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Members of the are independent barristers. Specialist areas in which Members of the 11th Floor practise include:

Administrative & public law
Appellate practice
Arbitration, including commercial arbitration, international arbitration, mediation and other alternative dispute resolution
Building & construction law
Commercial law, including banking & finance, mortgages & securities, contract law and company law
Commissions of Inquiry including Coronial Inquests, Royal Commissions and Independent Commission Against Corruption
Common law
Constitutional law
Defamation & media law
Environment, planning & property law
Equity, including trusts and charities
Human rights law
Industrial law

Insolvency & bankruptcy, including corporate insolvency, liquidator's applications and examinations
Insurance law, including reinsurance
Intellectual property
Motor accidents
Professional liability
, including medical negligence and directors & officers liability
Public liability
Public & private international law
, including conflict of laws
Real property
Sports law
Succession
, including wills, probate and administration and Family
Provision Act matters
Trade practices & competition law
Trade & transport law
, including admiralty and trade law



Administrative & public law

SENIOR COUNSEL

Rob Macfarlan QC
Alan Sullivan QC
John Griffiths SC
James Stevenson SC
Philip Durack SC
Andrew S. Bell SC
Francois Kunc SC


JUNIOR COUNSEL

Richard Lancaster
Ian Pike
Sarah Pritchard
Margaret Allars
Jeremy Kirk
Stephen Free


Appellate practice

SENIOR COUNSEL

Rob Macfarlan QC
Bruce Collins QC
Jim Poulos QC
John Maconachie QC
Alan Sullivan QC
Malcolm Holmes QC
Robert Forster SC
Phil Greenwood SC
Robert Weber SC
John Griffiths SC
James Stevenson SC
Philip Durack SC
Andrew S. Bell SC
Francois Kunc SC

JUNIOR COUNSEL

Richard Lancaster
Ian Pike
Sarah Pritchard
Margaret Allars
Jeremy Kirk


VISITING COUNSEL

Julian Burnside QC



Arbitration, including commercial arbitration, international arbitration, mediation and other alternative dispute resolution

SENIOR COUNSEL

Bruce Collins QC
Alan Sullivan QC
Malcolm Holmes QC
Robert Forster SC
James Stevenson SC
Philip Durack SC
Andrew S. Bell SC
Francois Kunc SC



Building & construction law

SENIOR COUNSEL

Bruce Collins QC
Malcolm Holmes QC
Phil Greenwood SC

JUNIOR COUNSEL

Stephen Climpson



Commercial law, including banking & finance, mortgages & securities, contract law and company law

SENIOR COUNSEL

Rob Macfarlan QC
Bruce Collins QC
Alan Sullivan QC
Malcolm Holmes QC
Robert Forster SC
Phil Greenwood SC
Robert Weber SC
John Griffiths SC
James Stevenson SC
Philip Durack SC
Andrew S. Bell SC
Francois Kunc SC
Alec Leopold SC

JUNIOR COUNSEL

Stephen Climpson
Richard Lancaster
Ian Pike
Sarah Pritchard
Kevin Andronos
Kate Williams
Margaret Allars
Jeremy Kirk
Patrick Flynn
Christian Bova
Vanessa Whittaker
Stephen Free
Sinclair Gray

VISITING COUNSEL

Julian Burnside QC



Commissions of Inquiry including Coronial Inquests, Royal Commissions and Independent Commission Against Corruption

SENIOR COUNSEL

Bruce Collins QC
Malcolm Holmes QC
Phil Greenwood SC
Robert Weber SC
Philip Durack SC

JUNIOR COUNSEL

Richard Lancaster
Ian Pike
Kate Williams


VISITING COUNSEL

Julian Burnside QC



Common law

SENIOR COUNSEL

Jim Poulos QC
John Maconachie QC
Malcolm Holmes QC
Phil Greenwood SC

JUNIOR COUNSEL

Sarah Pritchard



Constitutional law

SENIOR COUNSEL

Rob Macfarlan QC
John Griffiths SC
Andrew S. Bell SC

JUNIOR COUNSEL

Richard Lancaster
Margaret Allars
Jeremy Kirk
Stephen Free



Defamation & media law

SENIOR COUNSEL

Malcolm Holmes QC
Alec Leopold SC

JUNIOR COUNSEL

Richard Lancaster
Kevin Andronos



Environment, planning & property law

SENIOR COUNSEL

John Griffiths SC

JUNIOR COUNSEL

Richard Lancaster
Sarah Pritchard
Margaret Allars
Jeremy Kirk
Stephen Free



Equity, including trusts and charities

SENIOR COUNSEL

Rob Macfarlan QC
Bruce Collins QC
Alan Sullivan QC
Malcolm Holmes QC
Robert Forster SC
Phil Greenwood SC
Robert Weber SC
James Stevenson SC
Philip Durack SC
Andrew S. Bell SC
Francois Kunc SC
Alec Leopold SC

JUNIOR COUNSEL

Stephen Climpson
Richard Lancaster
Ian Pike
Kevin Andronos
Kate Williams
Margaret Allars
Patrick Flynn
Christian Bova
Vanessa Whittaker
Sinclair Gray

