In the space of eight days List A has celebrated three significant appointments. On 7 December 2016 Simon Molesworth AO QC was appointed as an acting Judge of the New South Wales Land and Environment Court, from 26 January 2017 to 31 December 2017. On 9 December 2016...

The members and staff of List A Barristers congratulate Allan Myers AC QC on his appointment as Chancellor of the University of Melbourne. He assumes office on 1 January 2017. He stated he was, “…honoured to become chancellor of the university with which I have had...

The Members and staff of List A congratulate Penny Neskovcin S.C., Daniel Star S.C., and Michael Borsky S.C. on their appointments as Senior Counsel on 22 November 2016. Penny practises primarily in the areas of corporate and commercial law, bankruptcy and insolvency,...

List A congratulates Jennifer Batrouney QC, elected as the Victorian Bar President, Matt Collins QC elected as senior vice–President, Wendy Harris QC elected as junior vice-President and Ted Woodward SC who was elected as a Member. The election was held on 16 November...

Christopher was awarded the Daniel Pollack Readers Award for his significant contribution to constitutional and administrative law which has included more than 10 briefs for Justice Connect; and Siobhan shared the Ron Castan AM QC award for her pro bono work on Hart v...

Roshan Chaile Roshan has a broad practice in commercial and public law. Prior to joining the Bar, Roshan was an Associate to the Hon Justice Stephen Gageler at the High Court of Australia. Before that, Roshan was an Associate at the Federal Court of Australia for two...

The List congratulates the 7 members of the List – 5 senior counsel and 2 junior counsel – named by Doyle’s Guide as Victoria’s leading tax barristers in 2016. They include John de Wijn QC as Market Leader (Doyle’s most prestigious ranking), Terry Murphy QC, Simon...

The Members and staff of List A Barristers warmly congratulate The Honourable  Raymond Finkelstein AO QC on being appointed as Officer in the General Division of the Order of Australia. The citation noted that this was, “For distinguished service to the judiciary and...

Adam Purton Adam practises in commercial litigation, insolvency, banking, securities and bribery and corruption matters. He also has a particular interest in class actions and white collar crime. Adam has nine years’ experience as a solicitor, practising in the...

The Members and staff of List A congratulate Andrew McClelland S.C on his appointment as Senior Counsel on 24 November 2015. He has acted in many large and complex commercial disputes.  He has extensive trial experience in the Supreme Court of Victoria and the Federal...