Members of Jeffcott Chambers are well known and sought after for their advocacy and strategic skills as well as their knowledge of the law. Chambers has a proud history, with many former members serving the community as judges or Members of Parliament.
Andrew Harris KC
Telephone: (08) 8231 2344
Email: aharris@jeffcott.com.au
Admitted to practice: 1980
Signed Bar Roll: 1982
Appointed Silk: 1999
Qualifications: LLB
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Appellate
Arbitration
Bankruptcy and Insolvency
Building and Construction Law
Commercial Law
Common Law and Personal Injury
Defamation
Environment and Planning Law
Equity and Trusts
Inquests, Inquiries, Tribunals and Commissions
Intellectual Property
Local Government
Public and Administrative Law
South Australian Bar Association
New South Wales Bar Association
Head of Jeffcott Chambers
President, South Australian Bar Association 2014 – 2016
Associate Member: Sixth Floor Selborne/Wentworth Chambers
174-180 Philip Street
Sydney NSW 2000
Ph: (02) 9233 2470
Ian Robertson SC
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Appellate
Building and Construction Law
Commercial Law
Common Law and Personal Injury
Equity and Trusts
Family Law and Guardianship
Intellectual Property
Wills and Probate
Admitted to Practice - 1986
Signed Bar Roll - 1995
Appointed Silk - 2008
Ph: (08) 8231 2344
Australian Bar Association
South Australian Bar Association
New Zealand Bar Association (International Member)
President, South Australian Bar Association (2016-2018)
Immediate Past President, South Australian Bar Association (2018 – Present)
Executive Member, Australian Bar Association
Director, Australian Advocacy Institute
Chair, Advocacy Training Council (National Body)
Hugh Abbott SC
Administrative
Banking, Finance and Securities Law
Bankruptcy, Corporate Insolvency
Commercial
Common Law - general
Company Law (oppression of minority shareholders, directors' duties)
Contract
Disciplinary Tribunals
Employment (breach of employment contracts, unfair dismissal)
Equity, Trusts
Inquests
Insurance
Intellectual Property
Landlord and Tenant (commercial and residential)
Personal Injury
Professional Negligence
Property (vendor-purchaser, mortgages, constructive and resulting trusts)
Trade Practices, Consumer Protection
Wills, Estates, Family Provision
T: (08) 8231 2344
M: 0423 202 710
Admitted to Practice - 1983
Signed Bar Roll - 1987
Appointed Silk - 2009
LLB
South Australian Bar Association
Law Society of South Australia
Simon Ower KC practises in civil, commercial and public law. He has particular expertise in administrative law, constitutional law, equity, trusts and estates, private international law and human rights.
Simon commenced practice as a barrister in 2002 and he was appointed Senior Counsel in 2016 and Queen’s Counsel in 2019.
In addition to his practice at the South Australian Bar, he is a member of Young’s List, Melbourne and the Victorian Bar.
He has significant experience at both trial and appellate level, and now practises across all Australian jurisdictions and internationally.
Simon has represented clients in a number of high profile cases challenging government action involving difficult issues of public law and policy.
In the area of wills and estates, Simon has been recognised by Doyle’s Guide as a Leading Wills and Estate Senior Counsel in Australia (since 2017) and a preeminent one in South Australia (since 2016). In this regard, he has advised and appeared in many trials and appeals as to the substantial validity of wills (including testamentary capacity), estate administration, family provision and will construction.
He has also advised and appeared in private international law succession disputes concerning the laws of Indonesia, Italy, Florida, and the People’s Republic of China. He has previously been accredited as a mediator under the National Mediator Accreditation System.
He is a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners, the Australian Association of Constitutional Law and the Australian Institute of Administrative Law. Since 2020, Simon has been the deputy presiding member of the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal (South Australia). He regularly gives presentations at professional development conferences.
Prior to commencing practice, Simon was an Associate to the Federal Court of Australia (Sackville J), Sydney, 2000-2001. He then worked for a period as a commercial litigation solicitor.
