The University of Adelaide
Cameron completed his Honours Thesis on Artificial Intelligence and Justice Access in 2024, and will be graduating with First Class Honours in Law in 2025. He is presently working as Justice Bleby’s associate in the Supreme Court of SA. He has ongoing interest in the varied uses of AI in the justice system, particularly ensuring that the convenience of AI options does not undermine the fundamental goals of the justice system.
Partner, Johnson Witner Slattery
Chris specialises in complex disputes, technical matters arising in the course of large commercial litigation, class actions and regulatory matters. Over more than 20 years, Chris has acted for corporations, individuals, company directors, insolvency practitioners, regulated entities and regulators in various disputes and Court proceedings around Australia. He has extensive experience in general commercial and contractual disputes, class actions (acting for plaintiffs and defendants), Corporations Act matters, schemes of arrangement, insolvency matters and recovery actions, regulatory investigations and prosecutions, administrative matters before court and tribunals, and appeals.
Belperio Connell Lawyers
Charlie Belperio
Senior Lawyer, Legal Services Commission of South Australia
Andrew Bickle is a Senior Lawyer at the Legal Services Commission, specialising in administrative law. He routinely acts in SACAT’s guardianship and mental health jurisdiction as well as federally in the review of NDIS decisions by the Administrative Review Tribunal. Previously, Andrew practised in the Public Law Section of the Crown Solicitor’s Office and the Information and Audit team of the State Ombudsman’s Office.
Supreme Court of South Australia
The Hon Justice Chris Bleby
Legal Counsel, SA Power
Janelle Borlace
Managing Director, Tributum Law
Mathew Brittingham is the Managing Director of Tributum Law, a specialist tax & trusts law advisory firm. Mathew’s broad expertise includes advising on tax avoidance, international tax, tax structuring and complex trust law issues. Mathew is also regularly called on to act for taxpayers in disputes with the ATO and State Revenue Offices, and routinely assists to resolve audits with these authorities. Mathew is consistently recognised as an industry leader in lawyer rating guides and Australian wide awards in the tax law field.
Craig Caldicott Lawyers
Craig Caldicott OAM, awarded the 2023 Order of Australia Medal for his contributions to the legal profession, is a highly regarded criminal lawyer with extensive experience in courts across Australia, including the High Court, the Supreme Court of South Australia, and the District and Magistrates’ Courts. Since his admission in 1979, Craig has specialised in criminal law, representing clients in high-profile cases involving the Australian Crime Commission, coronial inquests, and significant legal battles such as South Australia v Totani and Ridgeway v The Queen. Notably, he served as the instructing solicitor in one of Australia’s first war crimes cases, DPP v Polyukhovich, successfully managing international evidence collection for his client’s defense. Craig’s practice spans complex cases involving murder, drug trafficking, theft, and domestic violence, and he has achieved strong outcomes for his clients. Recognised as a leading specialist in criminal law, he frequently lectures on criminal law topics and maintains strong relationships with law enforcement, court officials, and the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions. As a founding member of the Australian Defence Lawyers Alliance and co-chair of the Criminal Law Committee for the Law Society of South Australia, Craig is also a respected media commentator on legal issues and developments.
Director, Clinical Legal Education Program, The University of Adelaide
Margaret Castles is a lecturer at Adelaide Law School, where she also manages the free Law School Legal Advice Clinics. She is a mediator and solicitor, and has a long running interest in reform of the civil litigation system, as well as the enormous potential of ADR as a key strategy in justice access in the community.
Equal Opportunity Commissioner SA
Jodeen Carney began her career in the Northern Territory where she worked as a lawyer, politician, departmental chief executive, and consultant. Since moving to South Australia, she worked as Chief of Staff to former Attorney-General and Deputy Premier, Vickie Chapman, the first woman in South Australia to serve in those roles. Jodeen was appointed South Australia’s Commissioner for Equal Opportunity in April 2021 for a five-year term.
