The 2025 listing of leading New South Wales Insurance & Personal Injury Senior Counsel details counsel practising within the areas of insurance, personal injuries and professional indemnity matters in the Insurance legal market who have been identified by the state’s defendant insurance and plaintiff personal injury lawyers for their expertise and abilities in these areas. The ranked barristers may act for either or both of defendant insurers or individual plaintiffs/injured persons.
Preeminent
David Hooke SC, Jack Shand Chambers
Richard O’Keefe SC, Maurice Byers Chambers
Dominic Toomey SC, Jack Shand Chambers
Leading
Hilbert Chiu SC, Tenth Floor Chambers
Brian Dooley SC, Fourth Floor Wentworth Chambers
Jason Downing SC, Maurice Byers Chambers
Duncan Graham SC, Maurice Byers Chambers
Larry King SC, Tenth Floor Chambers
Andrew Stone SC, Sir Anthony Mason Chambers
Recommended
David Campbell SC, 11th Floor Garfield Barwick Chambers
Perry Herzfeld SC, Eleven Wentworth Chambers
Paresh Khandhar SC, Frederick Jordan Chambers
Scott Maybury SC, Jack Shand Chambers
Jeremy Morris SC, Jack Shand Chambers
Geoffrey Parker SC, Sir Anthony Mason Chambers
Dominic Priestley SC, New Chambers
Peter Semmler KC, Eleventh Floor Garfield Barwick Chambers
Julian Sexton SC, Tenth Floor Chambers
Robert Sheldon SC, Frederick Jordan Chambers
Michael Windsor SC, 13 Wentworth Chambers
Previous editions
2024 edition published November 2024
Preeminent
David Hooke SC, Jack Shand Chambers
Larry King SC, William Deane Chambers
Andrew Stone SC, Sir Anthony Mason Chambers
Dominic Toomey SC, Jack Shand Chambers
Leading
Brian Dooley SC, Fourth Floor Wentworth Chambers
Michael Fordham SC, 12 Selborne Wentworth Chambers
Paresh Khandhar SC, Frederick Jordan Chambers
Richard O'Keefe SC, Maurice Byers Chambers
John Turnbull SC, Ninth Floor Windeyer Chambers
Recommended
David Campbell SC, 11th Floor Garfield Barwick Chambers
Jason Downing SC, Maurice Byers Chambers
Duncan Graham SC, Maurice Byers Chambers
Peter Mooney SC, Jack Shand Chambers
Geoffrey Parker SC, Sir Anthony Mason Chambers
Peter Semmler KC, Eleventh Floor Garfield Barwick Chambers
Robert Sheldon SC, Frederick Jordan Chambers
2023 edition published October 2023
Preeminent
John Catsanos SC, Henry Parkes Chambers
David Hooke SC, Jack Shand Chambers
Larry King SC, William Deane Chambers
Andrew Stone SC, Sir James Martin Chambers
Dominic Toomey SC, Jack Shand Chambers
Leading
David Campbell SC, 11th Floor Garfield Barwick Chambers
Brian Dooley SC, Fourth Floor Wentworth Chambers
Duncan Graham SC, Maurice Byers Chambers
Paresh Khandhar SC, Frederick Jordan Chambers
Recommended
Jason Downing SC, Maurice Byers Chambers
Hugh Marshall SC, Jack Shand Chambers
Peter Mooney SC, Jack Shand Chambers
Richard O'Keefe SC, Maurice Byers Chambers
Geoffrey Parker SC, Sir Anthony Mason Chambers
Peter Semmler KC
Robert Sheldon SC, Frederick Jordan Chambers
John Turnbull SC, Ninth Floor Windeyer Chambers
2022 edition published November 2022
Preeminent
John Catsanos SC, Henry Parkes Chambers
David Hooke SC, Jack Shand Chambers
Larry King SC, William Deane Chambers
Andrew Stone SC, Sir James Martin Chambers
Leading
Brian Dooley SC, Fourth Floor Wentworth Chambers
Paresh Khandhar SC, Frederick Jordan Chambers
Keith Rewell SC, Jack Shand Chambers
Dominic Toomey SC, Jack Shand Chambers
Recommended
David Campbell SC, 11th Floor Garfield Barwick Chambers
Michael Cranitch SC, State Chambers
Duncan Graham SC, Maurice Byers Chambers
Peter Mooney SC, Jack Shand Chambers
Eugene Romaniuk SC, Jack Shand Chambers
Robert Sheldon SC, Frederick Jordan Chambers
John Turnbull SC, Ninth Floor Windeyer Chambers
2021 edition published November 2021
Preeminent
Anthony Black SC, Elizabeth St Chambers
John Catsanos SC, Henry Parkes Chambers
David Hooke SC, Jack Shand Chambers
Larry King SC, William Deane Chambers
Andrew Stone SC, Sir James Martin Chambers
