The 2025 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.
Senior Counsel
Market Leader
Chris Murdoch KC, Level 8 Inns of Court
Preeminent
Jim Murdoch KC, Level 16 Inns of Court
Leading
Adrian Duffy KC, Hemmant’s List
April Freeman KC, More Chambers
Peter Roney KC, Callinan Chambers
Recommended
Holly Blattman KC, Carbolic Chambers
Saul Holt KC, 8 Petrie Terrace Chambers
Jeff Hunter KC, Lucas Chambers
Angus Scott KC, Murray Gleeson Chambers
Junior Counsel
Preeminent
Stephen Mackie, Denning Chambers
Charles Massy, More Chambers
Edward Shorten, Level 16 Inns of Court
Troy Spence, Level 16 Inns of Court
Leading
John Bremhorst, Alfred Lutwyche Chambers
Megan Brooks, Callinan Chambers
Peta Willoughby, Level 16 Inns of Court
Pawel Zielinski, 31 West Chambers
Recommended
Nikki A-Khavari, Higgins Chambers
Andrew Herbert, Level 16 Inns of Court
Charles Martin, 35 West Chambers
Jade Marr, Burnett Lane Chambers
Ben McMillan, More Chambers
Damien Payard, Callinan Chambers
Alastair Smith, Level 8 Inns of Court