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Leading Parenting & Children’s Matters Barristers – NSW, 2018

December 1, 2017December 1, 2017

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The 2018 listing of leading New South Wales Parenting & Children’s Matters barristers details counsel practising within the areas of parenting, custody and matters relating to the children of a relationship in the NSW legal market who have been identified by the state’s family law solicitors for their expertise and abilities in these areas.

Showing all 20 barristers

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

Leading

Leading: 5 barristers
Barrister	Chambers or list	Doyle’s ranking record
Claire Cantrall (biography)	Waratah Chambers	Doyle’s ranking record: Claire Cantrall
Suzanne Christie	Culwulla Chambers	Doyle’s ranking record: Suzanne Christie
Mary-Anne Clifford	Culwulla Chambers	Doyle’s ranking record: Mary-Anne Clifford
Melissa Gillies SC	Culwulla Chambers	Doyle’s ranking record: Melissa Gillies SC
Mary-Clare Kennedy	Waratah Chambers	Doyle’s ranking record: Mary-Clare Kennedy

Recommended

Recommended: 15 barristers
Barrister	Chambers or list	Doyle’s ranking record
Martha Barnett	Culwulla Chambers	Doyle’s ranking record: Martha Barnett
Peter Campton SC (biography)	Waratah Chambers	Doyle’s ranking record: Peter Campton SC
Maureen de Vere	Lachlan Macquarie Chambers	Doyle’s ranking record: Maureen de Vere
David Dura	Waratah Chambers	Doyle’s ranking record: David Dura
Esther Lawson	Waratah Chambers	Doyle’s ranking record: Esther Lawson
John Levy	Waratah Chambers
John Longwoth (biography)	Frederick Jordan Chambers	Doyle’s ranking record: John Longwoth
Rick Maurice	Edmund Barton Chambers	Doyle’s ranking record: Rick Maurice
Terese Messner	Family Law Chambers	Doyle’s ranking record: Terese Messner
Julian Millar	Fourth Floor Wentworth Chambers	Doyle’s ranking record: Julian Millar
Rhys O'Brien (biography)	Culwulla Chambers	Doyle’s ranking record: Rhys O'Brien
Paul Sansom SC (biography)	Waratah Chambers	Doyle’s ranking record: Paul Sansom SC
Richard Schonell SC	Family Law Chambers	Doyle’s ranking record: Richard Schonell SC
Catherine Spain (biography)	Waratah Chambers	Doyle’s ranking record: Catherine Spain
Lorna Sproston (biography)	Culwulla Chambers	Doyle’s ranking record: Lorna Sproston

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