Admitted to the Bar 2026 (NSW)
Appointed Queens Counsel 2020
Experience
Tim has over 20 years’ experience as counsel, with particular expertise in regulatory and enforcement law, public law and appellate litigation. He appears regularly in the High Court and intermediate appellate courts, as well as other courts and tribunals throughout Australia.
He appears in appeals, test cases and other matters involving complex questions of statutory construction, privileges and immunities, inquiries and compulsory powers, criminal law issues, Parliament, administrative law, intentional torts and constitutional law.
With extensive experience acting in complex investigations civil regulatory litigation. He has appeared in civil penalty proceedings for all leading Commonwealth regulators, covering commercial, corporations, consumer, taxation and industrial law. His work includes leading cases in the High Court and other precedent-setting matters.
Tim was appointed as Commonwealth Queen’s Counsel in 2020 and has served as acting Solicitor-General of the Commonwealth. He is a fellow of the Australian Academy of Law and a long-term member of the ACT Bar.
Before coming to the NSW Bar, Tim commenced practice in commercial litigation at Mallesons and then worked at the ACT Director of Public Prosecutions, appearing in a large number of criminal cases. He then developed a counsel practice in public law at AGS, where he became the professional leader of AGS’s national dispute resolution practice.
Principal Areas of Practice
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Commercial Law
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- Administrative Law
- Appellate
- Competition and Consumer
- Corporations and Securities
- Cryptocurrency
- Trade Practices
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Common Law
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- Appellate
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Criminal
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- Appellate
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Industrial/Employment
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- Civil and Human Rights
- Disciplinary Proceedings
- Employment Law
- Government Inquiries
- Investigations
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Inquests and Inquiries
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- Commissions of Inquiry
- Coronial Inquests
- Investigations and Inquiries
- Royal Commissions
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Public and Administrative Law
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- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Appellate
- Constitutional Law
- Disciplinary Proceedings
- Judicial review and administrative law
- Public law
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Taxation and Revenue
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- Appellate
Sectors
Banks & Financial Services, Defence, Government, Industrials,