
Committees
Bar Council is assisted by specialist committees comprised of barrister volunteers who offer their skills and expertise for the benefit of the public and the profession. Committees regularly advise and assist the Bar Council in matters of law reform and public affairs, including responding to matters of public policy and the administration of justice. This can involve providing expert commentary to ministers, members of parliament, government and parliamentary committees and law reform agencies. Committees operate in accordance with the Bar Association’s Guidelines for Committee Tenure and Governance.
Accessibility Panel
Valerie Heath (chair)
Alternative Dispute Resolution
John Fernon SC (chair)
Bar News
Ingmar Taylor SC (chair)
Climate Change
Ruth Higgins SC and Richard Lancaster SC (chair)
Common Law
David Hooke SC (chair)
Costs and Fees
Mark Walsh SC & Philippe Doyle Gray (chair)
Criminal Law
Stephen Odgers SC & Helen Roberts SC (chair)
Diversity and Equality
Sera Mirzabegian SC & Melanie Cairns (chair)
Education
Robert Hollo SC and Patrick Griffin SC (chair)
Family Care and Adoption
Robert Lethbridge SC (chair)
First Nations
Tony McAvoy SC (chair)
Human Rights
Simeon Beckett SC & Miiko Kumar (chair)
Industrial, Employment, Health and Safety
Bruce Hodgkinson AM SC & Yaseen Shariff SC (chair)
Media and Information Law and Technology
Michael Green SC & Matthew Richardson SC (chair)
Inquests & Inquiries
Kristina Stern SC (chair)
International
Greg Laughton SC (chair)
Legal Aid
Sharyn Hall SC & James Trevallion (chair)
New Barristers
Elly Phelan & Nicholas Bentley (chair)
Practice Development
David Thomas SC (chair)
Succession and Protective Law
Lindsay Ellison SC (chair)
Wellbeing
Cynthia Cochrane SC (chair)
PCC #1
Edward Muston SC & Kate Morgan SC (chair)
PCC #2
Michael Izzo SC (chair)
PCC #3
Yaseen Shariff SC (chair)
PCC #4
Dominic Toomey SC (chair)
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