Special Counsel, Belperio Connell Lawyers
Judy has over 34 years of commercial law and corporate law practice experience, with a particular focus on tax law and holds a Master of Laws degree from the University of Adelaide. Prior to joining Belperio Connell as Special Counsel, Judy was a Director of KPMG Law in SA for over 8 years, working with a team of 10 in Sydney. Prior to that, Judy was a Partner at Piper Alderman Lawyers and National Head of the firm’s Tax and Revenue Law practice for over 14 years. Judy has lectured in tax law for over 17 years in the Law Society’s Practical Legal Training program and at Flinders University. Judy has Represented the Law Council of Australia at national level in peak consultative forums with Federal and Deputy Commissioners of Taxation and Treasury on matters of tax and GST policy, reform and administration, including the National Tax Liaison Group and its GST Subcommittee. In 2015, Judy was a finalist for the Tax Institute of Australia’s Tax Adviser of the Year Award. Judy has been a National Governor of the College of Law Limited and Chair of its SA Chapter Board for over 6 years.
Barry Jennings Chambers
Prior to joining the bar, Matthew was with the South Australia Police, Assistant Director of the Australian Defence Force Abuse Taskforce, Senior Solicitor Assisting the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Commonwealth prosecutor (Sydney), Solicitor-Advocate for the Legal Services Commission of South Australia and Prosecutor for the Department of Public Prosecutions South Australia.
Edmund Barton Chambers
David Crocker
General Manager, Competition Enforcement, Coordination & Strategy
Johanna Croser
Sir Owen Dixon Chambers (NSW)
Extensive experience as an advocate criminal trials and appeals in Australia. Appearance for families in numerous coronial inquests. Appearance for Aboriginal families and the Committee to Defend Black Rights before the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody. Senior Public Defender and then Legal Adviser, Public Solicitor’s Office, Solomon Islands (4 years). Advised and appeared in tension related criminal trials in the High Court and appeared in cases before the Court of Appeal. Engaged in capacity development and authored Evidence Law and Advocacy in the Solomon Islands.. Post graduate research into coronial law and practice, anti-terrorism laws, human rights and fundamental legal rights.
Legal Risk Counsel, Law Claims
Grant Feary
Registrar of Probates
Christina was admitted in the Supreme Court of South Australia in June 2010. She began practicing in private firms specialising in the areas of wills, probate, estate administration, inheritance family provision claims and trusts, including charitable trusts. Christina was the first practitioner in South Australia to complete the Applied Masters in Wills and Estates from the College of Law in New South Wales in 2014. Christina was selected as the successful applicant for the Supreme Court of South Australia’s Step Up to the Bar Program in 2017. During her time at the Supreme Court she had the unique opportunity of working closely with the Judiciary, in particular, the Chief Justice. Christina then joined in the Independent Bar in mid-2018 and was appointed as the Registrar of Probates in June 2019. Since becoming the Registrar of Probates, she also assists the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court by conducting regular mediations and often sits as an Auxiliary Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.
Thomson Geer Lawyers
Bronwyn Furse is a commercial lawyer with specialist expertise in the areas of intellectual property, privacy, franchising, regulatory and competition and consumer law. Her practice traverses public and private industry sectors including automotive, higher education, health, manufacturing, medical devices, energy and resources, government, financial services and e-commerce, from start-ups through to multinational groups. Bronwyn is widely recognised for her specialist expertise and is regularly asked to present at conferences on issues related to intellectual property, privacy and franchising, and to provide tailored training programs to clients and industry associations.
Special Counsel, Commercial Dispute Resolution, Johnson Winter Slattery
Sara is a dispute resolution and back-end insolvency, reconstruction and turnaround lawyer with a specialisation in the conduct of class actions (particularly related to the financial services and insurance sectors). Over more than 10 years, Sara has assisted a broad range of clients including large listed and unlisted companies, litigation funders, class action lead applicants, insolvency practitioners, regulated businesses and regulators across a broad range of jurisdictions in Australia. Sara has also been a co-author of the Australian chapter of The Class Actions Law Review since 2020.
Principal, LK Law
Mark Giddings has extensive experience in commercial litigation and related investigations. He regularly advises clients on the mitigation of contractual risk, and the management of disputes at an early stage to avoid litigation and to put his clients in the best position if litigation is unavoidable. He has advised across diverse industries and sectors, including aerospace, construction, mining, trade, manufacturing, infrastructure, and financial services.
