The 2022 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.
Senior Counsel
Leading
Melissa Gillies SC, Culwulla Chambers
Richard Schonell SC, Family Law Chambers
Recommended
Peter Cummings SC, Waratah Chambers
Paul Sansom SC, Waratah Chambers
Donna Ward SC, Frederick Jordan Chambers
Junior Counsel
Preeminent
Martha Barnett, Culwulla Chambers
David Dura, Waratah Chambers
Mary-Clare Kennedy, Waratah Chambers
Esther Lawson, Waratah Chambers
Leading
Claire Cantrall, Waratah Chambers
Mary-Anne Clifford, Culwulla Chambers
Dina Lioumis, Waratah Chambers
Christopher Othen, Waratah Chambers
Matthew Wong, Waratah Chambers
Recommended
Rachel Dart, Culwulla Chambers
Gillian Eldershaw, Waratah Chambers
Roger Harper, Culwulla Chambers
Greg Kenny, Lachlan Macquarie Chambers
John Levy, Waratah Chambers
John Longworth, Frederick Jordan Chambers
Shanna Mahony, Lachlan Macquarie Chambers
Liam O’Reilly, Family Law Chambers
Karen Shea, Fredrick Jordan Chambers
Catherine Spain, Waratah Chambers