Trial Advocacy coaching faculty

The faculty comprises Judges, international and Australian senior and junior counsel and voice and performance coaches.  They include ...

• Grant Algie SC

  South Australian Bar
  

  Grant's South Australian practice is in criminal law and general advocacy. He was called to the Bar in 1991 and appointed a Senior Counsel in 2009.

  

• William Alstergren SC

  Victorian Bar
  

  Will Alstergren is a member of the Victorian Bar and has a general commercial litigation practice. His particular areas of experience include general commercial, securities, insolvency, intellectual property and restraint of trade. Will is presently the Treasurer of the Victorian Bar.

  

• Julia Baird SC

  New South Wales Bar
  

  Julia came to the NSW Bar in 1992 and was appointed Silk in 2008. Julia's particular areas of specialty include copyright, designs, patents, trade marks, confidential information, restraint of trade, information technology, licensing, trade practices, misleading and deceptive conduct and marketing law.

  

• Craig Colvin SC

  West Australian Bar
  

  Craig is the current President of the Australian Bar Association and past President of the West Australian Bar. He was called to the Bar in 1984 and was appointed Senior Counsel in 2001. He has a wide practice, including administrative and constitutional, commercial, competition, corporations, equity and mining law.

  

• Lucy Cornell

  Voice coach
  

  Lucy is an accredited Linklater Voice Teacher. Lucy also holds a Masters of Applied Science in Voice Research (USyd), Bachelor of Arts and Education (UNSW) and a Licentiate Diploma from the Trinity College of London. Lucy is the principal of Voice Coach and provides training to corporate and private clients.

  

• Rodney Garratt QC

  Victorian Bar
  

  In 1983 Rodney signed the roll of counsel in Melbourne. He was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1996. Rodney has a wide commercial practice, the principal areas of which are equity, contract law, trade practices and intellectual property. He is also an Accredited Mediator.

  

• Edwin Glasgow CBE QC

  Bar of England and Wales
  

  Edwin Glasgow CBE QC was called to the Bar in 1969, took Silk in 1987 and is Bencher of Grays Inn. He specialises in all areas of commercial and common law litigation and has been involved in many public inquiries. He was made CBE in 1999. He has served as Chairman of the Advocacy Training Council for the Bar of England and Wales.

  

• Philip Greenwood SC

  New South Wales Bar
  

  Philip has a general civil and commercial practice. He took Silk in 1997. He is a Life Member of the NSW Bar Association, Council member of the ABA and Chairman of the Advocacy Training Council.

  

• Chris Gudsell QC

  New Zealand Bar
  

  Chris has practised at the Independent Bar since 1995. He has a general practice but works principally in civil, commercial cases. He was called to the Inner Bar in 2007. Chris is currently one of the Vice-Presidents of the New Zealand Bar Association.

  

• Justice Elizabeth Hollingworth

  Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria
  

  Justice Hollingworth was appointed as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria in June 2004. She was called to the Victorian Bar in 1991, after practising for four years as a solicitor, and was appointed Senior Counsel in 2002.

  

• Jacqueline Julyan SC

  Durban Bar, South Africa
  

  Jaqueline practises at the Durban Bar and also has chambers in London. She joined the Bar in 1989 and was appointed Senior Counsel in 2004. Her practice focuses on family law matters. She is a member of the IBA and has held acting appointments as a Judge of the High Court of South Africa.

  

• Ben Katekar

  New South Wales Bar
  

  Ben was admitted as a solicitor in 1991, and was called to the Bar in 2003. He has a general commercial practice, which also covers insolvency, intellectual property, equity and insurance.

  

• Caroline Kirton SC

  Victorian Bar
  

  Caroline commenced practice in 1990. She has a general commercial practice that includes contract, equity, property, banking and finance and trade practices. She also specialises in construction law appearing regularly at the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal. Caroline is also a nationally accredited mediator.

  

• Justice Megan Latham

  Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales
  

  Justice Latham was appointed a Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales in 2005 after serving seven years as a District Court Judge. In her professional practice as a barrister, she was NSW Crown Advocate, Director of Criminal Law Review Division and a Crown Prosecutor.

  

• The Hon. Kevin Lindgren QC

  Former Justice of the Federal Court of Australia
  

  Kevin was appointed to the Federal Court of Australia in July 1994. After a career in academia, Kevin practised at the Sydney Bar for ten years before his appointment, mainly in the area of commercial law. After retiring from the Federal Court, Kevin served as an acting Justice in the NSW Supreme Court.

  

• Justice Ken Martin

  Justice of the Supreme Court of Western Australia
  

  Justice Ken Martin is a Justice of the Supreme Court of Western Australia. Prior to His Honour's appointment, he had a career spanning more than 30 years and worked as a Queen's Counsel for 12 years. His Honour was also the former President and Councillor of the Law Society of Western Australia.

  

• Corrina May

  Movement + Voice coach
  

  Corinna is a New York actress, playwright and designated Linklater voice teacher. She has taught at MIT, SUNY Albany, SUNY New Paltz, Circle-in-the-Square, Fordham University, Simon’s Rock of Bard University, and in 2006-2007 was an Assistant Professor of Voice and Acting at Syracuse University.

  

• Josephine O'Reilly

  Performance Coach
  

  Jo's training is in arts, communications and Opera. As a performance coach, her focus is on presence and impact. Jo works with individuals or groups to discuss and practice delivery skills to ensure that content, voice and non verbal communication are aligned to the desired perception and maximise impact.

  

• Jason Pennell

  Victorian Bar
  

  Jason was admitted to the Bar in 1999 and has extensive commercial and general litigation experience. He practises in all jurisdictions with a particular emphasis on commercial, banking and insolvency and trade practices law.

  

• Michael Stewart SC

  Queensland Bar
  

  Michael commenced practice in Brisbane in 1986 and took Silk in 2000. His practice encompasses all aspects of the commercial field, specialising in competition and intellectual property disputes. He is President of the Australian Bar Association and the immediate past President of the Queensland Bar.

  

• Les Taylor

  New Zealand Bar
  

  Les was admitted to the Bar in New Zealand in 1981. He has extensive commercial litigation experience as both a solicitor and a barrister, and also practises in insurance, construction, maritime, banking, environment and employment law.

  

• Ian Temby AO QC

  New South Wales Bar
  

  Ian went to the Bar in Perth in 1978 and was appointed Queen’s Counsel in 1980. He was the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions and then Commissioner of NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption. He resumed private practice in Sydney in 1994 and was awarded Officer in the Order of Australia in 2004.

  

• Raelene Webb QC

  Northern Territory Bar
  

  Raelene is currently the President of the Northern Territory Bar Association. Raelene commenced practice at the private Bar in 1999 and was appointed Queen’s Counsel in 2004. Raelene’s main areas of practice are appellate advocacy, constitutional law, Aboriginal land rights and native title, and mining law.

  

• Christopher Whitcutt SC

  Johannesburg Bar, South Africa
  

  Christopher was called to the Bar in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1995, and was appointed Senior Counsel in 2011. His area of practice is general commercial law, specialising in the law relating to restraints of trade and unlawful competition. His practice also includes company law and mining law matters.

  

• Josh Wilson SC

  Victorian Bar
  

  Josh practises in Supreme Courts throughout Australia and in the Federal Court of Australia, predominately in major commercial and equity cases, both at trial and at appellate level. He took Silk in 2008 and holds a PhD in extradition law.