September 27, 2026
Doyle's Guide

Leading Family Law Barristers – New South Wales

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The 2017 listing of leading New South Wales Family & Divorce Barristers details Senior and Junior Counsel practising within the areas of family law, matrimonial and custody matters 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

Preeminent

Michael Kearney SC, Waratah Chambers
Grahame Richardson SC, Family Law Chambers

Leading

Peter Campton SC, Waratah Chambers
Richard Schonell SC, Family Law Chambers

Recommended

Peter Cummings SC, Newcastle Chambers
Bob Lethbridge SC, Culwulla Chambers
John Lloyd SC, Chalfont Chambers
Paul Sansom SC, Waratah Chambers

Junior Counsel

Preeminent

Suzanne Christie, Culwulla Chambers
John Levy, Waratah Chambers
Julian Millar, Fourth Floor Wentworth Chambers

Leading

Peter Batey, Waratah Chambers
Mary-Anne Clifford, Culwulla Chambers
Melissa Gillies, Culwulla Chambers
Christopher Othen, Waratah Chambers

Recommended

Gil Eldershaw, Culwulla Chambers
Mary Clare Kennedy, Waratah Chambers
Esther Lawson, Waratah Chambers
Rick Maurice, Edmund Barton Chambers
Matthew Wong, Waratah Chambers

Previous editions

2016 edition published December 2015

Senior Counsel – Preeminent

Michael Kearney SC, Waratah Chambers
Grahame Richardson SC, Family Law Chambers

Senior Counsel – Leading

Peter Campton SC, Waratah Chambers
Peter Cummings SC, Newcastle Chambers
Richard Schonell SC, Family Law Chambers

Senior Counsel – Recommended

Nick Beaumont SC, 12th Floor Selborne/Wentworth Chambers
Bob Lethbridge SC, Culwulla Chambers
John Lloyd SC, Chalfont Chambers
Paul Sansom SC, Waratah Chambers

Junior Counsel – Preeminent

John Levy, Waratah Chambers
Julian Millar, Fourth Floor Wentworth Chambers

Junior Counsel – Leading

Peter Batey, Waratah Chambers
Suzanne Christie, Culwulla Chambers
David Dura, Waratah Chambers
Melissa Gillies, Culwulla Chambers

Junior Counsel – Recommended

Elizabeth Boyle, Frederick Jordan Chambers
Mary-Anne Clifford, Culwulla Chambers
Esther Lawson, Waratah Chambers
Rick Maurice, Edmund Barton Chambers
Christopher Othen, Waratah Chambers

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