Kirsten Edwards SCBA LLB (Hons) (ANU) (1996) LLM (Yale) (2000)
Admitted as a legal practitioner 1999 Admitted to the Bar 2009 Appointed senior counsel in 2023 Download CV E : [email protected] Kirsten has a criminal practice which includes regular appearances in the Local Court, District Court, Court of Criminal Appeal and the High Court with a particular focus on appellate work, including in the ACT, NT, Victoria and South Australia. Kirsten’s appearances in the High Court include significant cases in evidence law such as IMM, Hughes, Shi, Kadir & Grech and AR, in criminal law including Dansie and Mitchell and, inrelation to DNA evidence, Forbes and Aytugrul. Kirsten also has a national practice in coronial inquests. She appears as Counsel Assisting the Coroner and on behalf of families, government departments and private parties, particularly medical professionals and sporting groups. Her current matters include the inquests into the death of Kumanjayi White in Alice Springs and the death of Audrey Griffin in Gosford, NSW. Kirsten has appeared in several matters as Counsel Assisting the Conduct Division of the Judicial Commission. She is currently Senior Counsel assisting the LECC inquiry into the Town Hall protest relating to the visit of President Herzog of Israel on 9 February 2026. Her other inquiry work includes appearing in the Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion (current), the “Bushfires Royal Commission” into National Natural Disaster Arrangements and the ‘Sofronoff Inquiry’ into the ACT criminal justice system. She has appeared in several ICAC hearings and before disciplinary bodies and NCAT on behalf of individuals and bodies including the Bar Association. Kirsten is an Adjunct Associate Professor at the School of Law, Society & Criminology, Faculty of Law & Justice at the University of New South Wales (UNSW). She has also lectured in evidence law at the University of Sydney Law School and UTS Law School. Before coming to the Bar, Kirsten graduated with First Class Honours from ANU Law Faculty, was an Associate to Justice Michael Kirby in the High Court and completed a Masters in Law at Yale Law School as a Fulbright Scholar. From 2003-2006 she worked at the Legal Aid Commission as a criminal defence solicitor and in 2006-2009 Kirsten was a Solicitor Advocate at the Crown Solicitor’s Office (Inquiries and Criminal Law). In 2005 Kirsten spent 6 months working with the Innocence Project in the USA for prisoners on death row and serving sentences of life without parole. Principal areas of Practice
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