Administrative Law
Commercial Litigation
Common Law/Insurance
Constitutional Law
Defamation, Media, Entertainment
Equity and Trusts
Family Law
Human Rights
Judicial Review
Family Law
Mediations, Arbitrations
Migration, Immigration, Citizenship
Private International Law
Wills, Estates, Family Provision
Member, South Australian Bar Association
Member, Victorian Bar
Member, Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners
Member, Australian Institute of Administrative Law
Member, Australian Association of Constitutional Law
Deputy Presiding Member, Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal
Alan Lindsay SC
Contract
Disciplinary Tribunals
Inquests
Insurance
Mediations, Arbitrations
Personal Injury
Professional Negligence
Property, Conveyancing
Trade Practices, Consumer Protection
Admitted to Practice - 1982
Signed Bar Roll - 2007
Appointed Silk - 2018
LLB (Hons), GDLP
Ph: (08) 8231 2344
Mobile: 0488 070 369
South Australian Bar Association
Law Society of South Australia
Chair, Civil Litigation Committee of the Law Society
Chair, Disciplinary Tribunal, Football Federation of South Australia
Member, Joint Rules Advisory Committee
Member, Indigenous Law Students Mentoring Programme
Member, Community Issues Committee of the Law Society
Carey Goodall
Arbitration, Expert Determination, Mediation
Building and Construction
Contract Disputes
Defamation
Engineering Disputes
Insurance
Coronial Inquests
Disciplinary Tribunals
Native Title
Personal Injury
Family Inheritance Disputes
Professional Negligence
Trade Practices
Admitted to Practice - 1984
Signed Bar Roll - 1996
Appointed Silk - 2022
LLB (Hons) (Adelaide University, 1983)
Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice (1984)
Ph: (08) 8231 2344
Mobile: 0408 196 033
South Australian Bar Association
Law Society of South Australia
Commonwealth Native Title Panel of Practitioners
Law Society Panel of Approved Mediators for Supreme Court disputes
Past Associate Member Institute of Arbitrators
Past National Environmental Law Association (Executive)
Past AMPLA (Executive)
Nick Floreani
Bankruptcy, Corporate Insolvency
Building, Construction and Engineering
Commercial
Contract
Defamation, Media, Entertainment
Disciplinary Tribunals
Insurance
International Law and Trade
Mediations, Arbitrations
Admitted to practice 1997
Signed Bar Roll 2003
Appointed Silk - 2022
LLB
Bachelor of Commerce
Graduate Diploma International Commercial Arbitration
Graduate Diploma Military Law
Professional Certificate in Arbitration
Practitioners Certificate in Mediation and Conciliation
Ph: (08) 8231 2344
Mobile: 0403 059 549
Squadron Leader RAAF Reserve Legal Panel
Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators 2016
Fellow of the Australia Centre for International Commercial Arbitration 2016
Nicholas Swan
Administrative
Banking, Finance
Bankruptcy, Corporate Insolvency
Building, Construction and Engineering
Commercial
Company Law
Competition, Market Conduct
Contract
Defamation, Media, Entertainment
Disciplinary Tribunals
Discrimination, Human Rights
Employment, Industrial
Equity, Trusts
Inquests
Insurance
Intellectual Property
International Law and Trade
Landlord and Tenant
Licensing (Liquor, Gaming et)
Local Government, Planning, Environment
Mediations, Arbitrations
Mining, Energy, Resources
Occupational Health and Safety
Personal Injury
Professional Negligence
Property, Conveyancing
Trade Practices, Consumer Protection
Transportation Law
Wills, Estates, Family Provision
Workers Compensation
Ph: (08) 8231 2344
Admitted to Practice - 1975
Signed Bar Roll - 1993
LLB
South Australian Bar Association
Law Society of South Australia
Simon Hanus
Administrative
Contract
Disciplinary Tribunals
Employment, Industrial
Inquests
Insurance
Mediations, Arbitrations
Occupational Health and Safety
Personal Injury
Professional Negligence
Trade Practices, Consumer Protection
Workers Compensation
Admitted to Practice - 1979
Signed Bar Roll - 1999
LLB
Ph: (08) 8231 2344
South Australian Bar Association
Law Society of South Australia
Member Personal and Professional Assistance Panel
Member Litigation Assistance Fund Assessment Panel
Board Member Legal Assistance Fund
Peter Day
Inquests
