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.
Senior Counsel
Market Leader
Chris Murdoch KC, Level 8 Inns of Court
Preeminent
Jim Murdoch KC, Level 16 Inns of Court
Leading
Holly Blattman KC, Carbolic Chambers
Adrian Duffy KC, Hemmant’s List
Peter Roney KC, Callinan Chambers
Recommended
April Freeman KC, More Chambers
Angus Scott KC, Murray Gleeson Chambers
Junior Counsel
Preeminent
Stephen Mackie, Denning Chambers
Edward Shorten, Level 16 Inns of Court
Troy Spence, Level 16 Inns of Court
Leading
John Bremhorst, Alfred Lutwyche Chambers
Charles Massy, More Chambers
James McLean, Level 7 Inns of Court
Alastair Smith, Level 8 Inns of Court
Pawel Zielinski, Callinan Chambers
Recommended
Nikki A-Khavari, Higgins Chambers
Megan Brooks, Callinan Chambers
Hamish Clift, Level 17 239 George St
James Ford, Walton Street Chambers
Jade Marr, Burnett Lane Chambers
Damien Payard, Callinan Chambers
Matthew Williams, Callinan Chambers
Peta Willoughby, Level 16 Inns of Court
Previous editions
2015 edition published June 2015
Senior Counsel – Leading
Jim Murdoch QC, Level 16 Inns of Court
Senior Counsel – Recommended
Liz Wilson QC, Murray Gleeson Chambers
Junior Counsel – Preeminent
Chris Murdoch, Level 8 Inns of Court
Junior Counsel – Leading
Geraldine Dann, 19 Inns East Chambers
Andrew Herbert, Level 16 Inns of Court
Junior Counsel – Recommended
Amanda Coulthard, Burnett Lane Chambers
John Dwyer, 19 Inns
John Merrell, Griffith Chambers
Max Spry, 35 West Chambers