Philip Strickland SC

Appointed Senior Counsel in 2005
Admitted as a Barrister to the Supreme Court of New South Wales in 1991
Admitted as a Solicitor to the Supreme Court of New South Wales in 1989


Philip is a Senior Counsel at Forbes Chambers. Maintaining a diverse national practice, Philip practices principally in New South Wales. With considerable experience in judge-only and jury trials and appeals, Philip regularly appears in the Court of Criminal Appeal, as well as the Supreme, District and Local Courts of New South Wales, and administrative tribunals. He has also appeared in the High Court of Australia.

Having appeared in a number of high profile trials, Philip has considerable experience, and has developed specialist knowledge and expertise in a broad range of areas, including criminal law, corporate crime, administrative law, disciplinary proceedings, Commissions of inquiry and inquests, and Work, Health and Safety prosecutions,.  Other areas of particular interest include discrimination law and human rights law.

Principal areas of practice

• Criminal law
• Criminal appeals

• Corporate crime

• Discrimination law
  
• Commissions of inquiry and inquests
• Work, Health and Safety prosecutions
  
• Professional disciplinary matters
  
• Administrative and public law
• Human Rights law

Qualifications

• Master Advocates Course: National Institute for Trial Advocacy at Berkley, California, USA - 1993
• Bachelor of Laws: University of Sydney - 1988
• Bachelor of Economics (First Class Honours): University of Sydney - 1985

Professional Experience

• 2015 - present        Barrister at Forbes Chambers
• 2001 - 2015            Barrister at Maurice Byers Chambers
• 1999 - 2001          Barrister at Northern Australian Aboriginal Legal Service                             and Northern Territory DPP
• 1996 - 1999             Barrister at Forbes Chambers
• 1991 - 1996              Barrister at Samuel Griffith Chambers

Philip has advised and appeared in matters such as the following.

• Appearing for defendants in over 100 jury trials in New South Wales and the Northern Territory
  
  
• Appearing on behalf of appellants and respondents in the Court of Criminal Appeal in NSW in over 100 cases in Crown appeals and appeals of convictions and sentences, as well as interlocutory applications
  
  
• Appearing for the Crown Prosecutor for the Commonwealth and New South Wales Director of Public Prosecutions in New South Wales and the Northern Territory
  
  
• Appearing on behalf of accused persons in complex tax fraud trials and appeals, and in relation to other white-collar crimes, including money laundering and insider trading
  
  
• Acting on behalf of accused persons in relation to indictable matters, such as murder, manslaughter, sexual offences and drug trafficking trials and appeals
  
  
• Appearing for prosecution and defendants in Work, Health and Safety prosecutions
  
  
• Appearing in administrative tribunals, such as NCAT
  
  
• Acting as Counsel for and against the Health Care Complaints Commission in disciplinary proceedings regarding medical practitioners
  
  
• Appearing as Counsel Assisting and on behalf of persons of interest in Coronial Inquests in NSW and the Northern Territory and Commissions of Inquiry, including the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse
  
  
• Advising and appearing as Counsel Assisting in relation to matters before the Judicial Commission of New South Wales
  
  
• Advising and appearing in discrimination and human rights matters
  
  
• Advising and appearing in criminal and civil regulatory matters

Some cases of note

        Criminal Trials and Appeals

• Appeared for successful appellant in ALS v R [2015] NSWCCA 70 – verdict of acquittal on basis of unreasonable verdict
  
  
• Appeared for partially successful appellant in NSW Court of Criminal Appeal in R v Sellar; R v McCarthy [2015] NSWCCA 76.  The case concerned the unlawful dissemination of evidence given at compulsory examination of appellant before the Australian Crime Commission
  
  
• Appeared for successful respondent in R v Bugmy No 2 [2014] NSWCCA 322 – remitter from High Court. The case concerned social deprivation of an Aboriginal offender
  
  
• Appeared for successful respondent in Regina v De La Rosa [2010] NSWCCA 194. Five Judge bench  in NSW Court of Criminal Appeal involving purported inconsistency between federal and State sentencing laws
  
  
• Appeared for successful appellant in Livermore v R [2006] NSWCCA 334. Leading case on duties of prosecutor
  
  
  Commissions of Inquiry and Inquests
  
  
• Appeared for the Honourable Eric Roozendaal in an Inquiry by Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) – ‘Operation Spicer’ - 2014
  
  
• Appeared as Counsel Assisting ICAC in ‘Operation Tilga’ – investigation into corruption in security industry and public authorities - 2013
  
  
• Appeared as Counsel Assisting in Inquest into disappearance of Belinda Peisley - 2013
  
  
• Appeared as Counsel Assisting in Inquest into the deaths
  of Skropeta and Wyburn - 2011
  
  Malicious Prosecutions
  
  
• Appeared for Commonwealth of Australia in malicious prosecution case of Commonwealth of Australia v Patrick and Elizabeth Curry
  
  
• Appeared for Dennis Pattle in Supreme Court of NSW in successful defence against claim for malicious prosecution in Landini v State of NSW [2008] NSWSC 1280 – 2006 - 2008

For further details or enquiries regarding Philip Strickland’s areas of expertise, fees and terms of engagement please contact his Clerk.

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