & Revenue Law
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
Public Law & Administrative Law

Qualifications:

BCL (Oxford), LLB (Hons) (Melb) BA (Melb), Ph.D (Monash)

Date of Admission:

02 Apr 1979

Date Appointed Silk:

27 Nov 2012

First Signed Bar Roll:

22 May 2003

About:

Since being at the Bar, Sue has appeared in several Legal Privilege, Public Interest Immunity, Commercial and Administrative Law cases and well as criminal appeals and prosecutions eg: Essendon Football Club and James Hird v CEO ASADA, Asahi Holdings (Australia) Pty Ltd v Pacific Equity Partners

gageorgiou@vicbar.com.au

TEL: +61 3 9225 8002

MOB: 0419 541 471

Chambers

0709 CRC

Clerk

Clerk Phone

Area of Practice:

Appellate
Criminal Law
Industrial Relations Law & Employment Law
Inquests, Inquiries, Tribunals & Commissions
Public Law & Administrative Law

Date of Admission:

03 Apr 1986

Date Appointed Silk:

27 Nov 2012

First Signed Bar Roll:

31 May 1990

About:

George Georgiou SC completed his articles with Maurice Blackburn & Co and was admitted to practice in 1986. He worked as a solicitor mainly in the personal injury field before spending a year with a small firm in London practising in criminal law.

afinanzio@vicbar.com.au

TEL: +61 3 9225 8745

SEC: +61 3 9225 6013

FAX: 9225 8740

Chambers

2403 ODW

Clerk

Clerk Phone

+61 3 9225 8444

Area of Practice:

Commercial Law
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
Common Law
Public Law & Administrative Law
Inquests, Inquiries, Tribunals & Commissions
Environmental Law & Planning Law
Government

Qualifications:

B.A., LL.B

Date of Admission:

06 May 1996

Date Appointed Silk:

27 Nov 2012

First Signed Bar Roll:

28 May 1998