The 2026 listing of leading ACT Insurance Law Barristers details counsel practising in insurance and personal injury law matters in the ACT legal market who have been identified by the territory’s Defendant & Plaintiff side Insurance Law solicitors and fellow counsel for their expertise and abilities in the area.
Senior Counsel
Recommended
Andrew Berger KC, Key Chambers
Junior Counsel
Preeminent
Dan Crowe, Key Chambers
Seyi Onitiri, Key Chambers
Dan Shillington, Key Chambers
Leading
Ben Jullienne, Key Chambers
Wayne Sharwood, Key Chambers
Recommended
Prue Bindon, Key Chambers
Josie Dempster, Key Chambers
Jason Moffett, Key Chambers
Karl Pattenden, Key Chambers
Jamie Ronald, Burley Griffin Chambers
Rachel Walls, Key Chambers
Katie Weir, Key Chambers
Peter Woulfe, Blackburn Chambers
Previous editions
2025 edition published September 2025
Senior Counsel – Recommended
Andrew Muller SC, Key Chambers
Junior Counsel – Leading
Dan Crowe, Key Chambers
Seyi Onitiri, Key Chambers
Dan Shillington, Key Chambers
Junior Counsel – Recommended
Ben Jullienne, Key Chambers
Karl Pattenden Chambers
Wayne Sharwood, Key Chambers
2024 edition published October 2024
Senior Counsel – Recommended
Andrew Muller SC, Key Chambers
John Purnell SC, Jeffrey Miles Chambers
Steven Whybrow SC, Key Chambers
Junior Counsel – Leading
Dan Crowe, Key Chambers
Seyi Onitiri, Key Chambers
Dan Shillington, Key Chambers
Junior Counsel – Recommended
Ben Jullienne, Key Chambers
Marco Nesbeth, Sir James Martin Chambers
Jamie Ronald, Burley Griffin Chambers
Wayne Sharwood, Key Chambers
Katie Weir, Key Chambers
2023 edition published October 2023
Senior Counsel – Recommended
John Purnell SC, Jeffrey Miles Chambers
Steven Whybrow SC, Key Chambers
Junior Counsel – Leading
Dan Crowe, Key Chambers
Andrew Muller, Key Chambers
Dan Shillington, Key Chambers
Junior Counsel – Recommended
Josie Dempster, Key Chambers
Ben Jullienne, Key Chambers
Seyi Onitiri, Key Chambers
Katie Weir, Key Chambers
2022 edition published October 2022
Junior Counsel – Leading
Dan Crowe, Key Chambers
Andrew Muller, Key Chambers
Junior Counsel – Recommended
Josie Dempster, Key Chambers
Seyi Onitiri, Key Chambers
Karl Pattenden, Key Chambers
Wayne Sharwood, Key Chambers
Dan Shillington, Key Chambers
Steven Whybrow, Key Chambers
Peter Woulfe, Blackburn Chambers
2021 edition published October 2021
Senior Counsel – Recommended
John Purnell SC, Jeffrey Miles Chambers
Lesley Whalan SC, Burley Griffin Chambers
Junior Counsel – Leading
Dan Crowe, Key Chambers
Andrew Muller, Key Chambers
Junior Counsel – Recommended
Josie Dempster, Key Chambers
Seyi Onitiri, Key Chambers
Wayne Sharwood, Key Chambers
Dan Shillington, Key Chambers
Steven Whybrow, Key Chambers
Peter Woulfe, Blackburn Chambers
2020 edition published September 2020
Senior Counsel – Recommended
John Purnell SC,Jeffrey Miles Chambers
Lesley Whalan SC, Burley Griffin Chambers
Junior Counsel – Leading
Dan Crowe, Key Chambers
Andrew Muller, Key Chambers
Junior Counsel – Recommended
Seyi Onitiri, Key Chambers
Wayne Sharwood, Key Chambers
Dan Shillington, Key Chambers
Steven Whybrow, Key Chambers
2019 edition published October 2019
Senior Counsel – Recommended
John Purnell SC, Jeffrey Miles Chambers
Junior Counsel – Leading
Andrew Muller, Key Chambers
Junior Counsel – Recommended
Dan Crowe, Key Chambers
Wayne Sharwood, Key Chambers
Dan Shillington, Key Chambers


