Gabrielle Bashir SC
Admitted as a legal practitioner in 1996
Admitted as a barrister in 2000 Appointed Senior Counsel in 2014 Gabrielle Bashir SC is a senior criminal lawyer practising at all levels of the justice system- the High Court, Court of Criminal Appeal, Supreme Court, District Court and Local Court. She has appeared in many notable matters at both trial and appellate level and in high-profile matters. Her expertise includes complex Federal criminal cases such as allegations of cartel conduct, foreign bribery, tax fraud, insider trading, and State cases such as homicide, major drug importations and supply, firearms offences and personal violence matters. Gabrielle is a past President of the Bar Association of NSW, a former Director of the Law Council of Australia, the Australian Bar Association and of Forbes Chambers, and former co-Chair and member of both State and National Criminal Law Committees and member of Working Parties on the overrepresentation of Indigenous Persons in Custody. She was frequently called on to give expert evidence on the operation of proposed laws before parliamentary committees, at both Commonwealth and State level on behalf of the Law Council and the NSW Bar Association. Gaby represents indigent accused and those most vulnerable in the community, including mentally ill persons and children. She has been responsible for the overturning of many convictions as miscarriages of justice on appeal, including following inquiries. She represented the family of Tori Johnson who was tragically killed in the Lindt Café Siege at the inquest, amongst several other notable inquests where she has appeared as counsel assisting and for interested parties. She has appeared as junior and later senior counsel on seminal cases in relation to the right to silence, appeals from acquittals, double jeopardy, Crown appeals, procedural fairness and apprehended bias matters, fresh evidence cases and acted in the seminal case on disadvantage for First Nations persons in sentencing, Bugmy v The Queen. Under her stewardship as President of the NSW Bar, positive duties and updated best practice guidelines were introduced, underpinning cultural change at the bar. Gaby also practices in administrative and public law cases, judicial review, proceeds of crime litigation, high risk offender matters, supervision and detention order applications, commissions of inquiry and disciplinary matters. She represents and advises corporations, defendants, witnesses and victims of crime in criminal investigations, prosecutions and defences. Gaby is an Adjunct Professor in the School of Law, Justice and Criminology, Faculty of Law and Justice at the University of New South Wales. Principal areas of practice
Recent cases of note Court of Criminal Appeal, Court of Appeal, High Court
Recent Inquiries, Inquests and Review of decisions relating to the same
For further details or inquiries regarding Gabrielle Bashir’s areas of expertise, fees and terms of engagement, please contact her Clerk. CONTACT HERE |
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