Dentons
Danielle Gilby is a Senior Associate at Dentons Australia specialising in complex civil litigation. She has both professional and personal experience with disability law and discrimination given that she is permanently disabled herself, having been diagnosed with a degenerative illness after losing the ability to properly see or walk at 24 years old. Danielle knows and can talk to the needs, anxieties, and experiences of having to stop working or returning to work because of one’s health. Danielle was the recipient of the Law Society’s 2024 Special Interest Article Award for her article on working from home and other accommodations as a disabled practitioner, and provides continuing professional education on disability in legal practice including most recently by authoring CPDs for the Law Society and Women Lawyers Association of South Australia.
Regional Commissioner SA, Senior Executive Leader - Enforcement & Compliance
Natasha Haslam
Director of Public Prosecutions SA
Martin Gerard Hinton KC is the Director of Public Prosecutions for South Australia, and a former justice of the Supreme Court of South Australia and Solicitor-General of South Australia. Hinton was admitted to legal practice in December 1989 after completing undergraduate and postgraduate degrees at the University of Adelaide. Subsequently he studied at the London School of Economics and spent time practising in London as a Crown Prosecutor before returning to South Australia. He has prosecuted offences of all kinds, at all levels, and, with the exception of his time as a judge, appeared in the Court of Appeal and High Court frequently.
Director of Legal Services, Department of Education
President, Court of Appeal, Supreme Court of Australia
The Hon Justice Mark Livesey was appointed to the Supreme Court and to the Court of Appeal of South Australia on 28 January 2020. He has sat in the Court of Appeal since it commenced sittings on 1 January 2021. On 1 September 2021, he was appointed President of the Court of Appeal. After working in commercial and insurance litigation, Justice Livesey joined the Bar in July 2000. He was appointed Queen’s Counsel on 6 February 2006. He had a broad practice in commercial and civil litigation, as well as appeals. President Livesey served as President of the South Australian Bar Association in 2011-2012 and President of the Australian Bar Association in 2014-2015. He is a fellow of the Australian Academy of Law and of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers. He is currently the Chair of the Judges’ Forum of the International Bar Association.
Flinders University
Joel Lisk
Senior Associate, LK Law
Stephanie is a Senior Associate at LK Law and has over a decade’s worth of experience in complex commercial litigation and dispute resolution. Stephanie’s professional interests include the use of AI in the legal profession, developments in the privacy law reform space and the wellbeing of legal practitioners. Stephanie was previously an Associate to the Honourable David Bleby KC at the Supreme Court of South Australia and has been a member of the Law Society of SA’s Wellbeing and Resilience Committee since 2018.
Mellor Olsson
John Love
Senior Counsel, Ernst & Young
Elizabeth has worked in the employment and workplace relations space for 10 years, with the last 2 and a half years as in house legal counsel at Ernst & Young, where her stakeholders are based across the Oceania region. Elizabeth is also a current member of the Law Society of SA’s Public Sector and In House Lawyers Committee. Prior to moving in house, Elizabeth was a Senior Lawyer at employer association, Australian Industry Group, during which she embraced in house secondment opportunities. Elizabeth also has experience in private practice and has acted for both employers and employees.
Managing Director, Nova Systems ANZ
Andrew is an experienced Senior Executive who has held numerous appointments throughout his career in the Defence Industry and Mining Sectors. Notable roles include GM of Procurement and Supply Chain (Naval Group), Vice President of Defence Mission Systems (Leidos), GM Surveillance and Protection Systems and GM Defence Logistics (BAE Systems). He is the Chair of Military and Emergency Service Health Australia Board of Governors and a Director of The Hospital Research Foundation. Through spending a significant part of his career in the Defence Industry, Andrew has worked closely with serving members of our Australian Defence Force, and demonstrates strong advocacy for veterans and reserve service.
