
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
Mary Walker (chair)
Bar News
Ingmar Taylor SC (chair)
Climate Change Law Panel
Ruth Higgins SC (chair)
Common Law
Robert Sheldon SC (chair)
Costs and Fees
Mark Walsh SC (chair)
Criminal Law
Stephen Odgers SC & Helen Roberts SC (chair)
Diversity and Equality
Kate Eastman SC (chair)
Education
Robert Hollo SC (chair)
Family Law
Robert Lethbridge SC (chair)
First Nations
Andrew Smith (Acting) (chair)
Human Rights
Sarah Pritchard SC & Simeon Beckett (chair)
Industrial, Employment, Health and Safety
Bruce Hodgkinson AM SC (chair)
Innovation & Technology
Michael Green SC (chair)
Inquests & Inquiries
Kristina Stern SC (chair)
International
Greg Laughton SC (chair)
Legal Aid
James Trevallion (chair)
New Barristers
Georgina Westgarth (chair)
Practice Development
Ian Hemmings SC (chair)
Succession and Elder Law
Lindsay Ellison SC (chair)
Wellbeing
Cynthia Cochrane SC (chair)
PCC #1
Edward Muston SC (chair)
PCC #2
Michael Izzo SC (chair)
PCC #3
Dr Ruth Higgins SC (chair)
PCC #4
Dominic Toomey SC (chair)
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