





Troy Spence
Adrian Duffy QC
Edward Shorten
Stephen Mackie
James McLean
James Ford






The 2026 listing of leading Queensland Employment & WHS Barristers details counsel practising within the areas of employment, industrial relations and workplace safety matters in the Queensland legal market who have been identified by the state’s employment and WHS law solicitors for their expertise and abilities in these areas.
Showing all 23 barristers
Tiers are in rank order. Within a tier, names are alphabetical and are not ranked against one another.
Senior Counsel
Market Leader
| Barrister | Chambers or list | Doyle’s ranking record |
|---|---|---|
| Chris Murdoch KC | Level 8 Inns of Court | Doyle’s ranking record: Chris Murdoch KC |
Preeminent
| Barrister | Chambers or list | Doyle’s ranking record |
|---|---|---|
| Jim Murdoch KC | Level 16 Inns of Court | Doyle’s ranking record: Jim Murdoch KC |
Leading
| Barrister | Chambers or list | Doyle’s ranking record |
|---|---|---|
| Holly Blattman KC | Carbolic Chambers | Doyle’s ranking record: Holly Blattman KC |
| Adrian Duffy KC (biography) | Hemmant's List | |
| Peter Roney KC | Callinan Chambers | Doyle’s ranking record: Peter Roney KC |
Recommended
| Barrister | Chambers or list | Doyle’s ranking record |
|---|---|---|
| April Freeman KC | More Chambers | Doyle’s ranking record: April Freeman KC |
| Angus Scott KC | Murray Gleeson Chambers | Doyle’s ranking record: Angus Scott KC |
Junior Counsel
Preeminent
| Barrister | Chambers or list | Doyle’s ranking record |
|---|---|---|
| Stephen Mackie (biography) | Denning Chambers | Doyle’s ranking record: Stephen Mackie |
| Edward Shorten (biography) | Level 16 Inns of Court | Doyle’s ranking record: Edward Shorten |
| Troy Spence (biography) | Level 16 Inns of Court | Doyle’s ranking record: Troy Spence |
Leading
| Barrister | Chambers or list | Doyle’s ranking record |
|---|---|---|
| John Bremhorst (biography) | Alfred Lutwyche Chambers | Doyle’s ranking record: John Bremhorst |
| Charles Massy | More Chambers | Doyle’s ranking record: Charles Massy |
| James McLean (biography) | Level 7 Inns of Court | Doyle’s ranking record: James McLean |
| Alastair Smith | Level 8 Inns of Court | Doyle’s ranking record: Alastair Smith |
| Pawel Zielinski | Callinan Chambers | Doyle’s ranking record: Pawel Zielinski |
Recommended
| Barrister | Chambers or list | Doyle’s ranking record |
|---|---|---|
| Nikki A-Khavari | Higgins Chambers | Doyle’s ranking record: Nikki A-Khavari |
| Megan Brooks | Callinan Chambers | Doyle’s ranking record: Megan Brooks |
| Hamish Clift | Level 17 239 George St | Doyle’s ranking record: Hamish Clift |
| James Ford (biography) | Walton Street Chambers | Doyle’s ranking record: James Ford |
| Jade Marr | Burnett Lane Chambers | Doyle’s ranking record: Jade Marr |
| Damien Payard | Callinan Chambers | Doyle’s ranking record: Damien Payard |
| Matthew Williams | Callinan Chambers | Doyle’s ranking record: Matthew Williams |
| Peta Willoughby | Level 16 Inns of Court | Doyle’s ranking record: Peta Willoughby |
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