Insurance
Medical Negligence
Personal Injury
Professional Negligence
Admitted to Practice - 1984
Signed Bar Roll - 2006
LLB, BA(Hons), GDLP
Ph: (08) 8231 2344
South Australian Bar Association
Ben Krupka
Administrative
Banking, Finance
Commercial
Company Law
Disciplinary Tribunals
Employment, Industrial
Equity, Trusts
Intellectual Property
Landlord and Tenant
Personal Injury
Professional Negligence
Property, Conveyancing
Trade Practices, Consumer Protection
Admitted to Practice - 1989
Signed Bar Roll - 1996
LLB (Hons)
Ph: (08) 8231 2344
South Australian Bar Association
Law Society of South Australia
Professional Standards Committee (1997-present)
Bulletin Editorial Committee (2001-present)
Anne Barnett
Criminal Law
Disciplinary Tribunals
Defamation, Media & Entertainment
Employment, Industrial
Family Law
Inquests
Personal Injury
Professional Negligence
Trade Practices, Consumer Protection
Workers Compensation
Ph: (08) 8231 2344
Admitted to practice – 1998
Signed Bar Roll – 2005
LLB (Hons)
Accredited Mediator
Criminal
Defamation, Media, Entertainment
Disciplinary Tribunals
Inquests
Insurance
Medical Negligence and Disciplinary Matters
Personal Injury
Professional Negligence
Wills, Estates, Family Provision
Ph: (08) 8231 2344
Admitted to Practice - 2000
Signed Bar Roll - 20 July 2023
BA, LLB (Hons), GDLP
Administrative
Banking, Finance
Bankruptcy, Corporate Insolvency
Building, Constructing and Engineering
Commercial
Company Law
Competition, Market Conduct
Contract
Defamation, Media, Entertainment
Disciplinary Tribunals
Discrimination, Human Rights
Equity Trusts
Insurance
Intellectual Property
International Law and Trade
Landlord and Tenant
Licensing (Liquor, Gaming etc)
Local Government, Planning, Environment
Mediations, Arbitrations
Mining, Energy, Resources
Professional Negligence
Property, Conveyancing
Trade Practices, Consumer Protection
Wills, Estates, Family Provision
Sam is a leading barrister with a National practice specialising in taxation, commercial and public law. He helps clients and their advisers navigate complex, multi-dimensional disputes and regulatory investigations, especially those involving detailed legislative regimes. Sam also specialises in superannuation, trusts and estates law.
Sam appears regularly in superior courts, the Administrative Appeals Tribunal and State and Territory Tribunals, both for government and private parties. He has appeared in many appeals and judicial review proceedings.
Sam is a fellow and active member of the Tax Institute, and a former member of its National Superannuation Technical Committee.
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Banking, Finance
Bankruptcy, Corporate Insolvency
Building, Construction and Engineering
Commercial
Company Law
Contract
Defamation, Media and Entertainment
Family Law & De Facto Relationships
Insurance
Intellectual Property
Landlord and Tenant
Local Government, Planning, Environment
Professional Negligence
Trade Practices, Consumer Protection
Wills, Estates, Family Provision
Ph: (08) 8231 2344
Solicitor: 2005
Signed Bar Role: 2013
Bachelor of Computer Science (Honours)
Bachelor of Laws (Honours)
Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice
Master of Law
Ph: (08) 8231 2344
Anna Wells practises in the areas of commercial and civil litigation, employment law, public law, disciplinary matters, environment, land and planning law and Coronial Inquests. Anna has conducted a range of appellate court matters in various jurisdictions including criminal and has particular experience in administrative law, and statutory construction.
Anna has appeared both as junior counsel in the High Court and as counsel presenting arguments in the Supreme Court of South Australia, the Federal Court of Australia and other State and Federal courts and tribunals.
Prior to commencing practice at the Bar, Anna was part of the Crown Counsel group at the Crown Solicitor’s Office (SA) where she was briefed as in-house counsel by all sections of the Crown to appear in trials, hearings and appeals in a range of jurisdictions. Prior to her time at the Crown, she was an associate to the Honourable Justice John Mansfield AM of the Federal Court of Australia.