Elizabeth Evatt Chambers
Jane Miller
Senior Advisor - Risk Advisory, Norton Rose Fulbright
Jeremy Moller is a risk advisory lawyer based in Sydney. He has over 15 years' experience working in Australia, the United Kingdom and New Zealand as a lawyer specialising in anti-money laundering, international sanctions and export controls as well as foreign transparency and influence. Working with a team of multi-disciplinary experts within the firm's risk advisory team, Jeremy acts as a trusted advisor to a number of large financial institutions and corporate clients in relation to financial crime compliance with a particular focus on anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorism financing (CTF). He is experienced in dealing with a range of regulators both in Australia and overseas, including the Australian Transaction and Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC). His work includes leading, implementing and reviewing financial crime programs, such as conducting business wide risk assessments, as well as advising on litigation arising out of regulatory investigations and acting on Royal Commissions. Based on this experience Jeremy and the risk advisory team have the relevant expertise to advise clients on the likely AML/CTF regulation of real estate agents, lawyers and accountants, known as 'Tranche 2', which is presently being considered by the Australian Government. Jeremy sits on the Ethics Committee of the New South Wales Law Society, is an Advisory Board Member for the Australasian Chapter of the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS) and is a Member of the AML/CTF Working Group for the Law Council of Australia. He also has a keen interest in governance and assists a number of not-for-profit entities with their legal and regulatory compliance.
Special Counsel, HWL Ebsworth Lawyers
Chris has broad experience in employment and workplace relations matters, having worked in this area in private law firms, in in-house roles, and in an industry association. His work includes all aspects of the employment relationship, advising and representing employers across a wide range of industries on workplace legal issues, including industrial & employment, enterprise bargaining, workplace health & safety, workers compensation and discrimination matters. His practice includes both advice and representing clients in litigious matters. Before joining HWL Ebsworth, Chris has worked in in-house roles for Flinders University and the University of Adelaide. He also worked for the Motor Trade Association of SA/NT, a registered employer industry association. Prior to these in-house roles, he spent many years in private practice, acting for both employers and employees in a wide range of industries, across a range of jurisdictions.
Director, Laity Morrow
Kerry Morrow is an experienced corporate and commercial lawyer whose technical skills and keen commercial judgement, combined with consistently responsive and professional service, ensure she is a valued and trusted adviser to clients. Kerry has particular expertise in mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, innovation and IP and agribusiness. She has acted for listed and unlisted companies, institutions and not-for-profit organisations whose businesses traverse a broad range of industries.
Head of FCR Governance, Finance Crime Risk, Bendigo and Adelaide Bank
James is currently the Head of Financial Crime Risk Governance Team at Bendigo and Adelaide Bank focusing on uplifting the FCR Framework and Enterprise Wide Risk Assessments. Before moving to Australia 5 years ago James worked for a number of Investment Banks in London. His career started in onboarding at Bank of America and Goldman Sachs working on various remediation projects and working on uplifting processes and controls. James then moved to UBS where his career in Financial Intelligence Unit within the Bank started in earnest working in advisory with a focus on sanctions and PEP risk management. James last role was as a compliance manager at ICBC Standard Bank working again in advisory for the commodity trader focusing on uplifting their sanctions program. James is qualified as a Global Sanctions Specialist (CGSS), ACAMS Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) and studying for his Advanced CAMS-Audit Cert5ification. James is also a serving member of the Australasian Chapter Board of ACAMS.
DBH Lawyers
Amy Nikolovski
Prior to joining the bar, Raffaele was a Federal Prosecutor in the Office of the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions. In that role, Raffaele had conduct of cases which spanned the spectrum of federal criminal law. Previously, Raffaele worked as a defence solicitor in the Criminal Law Practice Division of the Legal Services Commission of South Australia. In addition, Raffaele was formerly the Associate to the Chief Justice of the Australian Capital Territory, and an Associate to a judge of the Federal Court of Australia, the Honourable Justice Yates. Raffaele is also a member of the Disciplinary and Appeals Committee for Football South Australia, and the Internal Sports Tribunal for Volleyball Australia
Commissioner, Victims of Crime South Australia
Sarah Quick is the third Commissioner for Victims' Rights in South Australia. Sarah commenced working with the Commissioner for Victims’ Rights in 2008 and was promoted to Assistant Commissioner in 2017. In 2023 Sarah was appointed Commissioner for Victims’ Rights. Sarah completed a Bachelor of Social Work at the University of South Australia in 2001, a Diploma in Project Management in 2011, a Diploma in Victimology and Victim Assistance, Tokiwa University’s in 2014 and a Diploma of Leadership and Management in 2017. Before working with the Commissioner, Sarah taught sociology and victimology at the Department of Justice, Technical and Further Education College, South Australia. She has spoken at local, national and International conferences and seminars on victims’ rights and victim assistance, and published articles on these topics. Sarah is passionate about working with victims of crime and considers it a privilege to be able to represent victims of crime and promote their rights, needs and interests.
