The Brief:
NSW Bar appoints 23 new silks
Women make up nearly one in three of this year’s appointments
23 NSW barristers will now wear silk robes, with the NSW Bar Association president Dominic Toomey SC announcing the appointment of 23 new SCs to the bar.
The fresh senior counsels were drawn from across the state’s top chambers.
The breakdown
Of the 122 barristers who applied, 101 were men and 21 were women. 17% of male applicants and 29% of female applicants were successful.
There are now 404 NSW barristers holding silk, with women making up 16.3% of the total.
The new silks
Eric Balodis — Crown Prosecutors Chambers
Lyndelle Barnett — Level 22 Chambers
Victoria Brigden - 8th Floor Selborne Chambers
Joanna Davison — Sixth Floor Selbourne / Wentworth Chambers
Scott Fraser — Public Defenders Chambers
Adam Hochroth — Banco Chambers
David Hughes — 7 Wentworth Selborne
David Hume — Sixth Floor Selbourne / Wentworth Chambers
Elliot Hyde — Banco Chambers
Oliver Jones — Eleven Wentworth
Bora Kaplan — 9th Floor Wentworth Chambers
Daniel Klineberg — 8th Floor Selborne Chambers
Peter Lange — Maurice Byers Chambers
Brendan Lim — Eleven Wentworth
Scott Maybury — Jack Shand Chambers
Daniel Neggo — University Chambers
Elizabeth Nicholson — Crown Prosecutors Chambers
Tom Quilter — Public Defenders Chambers
Julia Roy — Sixth Floor Selbourne / Wentworth Chambers
Joanne Shepard — 12 Wentworth Selborne Chambers
Turvey To — Sir Anthony Mason Chambers
Daniel Tynan — 12 Wentworth Selborne Chambers
David Weinberger — 9th Floor Wentworth Chambers