Leading
Michael Cranitch SC, State Chambers
Duncan Graham SC, Maurice Byers Chambers
Paresh Khandhar SC, Frederick Jordan Chambers
Peter Mooney SC, Jack Shand Chambers
Keith Rewell SC, Jack Shand Chambers
Eugene Romaniuk SC, Jack Shand Chambers
Dominic Toomey SC, Jack Shand Chambers
Recommended
David Campbell SC, 11th Floor Garfield Barwick Chambers
Brian Dooley SC, Fourth Floor Wentworth Chambers
William Fitzsimmons SC, Ninth Floor Windeyer Chambers
Andrew Morrison SC, Wardell Chambers
Peter Semmler QC, Sir James Martin Chambers
Julian Sexton SC, Tenth Floor Chambers
Robert Sheldon SC, Lawson Place Chambers
John Turnbull SC, Ninth Floor Windeyer Chambers
Michael Windsor SC, 13th Floor Wentworth/Selborne Chambers
2020 edition published October 2020
Preeminent
Anthony Black SC, Elizabeth St Chambers
Andrew Stone SC, Sir James Martin Chambers
Leading
John Catsanos SC, Henry Parkes Chambers
Michael Cranitch SC, State Chambers
David Hooke SC, Jack Shand Chambers
Paresh Khandhar SC, Frederick Jordan Chambers
Larry King SC, William Deane Chambers
Peter Mooney SC, Jack Shand Chambers
Keith Rewell SC, Jack Shand Chambers
Eugene Romaniuk SC, Jack Shand Chambers
Dominic Toomey SC, Jack Shand Chambers
Recommended
Anthony Bartley SC, Elizabeth St Chambers
David Campbell SC, 11th Floor Garfield Barwick Chambers
Nicholas Chen SC, Tenth Floor Chambers
Brian Dooley SC, Fourth Floor Wentworth Chambers
William Fitzsimmons SC, Ninth Floor Windeyer Chambers
Duncan Graham SC, Maurice Byers Chambers
Andrew Morrison SC, Wardell Chambers
Peter Semmler QC, Sir James Martin Chambers
Julian Sexton SC, Tenth Floor Chambers
Robert Sheldon SC, Lawson Place Chambers
John Turnbull SC, Ninth Floor Windeyer Chambers
Michael Windsor SC, 13th Floor Wentworth/Selborne Chambers
2019 edition published November 2019
Preeminent
Stuart Donaldson SC, Ground Floor Wentworth Chambers
Larry King SC, William Deane Chambers
Andrew Stone SC, Sir James Martin Chambers
Geoffrey Watson SC, New Chambers
Leading
Anthony Black SC, Elizabeth St Chambers
John Catsanos SC, Henry Parkes Chambers
Nicholas Chen SC, Tenth Floor Chambers
David Hooke SC, Jack Shand Chambers
Paresh Khandhar SC, Frederick Jordan Chambers
Nicholas Polin SC, Fourth Floor Wentworth Chambers
Keith Rewell SC, Jack Shand Chambers
John Turnbull SC, Ninth Floor Windeyer Chambers
David Williams SC, Nine Wentworth Chambers
Michael Windsor SC, 13th Floor Wentworth/Selborne Chambers
Recommended
Anthony Bartley SC, Elizabeth St Chambers
David Campbell SC, 11th Floor Garfield Barwick Chambers
Duncan Graham SC, Maurice Byers Chambers
Peter Mooney SC, Jack Shand Chambers
Peter Morris SC, Ground Floor Wentworth Chambers
Eugene Romaniuk, SC, Jack Shand Chambers
Peter Semmler QC, Sir James Martin Chambers
Robert Sheldon SC, Lawson Place Chambers
Dominic Toomey SC, Jack Shand Chambers
2018 edition published November 2018
Preeminent
Richard Cavanagh SC, Edmund Barton Chambers
Stuart Donaldson SC, Ground Floor Wentworth Chambers
David Hooke SC, Jack Shand Chambers
John Turnbull SC, Ninth Floor Windeyer Chambers
Leading
Anthony Black SC, Elizabeth St Chambers
Nicholas Chen SC, Tenth Floor Chambers
Larry King SC, William Deane Chambers
Nicholas Polin SC, Fourth Floor Wentworth Chambers
Keith Rewell SC, Jack Shand Chambers
Andrew Stone SC, Sir James Martin Chambers
Geoffrey Watson SC, New Chambers
David Williams SC, Nine Wentworth Chambers
Recommended
David Campbell SC, 11th Floor Garfield Barwick Chambers
Richard Cheney SC, Greenway Chambers
Michael Fordham SC, 12th Floor Selborne/Wentworth Chambers
Simon Harben SC, Hunter St Chambers
Duncan Graham SC, Maurice Byers Chambers
Michael Jones SC, 7 Wentworth Selborne
Jeremy Morris SC, 13th Floor St James Hall
Peter Morris SC, Ground Floor Wentworth Chambers
Edward Muston SC, 7 Wentworth Selborne
Robert Sheldon SC, Lawson Place Chambers
Michael Windsor SC, 13th Floor Wentworth/Selborne Chambers