Macquarie Street Chambers
Mark is a senior counsel based in Sydney practising in administrative law and general law. For seven years, he was a judicial member of the Administrative Decisions Tribunal of NSW sitting in the General Division and on the Appeal Panel - hearing matters on privacy and freedom of information. He lobbied for 10 years for the first super tribunal in NSW to be created. For sixteen years, he was a part-time lecturer in undergraduate “Administrative Law” at the University of Sydney and the University of NSW. He has published a number of legal books (with Thomson Reuters) - NCAT – Practice and Procedure, 2nd edition, published in 2020 (new edition out soon); Administrative Law: The Laws of Australia, published in 2017; and Judicial Review: The Laws of Australia published in 2014. For twenty-seven years, Mark has acted as the lead author and editor of New South Wales Administrative Law, a two volume looseleaf service, published by Thomson Reuters (since 1996) which covers Supreme Court judicial review, the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NCAT), statutory interpretation, freedom of information and privacy. For most of that time, he has also been Title Editor of the Administrative law volumes of Laws of Australia, the legal encyclopedia published by Thomson Reuters. He has a broad practice, acting for and against State and Federal Governments and their agencies and local councils. In one High Court constitutional law case, he appeared for the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club. The High Court struck down State legislation that was being used to unlawfully disband motorcycle clubs in NSW - Wainohu v New South Wales (2011) 243 CLR 181. He also appears in unlawful imprisonment, domestic slavery and prisoner's rights cases. He does many terrorism matters and the prosecution or discipline of doctors and lawyers.
Manager Civil Law, Legal Services Commission South Australia
Alice Rolls is the Manager of Civil Law at Legal Services Commission of South Australia where she leads a team of lawyers who assist clients with Mental Health, Guardianship, NDIS and Migration matters. She was previously Head of Policy and Strategy at the Australian Pro Bono Centre and a Principle at LK Law. As a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, she currently serves on the boards of the Accessible Justice Project and the State Theatre Company of South Australia.
Estrin Saul Migration Specialists
Mitch is Special Counsel and Accredited Specialist in Immigration law practicing in Estrin Saul’s Adelaide office. He practices in all areas of immigration law, and has particular expertise in complex family visa issues, character and cancellation matters, and merits and judicial review applications. Mitch also acts in complex litigation matters concerning issues such as false imprisonment in immigration detention, adverse security assessments issued by ASIO, and other actions for damages against the Australian Government. In 2018, Mitch was awarded the John Gibson AM Award for the Young Australian Migration Lawyer of the Year by the Law Council of Australia. In 2020, Mitch was granted accreditation as an Accredited Specialist in Immigration Law, and is one of only a handful of accredited specialists practicing in South Australia. Mitch has been recognized as a leading immigration lawyer in South Australia by Doyles Guide since 2021, and by Best Lawyers since 2023. Mitch has been a member of the Migration Law Committee of the Law Council of Australia since 2018. Mitch regularly provides expert evidence on the intersection between Immigration Law and a range of jurisdictions, including custody issues in the Family Court of Australia, child protection issues in the Youth Court of South Australia, and sentencing issues in the South Australian District Court.