VISITING COUNSEL

Julian Burnside QC



Human rights law

SENIOR COUNSEL

John Griffiths SC

JUNIOR COUNSEL

Richard Lancaster
Sarah Pritchard
Jeremy Kirk
Stephen Free


VISITING COUNSEL

Julian Burnside QC



Industrial law

SENIOR COUNSEL

Malcolm Holmes QC



Insolvency & bankruptcy, including corporate insolvency, liquidator's applications and examinations

SENIOR COUNSEL

Rob Macfarlan QC
Alan Sullivan QC
Malcolm Holmes QC
Robert Forster SC
Robert Weber SC
James Stevenson SC
Philip Durack SC
Francois Kunc SC
Alec Leopold SC

JUNIOR COUNSEL

Stephen Climpson
Ian Pike
Kevin Andronos
Kate Williams
Patrick Flynn
Christian Bova
Vanessa Whittaker
Sinclair Gray

VISITING COUNSEL

Julian Burnside QC



Insurance law, including reinsurance

SENIOR COUNSEL

Rob Macfarlan QC
Bruce Collins QC
Jim Poulos QC
John Maconachie QC
Alan Sullivan QC
Malcolm Holmes QC
Robert Forster SC
Phil Greenwood SC
Robert Weber SC
James Stevenson SC
Philip Durack SC
Andrew S. Bell SC
Francois Kunc SC
Alec Leopold SC

JUNIOR COUNSEL

Stephen Climpson
Richard Lancaster
Ian Pike
Kate Williams
Vanessa Whittaker
Sinclair Gray


VISITING COUNSEL

Julian Burnside QC



Intellectual property

SENIOR COUNSEL

Rob Macfarlan QC
Alan Sullivan QC

JUNIOR COUNSEL

Stephen Climpson
Kevin Andronos
Patrick Flynn
Christian Bova




Motor accidents

SENIOR COUNSEL

Jim Poulos QC



Professional liability, including medical negligence and directors & officers liability

SENIOR COUNSEL

Rob Macfarlan QC
Bruce Collins QC
Jim Poulos QC
John Maconachie QC
Alan Sullivan QC
Malcolm Holmes QC
Robert Forster SC
Phil Greenwood SC
Robert Weber SC
James Stevenson SC
Philip Durack SC
Andrew S. Bell SC
Francois Kunc SC
Alec Leopold SC

JUNIOR COUNSEL

Stephen Climpson
Ian Pike
Kate Williams
Christian Bova
Vanessa Whittaker


VISITING COUNSEL

Julian Burnside QC



Public liability

SENIOR COUNSEL

Jim Poulos QC
John Maconachie QC
Phil Greenwood SC
Philip Durack SC

JUNIOR COUNSEL

Ian Pike


VISITING COUNSEL

Julian Burnside QC



Public & private international law, including conflict of laws

SENIOR COUNSEL

Rob Macfarlan QC
Malcolm Holmes QC
Philip Durack SC
Andrew S. Bell SC
Francois Kunc SC

JUNIOR COUNSEL

Sarah Pritchard
Jeremy Kirk


VISITING COUNSEL

Julian Burnside QC



Real property

SENIOR COUNSEL

Rob Macfarlan QC
Alan Sullivan QC
Robert Forster SC
Phil Greenwood SC
James Stevenson SC
Philip Durack SC
Francois Kunc SC

JUNIOR COUNSEL

Stephen Climpson
Richard Lancaster
Ian Pike
Kate Williams
Christian Bova
Sinclair Gray



Sports law

SENIOR COUNSEL

Bruce Collins QC
Alan Sullivan QC
Malcolm Holmes QC
Phil Greenwood SC
Robert Weber SC
Philip Durack SC
Andrew S. Bell SC

JUNIOR COUNSEL

Sinclair Gray



Succession, including wills, probate and administration and Family Provision Act matters

SENIOR COUNSEL

Robert Forster SC
Phil Greenwood SC
Robert Weber SC
Philip Durack SC
Francois Kunc SC

JUNIOR COUNSEL

Stephen Climpson
Christian Bova



Trade practices & competition law

SENIOR COUNSEL

Rob Macfarlan QC
Bruce Collins QC
Alan Sullivan QC
Malcolm Holmes QC
Robert Forster SC
Phil Greenwood SC
Robert Weber SC
John Griffiths SC
James Stevenson SC
Philip Durack SC
Francois Kunc SC
Alec Leopold SC

JUNIOR COUNSEL

Stephen Climpson
Richard Lancaster
Ian Pike
Sarah Pritchard
Kevin Andronos
Kate Williams
Jeremy Kirk
Christian Bova
Stephen Free
Sinclair Gray


VISITING COUNSEL

Julian Burnside QC



Trade & transport law, including admiralty and trade law

SENIOR COUNSEL

Rob Macfarlan QC
Bruce Collins QC
Alan Sullivan QC
Malcolm Holmes QC
Phil Greenwood SC
Andrew S. Bell SC

JUNIOR COUNSEL

Richard Lancaster