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Leading Wills & Estates Litigation Junior Counsel – Australia, 2020

September 18, 2020September 20, 2020

Caite Brewer

The 2020 listing of leading Australian Wills & Estates Litigation Junior Counsel details juniorn counsel and barristers practising within the areas of Wills & Estates Litigation, Disputes and Contested matters across all Australian legal markets who have been identified by the country’s Wills & Estates solicitors and their peers for their expertise and abilities in these areas.

Showing all 27 junior counsel

Tiers are in rank order. Within a tier, names are alphabetical and are not ranked against one another.

Preeminent

Preeminent: 4 junior counsel
Junior counsel	Chambers or list	Location	Doyle’s ranking record
John Armfield	Second Floor Wentworth Chambers	Sydney	Doyle’s ranking record: John Armfield
Richard Boaden	Svenson Barristers	Melbourne	Doyle’s ranking record: Richard Boaden
Caite Brewer (biography)	Hemmant's List- Brisbane		Doyle’s ranking record: Caite Brewer
Simon Chapple (biography)	13th Floor St James Hall	Sydney	Doyle’s ranking record: Simon Chapple

Leading

Leading: 12 junior counsel
Junior counsel	Chambers or list	Location	Doyle’s ranking record
Craig Birtles (biography)	Second Floor Wentworth Chambers	Sydney	Doyle’s ranking record: Craig Birtles
Colin Hodgson (biography)	13 Wentworth Selborne Chambers	Sydney	Doyle’s ranking record: Colin Hodgson
Eleanor Coates	Greens List	Melbourne	Doyle’s ranking record: Eleanor Coates
David Crocker (biography)	Edmund Barton Chambers	Adelaide	Doyle’s ranking record: David Crocker
Andrew Fraser (biography)	Chancery Barristers	Brisbane	Doyle’s ranking record: Andrew Fraser
Shane Newton	Lennon's List	Melbourne	Doyle’s ranking record: Shane Newton
Jeff Otto (biography)	Chancery Barristers	Brisbane	Doyle’s ranking record: Jeff Otto
Margaret Pringle (biography)	Chalfont Chambers	Sydney	Doyle’s ranking record: Margaret Pringle
Ursula Stanisich	Svenson Barristers	Melbourne	Doyle’s ranking record: Ursula Stanisich
Andrew Verspaandonk	Greens List	Melbourne	Doyle’s ranking record: Andrew Verspaandonk
Rick Wells	Meldrum & Hyland List	Melbourne	Doyle’s ranking record: Rick Wells
Robert Whiteford (biography)	Chancery Barristers	Brisbane	Doyle’s ranking record: Robert Whiteford

Recommended

Recommended: 11 junior counsel
Junior counsel	Chambers or list	Location	Doyle’s ranking record
Denis Barlin (biography)	13 Wentworth Selborne Chambers	Sydney	Doyle’s ranking record: Denis Barlin
Renee Bianchi (biography)	13th Floor St James Hall	Sydney	Doyle’s ranking record: Renee Bianchi
Thomas Cadd	10 Stamford Ct	Adelaide	Doyle’s ranking record: Thomas Cadd
Therese Catanzariti (biography)	13 Wentworth Selborne Chambers	Sydney	Doyle’s ranking record: Therese Catanzariti
Matthew Curwood (biography)	Francis Burt Chambers	Perth	Doyle’s ranking record: Matthew Curwood
Ted Guthrie	Anthony Mason Chambers, Adelaide		Doyle’s ranking record: Ted Guthrie
Ramena Kako (biography)	13 Wentworth Selborne Chambers	Sydney	Doyle’s ranking record: Ramena Kako
David Liebhold (biography)	13 Wentworth Selborne Chambers	Sydney	Doyle’s ranking record: David Liebhold
Daniel Morgan (biography)	Chancery Barristers	Brisbane	Doyle’s ranking record: Daniel Morgan
Hugh Morrison (biography)	14th Floor St James Hall	Sydney	Doyle’s ranking record: Hugh Morrison
Lee Nevison (biography)	Chancery Barristers	Brisbane	Doyle’s ranking record: Lee Nevison

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