Snow Legal
Will Snow heads up Snow Legal, an employment- law specialist firm with a focus on employer obligations and representation which he founded in 2023 after a career in firms in private practice and in-house at Qantas. Will and his team give advice on the grey and risky areas of managing HR issues – with a practice mix of front-end advisory and litigation spread across the SAET, Fair Work Commission, SACAT, State Courts and Federal Courts. Snow Legal is rated Tier 1 for Labour and Employment Law in Adelaide (Best Lawyers, 2024)
The Honourable Justice Laura Stein
Director, Estate Planning Equation - Preventative Law (VIC)
Allan Swan works with private clients and their accountants, financial advisors and legal practitioners relating to the legal aspects of the following areas of Preventative Law, namely: - Asset Protection - Deceased Estate Taxation - Dispute Prevention - Estate Planning - Preventative Law Strategy - Special Disability & Protective Trusts - Structuring - Superannuation - Tax Considerations - Testamentary & Family Trusts Allan also provides practitioner training and speaking services in the above areas, is an adjunct lecturer in the College of Law’s applied law master’s program, an instructor for the Leo Cussen Centre for Law, the Law Institute of Victoria, CPA Australia and other professional bodies. Allan is accredited as a STEP Trust and Estate Practitioner. Allan holds degrees in Law and Economics and a Graduate Diploma in Financial Services.
DCE Strategy and Corporate Services, Department of Education
Ben Temperly
Senior Associate, Minter Ellison
Alexandra is an experienced Senior Associate with over ten years practising employment law. She advises clients on the full spectrum of matters employment-related as well as providing advice and conducting litigation in all workplace issues. She has particular expertise assisting clients to create respectful workplaces and on how to respond and prevent sexual harassment (and other harmful behaviours) in the workplace. She also has significant investigation experience having conducted a number of investigations in respect of a wide range of matters (including relating to sexual misconduct and conduct reportable under legislative instruments). Alexandra recently completed postgraduate studies majoring in employment law at the University of Melbourne (Master of Laws).
LK Law
Allie has more than fifteen years’ experience advising public and private clients across a wide range of commercial investigations and disputes in Australia, Europe and the United States. With a keen interest in the intersection of law and technology, Allie integrates AI tools into her practice to improve efficiency and accuracy, while always prioritising ethical considerations. Allie writes and speaks on topics including legal ethics, discovery and technology.
Blue Knot Foundation
Rina’s background is in law where she spent five years working in South Africa as a lawyer in the National Defence Force. More recently, after spending several years living in the United Sates before relocating to Australia Rina made a career change to counselling. Rina is now involved with the National Redress Scheme as counsellor at a Victim Support Service, a Redress Support Service Provider, providing counselling and support to adult survivors of child sexual abuse in their engagement with the National Redress Scheme and also operates a private counselling practice with a special interest in trauma. Rina’s approach to counselling is an eclectic and integrative approach utilizing client centered bottom–up approaches as well as cognitive approaches where appropriate. Rina is a registered clinical member of PACFA.
Law Claims
Daniel Wasiewicz
Jonathan Wells KC
Pamela Wilkinson
Ryan joined the independent bar in 2024 after fifteen years as a prosecutor, then senior prosecutor with the Director of Public Prosecutions (SA). He was appointed Senior Counsel in 2023. He accepts briefs in both civil and criminal matters and regularly appears in serious and complex criminal trials, appeals, sentencing and confiscation of assets proceedings. He appears in all Australian jurisdictions including the High Court. Ryan has also provided advice to the Attorney General, Solicitor General and Director of Public Prosecutions and is available for opinions in both civil and criminal cases.
Anthony Mason Chambers
Sam Wilson
Shaun is an experienced immigration lawyer and Practice Leader of Estrin Saul’s Adelaide office. Shaun’s team excels in handling a wide range of immigration matters, spanning from intricate first-stage visa and citizenship applications to complex cases before the Administrative Appeals Tribunal and Federal Court. His team’s overarching goal is to streamline the immigration process for clients, whilst relentlessly pursuing the best possible outcome. Throughout his career, Shaun has also delivered Australia-wide training sessions to fellow migration professionals and is committed to building capacity throughout the industry. Beyond his immigration expertise, Shaun is the vice-chair of the Youth Legal Service Inc. (WA) and a committee member of the Australasian Legal Practice Management Association (SA Branch).
Adelta Legal
Melissa Yule
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