NSW Senior Counsel Appointments
Prior to 1993 silks were referred to as QC or KC (KC from 1901-1952) depending on the reigning sovereign - they commenced being referred to as SC on and from 1993. Please note that formal titles and/or post nominals that may have been held by an individual on their appointment as a silk have been omitted.
Note: An individual is not listed here if it is know he/she was appointed silk in another jurisdiction prior to taking silk status in NSW where this is known.
| Name | Date of appointment | External links |
| Owens, Nicholas James | 30 September 2016 | |
| Shead, Kara Natalie | 30 September 2016 | |
| Cook, Doran Lane | 30 September 2016 | |
| Waugh, Gregory Richard | 29 September 2017 | |
| Whalan, Lesley Anne | 29 September 2017 | |
| Wright, Michael Luscombe | 29 September 2017 | |
| Gillies, Melissa Anne | 29 September 2017 | |
| Elliott, Michael Robert | 29 September 2017 | |
| Sharp, Naomi Louise | 29 September 2017 | |
| Scruby, Richard Craig | 29 September 2017 | |
| Hicks, Francis Paul | 29 September 2017 | |
| Morgan, Katharine, Clare | 29 September 2017 | |
| Baker, Huw | 29 September 2017 | |
| Higgins, Ruth Clare Anne | 29 September 2017 | |
| Adams, Neil John | 5 October 2018 | |
| Carr, Lee John | 5 October 2018 | |
| Khandhar, Paresh Navin | 5 October 2018 | |
| Prince, Shane Eric John | 5 October 2018 | |
| Assaf, Farid | 5 October 2018 | |
| Cox, Edward George Harvey | 5 October 2018 | |
| Dennis, Mark Philip | 5 October 2018 | |
| Villa, Dominic Francis | 5 October 2018 | |
| Gibian, Mark | 5 October 2018 | |
| Murray, Neil Robert | 5 October 2018 | |
| Christie, Suzanne Michelle | 5 October 2018 | |
| Ozen, Ertunc Yasar | 5 October 2018 | |
| Buchen, Simon Jules | 5 October 2018 | |
| Mitchelmore, Anna Margrit | 5 October 2018 | |
| Whittaker, Vanessa Elizabeth | 5 October 2018 | |
| Izzo, Michael Anthony | 5 October 2018 | |
| Free, Stephen John | 5 October 2018 | |
| Deards, Kristen Jane | 5 October 2018 | |
| Thomas, David Frederick Callum | 5 October 2018 | |
| Catsanos, John Walter | 27 September 2019 | |
| Fitzsimmons, William Markey | 27 September 2019 | |
| Pontello, Richard Charles | 27 September 2019 | |
| Chin, David Wai Mun | 27 September 2019 | |
| Wood, Christopher Dennis | 27 September 2019 | |
| Balafoutis, Stefan William | 27 September 2019 | |
| Wong, Tiffany Ling | 27 September 2019 | |
| Lazarus, Jason Edward | 27 September 2019 | |
| Sheller, James Camec | 27 September 2019 | |
| Wilson, Richard John | 27 September 2019 | |
| Flynn, Patrick William | 27 September 2019 | |
| Foreman, Ross Michael | 27 September 2019 | |
| O’Meara, Michael Joseph | 27 September 2019 | |
| Bova, Christian Nicholas | 27 September 2019 | |
| Golledge, Steven Mark | 27 September 2019 | |
| Raper, Elizabeth | 27 September 2019 | |
| Single, Jennifer Maree | 27 September 2019 |
Note for interest
William Charles Wentworth, admitted in 1824 with Robert Wardell as foundation barristers in the Supreme Court of New South Wales, was accorded the distinction of wearing a silk gown in February 1835 - the first in private practice to be so recognised (Sydney Gazette, 12 February 1835). That was a 'patent of precedence' but did not entitle him to use the term 'King's Counsel'. Senior law officers customarily wore silk gowns in court in the early decades of the Supreme Court.
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