The 2026 listing of leading New South Wales Insurance & Personal Injury Senior Counsel details counsel practising within the areas of insurance, personal injuries and professional indemnity matters in the Insurance legal market who have been identified by the state’s defendant insurance and plaintiff personal injury lawyers for their expertise and abilities in these areas. The ranked barristers may act for either or both of defendant insurers or individual plaintiffs/injured persons.
Preeminent
David Hooke SC, Jack Shand Chambers
Richard O’Keefe SC, Maurice Byers Chambers
Andrew Stone SC, Sir Anthony Mason Chambers
Dominic Toomey SC, Jack Shand Chambers
Leading
Hilbert Chiu SC, Tenth Floor Chambers
Brian Dooley SC, 4 Wentworth Chambers
Jason Downing SC, Maurice Byers Chambers
Paresh Khandhar SC, Frederick Jordan Chambers
Scott Maybury SC, Jack Shand Chambers
Jeremy Morris SC, Jack Shand Chambers
Recommended
David Campbell SC, 11th Floor Garfield Barwick Chambers
Duncan Graham SC, Maurice Byers Chambers
Eugene Romaniuk SC, Jack Shand Chambers
Peter Semmler KC, 11th Floor Garfield Barwick Chambers
Robert Sheldon SC, Frederick Jordan Chambers
John Turnbull SC, Ninth Floor Windeyer Chambers