Admitted to Practice - 2008
Signed Bar Roll - 2017
Appellate
Civil and Commercial
Criminal Law
Public Law
Commercial
Appellate
Bankruptcy
Building and Construction
Competition
Consumer Protection Law
Contractual Disputes
Corporations
Equity
Insurance
Intellectual Property
Partnership Disputes
Professional Liability
Real Property
Restraint of Trade
Common Law
Appellate
Conflict of Laws / Choice of Law
Intentional Torts
Negligence
Employment and Industrial Law
Workers Compensation
Appellate
Discrimination
Employment Contracts and Restraint of Trade
Industrial Disputes and Statutory Employment Rights
Public Sector Appeals
Equity
Appellate
Inheritance Family Provision
Real Property
Trusts
Wills and Probate
Public Law
Appellate
Administrative Law and Judicial Review
Civil and Human Rights
Compulsory Acquisition of Land
Constitutional Law
Coronial Inquests
Customs
Discrimination
Extradition
Freedom of Information
Local Government
Merits Review
Migration Law
Native Title
South Australian Bar Association
JusticeNet SA - Management Committee 2018 - 2020
Banking, Finance
Bankruptcy, Corporate Insolvency
Building, Construction and Engineering
Commercial
Company Law
Contract
Defamation, Media, Entertainment
Disciplinary Tribunals
Equity Trusts
Inquests
Insurance
Mediations, Arbitrations
Professional Negligence
Trade Practices, Consumer Protection
Wills, Estates, Family Provision
Ph: (08) 8231 2344
Admitted to Practice - 5 December 2008
Signed Bar Roll - 30 April 2015
The Australian Insurance Law Association
Society of Construction Law Australia
The Building Dispute Practitioner’s Society
ARITA
Tom Besanko
LLB (Hons) B. Com (Adel)
T: (08) 8231 2344
Holly Veale
Holly practices predominately in commercial, civil and administrative law. She also accepts briefs in employment law.
Holly has significant experience in commissions of inquiry. In 2015/2016 she appeared as Junior Counsel for the State of South Australia in the Child Protection Systems Royal Commission. In 2017 she was Counsel Assisting the Independent Commissioner Against Corruption in the evaluation of SafeWork SA. She has recently appeared for a number of providers in the Aged Care Royal Commission.
Areas of Practice:
Administrative (including migration)
Commercial
Commissions
Building, Construction and Engineering
Defamation, Media, Entertainment
Disciplinary Tribunals
Discrimination, Human Rights
Employment, Industrial
Insurance
Inquests
Personal Injury (including medical negligence)
Professional Negligence
Wills, Estates
Ph: (08) 8231 2344
Although based in South Australia, Holly appears regularly interstate, including New South Wales. Please contact her to discuss interstate engagements.
Holly is a member of the South Australian Bar Association and on the Futures Committee of the Australian Bar Association.
Holly is a trainer with the Australian Advocacy Institute and the Australian Bar Association.
Chairperson of the Board of Connecting Foster and Kinship Carers SA.
Board Member of the State Theatre Company of South Australia.
Minister for Education and Child Development v M, L & Ors [2018] SASC 32
BVZ16 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (2017) 254 FCR 221
Commissioner for Consumer Affairs v McMurray [2017] SASCFC 16
CONTACT DETAILS
Ph: (08) 8231 2344
Admitted to Practice - 2013
Signed Bar Roll - 20 July 2023
BA, LLB (Hons), GDLP
Administrative Law
Bankruptcy, Corporate, Insolvency
Commercial
Contract
De facto Relationships
Disciplinary Tribunals
Discrimination, Human Rights
Employment, Industrial
Equity Trusts
Family Law
Inquests
Insurance
Landlord and Tenant
Mediations, Arbitrations
Migration, Immigration Citizenship
Professional Negligence
Trade Practices, Consumer Protection
Wills, Estates, Family Provision
Workers Compensation
Member of the South Australian Bar Association
Mediator Accredited under the National Mediator Accreditation System
Molly joined the independent bar in 2022 with extensive civil litigation experience across all jurisdictions. Previously, Molly practised as a solicitor in both private and government practice with a focus on insurance disputes, workers compensation, privacy/FOI, insolvency, taxation and a large variety of administrative law matters, including migration appeals in the Federal Courts. She has also spent time working in the pro bono and community legal sector as the former manager of Pro Bono Connect and the Refugee and Asylum Seeker Project at JusticeNet SA. Molly also has experience in family law and child protection.
In 2021, Molly was appointed by the Courts Administration Authority (SA) as the Step up to the Bar Program participant (a joint initiative of the Chief Justice of SA and SABA) where she had the opportunity to work closely with various members of the judiciary on matters in the Supreme Court, the District Court, the Youth Court, SACAT and the Federal Courts (both in the general and family jurisdictions).
Molly accepts briefs in most areas of law and appears in all major courts and tribunals. Molly is also available to accept opinion briefs and undertake advice work. Molly is pleased to consider pro bono briefs via referral through JusticeNet SA.
Molly is also a mediator accredited under the National Mediator Accreditation System.
Jeffcott Chambers is located at 24 Flinders Street Adelaide South Australia 5000 - Phone (08) 8231 2344 - Fax (08) 8212 3232
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