The NSW senior counsel appointments for 2025 have been announced.
NSW Bar Association president Dominic Toomey SC has announced the names of 23 barristers appointed as senior counsel.
In order of most time in the profession, they are David Weinberger from 9th Floor Wentworth Chambers, Eric Balodis from Crown Prosecutors Chambers in Sydney, Peter Lange of Maurice Byers Chambers, Turvey To from Sir Anthony Mason Chambers, Scott Maybury of Jack Shand Chambers, and Elliot Hyde from Banco Chambers.
Joining them are Joanne Shepard and Daniel Tynan from 12 Wentworth Selborne Chambers, Daniel Neggo from University Chambers, Daniel Klineberg from 8th Floor Selborne Chambers, Scott Fraser from the Public Defenders Chambers, Lyndelle Barnett from Level 22 Chambers, and David Hughes of 7 Wentworth Selborne Chambers.
Victoria Bridgen of 8th Floor Selborne Chambers and Bora Kaplan from 9th Floor Wentworth Chambers were also elevated, as was Joanna Davidson from Sixth Floor/Wentworth Chambers, Adam Hochroth from Banco Chambers, Julia Roy from Sixth Floor Selborne/Wentworth Chambers, and Elizabeth Nicholson from Crown Prosecutors Chambers.
The final four are Tom Quilter from Public Defenders Chambers, David Hume from Sixth Floor Selborne/Wentworth Chambers, and Brendan Lim and Oliver Jones from Eleven Wentworth Chambers.
Of the 122 NSW barristers who applied for silk, 101 were men and 21 were women.
The percentage of men appointed was 17 per cent, compared to 29 per cent of the women barristers.
There are now 404 barristers holding silk, made up of 83.66 per cent of men and 16.34 per cent of women.
Davidson, one of the new senior counsel, has served on several committees and was most recently on the inquests and inquiries committee. She is a current member of the Board of Anti-Discrimination of NSW and director of the Inner-City Legal Centre.
In addition to his practice in public law, construction and infrastructure, Hume has co-authored three books on constitutional law: People Power: History and Future of the Referendum in Australia, Human Rights under the Australian Constitution, and People Power: How Australian Referendums are Lost and Won.
The profiles of all other senior counsel can be read here.
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