The 2026 listing of leading NSW Workplace Health & Safety Law Firms details firms practising within the areas of workplace and occupational health and safety matters in the New South Wales legal market who have been identified by the state’s employment law barristers and solicitors for their expertise and abilities in these areas.
First Tier
Ashurst
Kingston Reid
Seyfarth
Second Tier
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
Sparke Helmore
Third Tier
Hamilton Locke
MinterEllison
Recommended
Bartier Perry
HWL Ebsworth
Lander & Rogers
McCullough Robertson
Pinsent Mason
Thomson Geer
Wotton + Kearney
Previous editions
2025 edition published February 2025
First Tier
Ashurst
Kingston Reid
Seyfarth
Second Tier
Herbert Smith Freehills
Sparke Helmore
Third Tier
Hamilton Locke
MinterEllison
Recommended
Bartier Perry
Clayton Utz
Colin Biggers & Paisley
Holding Redlich
HWL Ebsworth
Lander & Rogers
Thomson Geer
Wotton + Kearney
2024 edition published March 2024
First Tier
Ashurst
Kingston Reid
Seyfarth
Second Tier
Herbert Smith Freehills
Sparke Helmore
Third Tier
Clayton Utz
MinterEllison
Recommended
Bartier Perry
Clyde & Co
Colin Biggers & Paisley
Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Hamilton Locke
Holding Redlich
HWL Ebsworth
Lander & Rogers
McCullough Robertson
Thomson Geer
Worldsafe Legal
2023 edition published March 2023
First Tier
Kingston Reid
Seyfarth
Second Tier
Ashurst
Clyde & Co
Herbert Smith Freehills
Sparke Helmore
Third Tier
Clayton Utz
McCullough Robertson
MinterEllison
Recommended
Bartier Perry
Colin Biggers & Paisley
Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Holding Redlich
HWL Ebsworth
Lander & Rogers
Thomson Geer
Worldsafe Legal
2022 edition published February 2022
First Tier
Ashurst
Seyfarth
Second Tier
Clyde & Co
Herbert Smith Freehills
Kingston Reid
Sparke Helmore
Third Tier
Clayton Utz
McCullough Robertson
MinterEllison
Recommended
Bartier Perry
Colin Biggers & Paisley
Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Holding Redlich
HWL Ebsworth
Lander & Rogers
Moray & Agnew
Norton Rose Fulbright
Thomson Geer
2021 edition published March 2021
First Tier
Ashurst
Seyfarth
Second Tier
Clyde & Co
Herbert Smith Freehills
Kingston Reid
McCullough Robertson
Sparke Helmore
Third Tier
Clayton Utz
MinterEllison
Recommended
Australian Business Lawyers & Advisors
Bartier Perry
Colin Biggers & Paisley
Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Holding Redlich
HWL Ebsworth
Lander & Rogers
Moray & Agnew
Norton Rose Fulbright
Thomson Geer
2020 edition published February 2020
First Tier
Ashurst
Seyfarth
Second Tier
Clyde & Co
Herbert Smith Freehills
McCullough Robertson
Sparke Helmore
Third Tier
Clayton Utz
Kingston Reid
MinterEllison
Norton Rose Fulbright
Recommended
Australian Business Lawyers & Advisors
Bartier Perry
Colin Biggers & Paisley
Corrs Chambers Westgarth
HWL Ebsworth
Lander & Rogers
Thomson Geer
2019 edition published February 2019
First Tier
Ashurst
Clyde & Co
Seyfarth Shaw
Second Tier
Herbert Smith Freehills
McCullough Robertson
Third Tier
Clayton Utz
K&L Gates
MinterEllison
Sparke Helmore
Recommended
Australian Business Lawyers & Advisors
Carroll & O'Dea
Colin Biggers & Paisley
Corrs Chambers Westgarth
HWL Ebsworth
Lander & Rogers
Norton Rose Fulbright
Thomson Geer
2018 edition published February 2018
First Tier
Ashurst
Clyde & Co
K&L Gates
Seyfarth Shaw
Second Tier
Herbert Smith Freehills
Sparke Helmore
Third Tier
Clayton Utz
Corrs Chambers Westgarth
McCullough Robertson
MinterEllison
Recommended
Australian Business Lawyers & Advisors
Holding Redlich
HWL Ebsworth
Lander & Rogers
Norton Rose Fulbright
2017 edition published February 2017
First Tier
Ashurst
Clyde & Co
K&L Gates
Seyfarth Shaw
Second Tier
Henry Davis York
Herbert Smith Freehills
Sparke Helmore
Third Tier
Corrs Chambers Westgarth
MinterEllison
Recommended
DibbsBarker
HWL Ebsworth
Norton Rose Fulbright
2016 edition published February 2016
Leading
Ashurst
K&L Gates
Seyfarth Shaw
Sparke Helmore
Recommended
Clyde & Co
Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Henry Davis York
Herbert Smith Freehills
HWL Ebsworth
Minter Ellison