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
Lenehan, Craig Lindsay	27 September 2019
Smith, Tanya Louise	27 September 2019
Mehigan, Terrence Mehigan	27 September 2019
Peden, Elisabeth Mary	27 September 2019
Veltro, Frank	30 September 2020
Downing, Jason	30 September 2020
Fernon, Andrew	30 September 2020
Bedrossian, Vahan	30 September 2020
McKay, Ken	30 September 2020
Steele, Jodi	30 September 2020
Hogan-Doran, Justin	30 September 2020
Katekar, Ben	30 September 2020
Avenell, Madeleine	30 September 2020
Harding, Andrew	30 September 2020
Zahra, André	30 September 2020
Chrysanthou, Sue	30 September 2020
Potter, Richard	30 September 2020
Brennan, Thomas	30 September 2020
Emmett, James	30 September 2020
Withers, Christopher	30 September 2020
Lang, Angus	30 September 2020
Younan, Houda	30 September 2020
Callan, Sophie	30 September 2020
Williams, Justin	30 September 2020
Shariff, Yaseen	30 September 2020
Burnett, Chloe	30 September 2020
Lloyd, David	30 September 2020
Redwood, Jonathon	30 September 2020
Herzfeld, Perry	30 September 2020
Castle, Tim	30 September 2020
Waters, John	30 September 2021
Everson, Craig	30 September 2021
Newton, Peter	30 September 2021
Richardson, Matthew	30 September 2021
Kelleher, Bede	30 September 2021
Cochrane, Cynthia	30 September 2021
Ward, Donna	30 September 2021
Bevan, Hamish	30 September 2021
Fox, Andrew	30 September 2021
Horvath, Anne	30 September 2021
Mirzabegian, Sera	30 September 2021
Sulan, David	30 September 2021
Wright, Georgina	30 September 2021
Hall, Sharyn	30 September 2021
Anderson, Troy	30 September 2021
Arnott, James	30 September 2021
Breakspear, Tim	30 September 2021
Lawrance, Stuart	30 September 2021
Livingston, Luke	30 September 2021
Roberts, Helen	30 September 2021

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.