_Scott Corish

Admitted as a practitioner in NSW in 1991.
Admitted in the NT in 1995.
NSW Law Society Accredited Specialist in Criminal Law in 1997.
Admitted as a NSW barrister in 1998.

Scott has practiced exclusively in criminal law as a solicitor then barrister, since the early 1990’s. Scott has appeared in trials and appeals, including murder and manslaughter, in the Supreme and Districts Courts of NSW, Western Australia and the Northern Territory.

Scott initially worked as a solicitor in Sydney, then from 1993 to 1995 with the WALS in the west of NSW; 1995 & 1996 with the NAALAS in Darwin; 1997 & 1998, with Southern & Western Regional Aboriginal Corp. for Justice in the west of Sydney and as principal solicitor; then to the bar in Sydney.


Principal areas of practice

• Supreme and District Court trials
• Summary hearings
• Criminal appeals
• Inquests, inquiries and tribunals
• Sentences

Some cases of note

Scott has appeared in many trials and appeals in NSW and others jurisdictions, including:

In New South Wales:

• Alomalu v R [2012] NSWCCA 255
• McKey v R [2012] NSWCCA 1; 219 A Crim R 227
• Khamis v R [2010] NSWCCA 179; 203 A Crim R 121
• Woodbridge v R [2010] NSWCCA 185; 208 A Crim R 503
• Sieders v R; Somsri v R [2008] NSWCCA 187; 72 NSWLR 417
• Appearing as junior with Paul Byrne SC in Grey v R (2001) 75 ALJR 593 (prosecution disclosure) and Smith v R [2001] 206 CLR 650 (identification)

In the Northern Territory:

• R v Stokes & Tomlins [1997] NTCCA 37; 138 FLR 137
• The Queen v SG [2011] NTSC 44; 29 NTLR 157; 250 FLR 337; 210 A Crim R 366
• The Queen v Roberts [2009] NTSC 44; 25 NTLR 92; 158 NTR 1
• R v Age [2011] NTSC 104; 257 FLR 85
• RP v The Queen [2008] NTCCA 8;
• Hankin v The Queen [2009] NTCCA 11; 25 NTLR 110

In Western Australia:

• Victor -v- The State of WA [2011] WASCA 94
• Ward -v- The State of WA [2011] WASCA 172; 211 A Crim R 472

Legal Aid NSW Specialist Barristers' Panels for Complex Criminal matters and Appellate matters.

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



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