Policy Agenda

Equitable Briefing Policy

The Law Council’s Equitable Briefing Policy is intended to drive cultural change within the legal profession, support the progression and retention of women barristers, and address the significant pay gap and underrepresentation of women in the superior courts.

The Policy is available for adoption by Barristers and any briefing entity, including organisations and counsel in addition to clients of briefing entities operating in Australia. The selection of counsel is ultimately the decision of the client, and in-house counsel are encouraged to adopt and apply the Policy when instructing briefing entities and making their selections of barristers.

Sign up to the Equitable Briefing Policy

Barristers and Briefing Entities can adopt the Equitable Briefing Policy by completing the following form.

Please note the form requires confirmation on agreeing to the terms and conditions and supplying a company logo (if signing up on behalf of an organisation).

Annual Reporting

In adopting the policy, barristers and briefing entities commit to providing a confidential annual report on their briefing practices and measures taken to implement the Policy to the Law Council by 30 September each year.

The Law Council will subsequently collate the data provided and produce a final report of figures for publication. Data will be aggregated and published information will not disclose identifying information.

The Law Council has developed an online portal to assist Policy adoptees in providing their annual reports following the end of each financial year. The Law Council has also developed the Guidelines to assist to Policy adoptees in reporting requirements.

Reporting 2021-2022

The reporting portal for 2021-2022 is now open;

A copy of the reporting questions can be accessible below, however adoptees of the policy will need to submit their report via the online portal.

To assist you with reporting, the Equitable Briefing Policy Reporting Template and Guidelines provides detailed information on how to how to make a report and includes a reporting template to show the information required.

Review of the Equitable Briefing Policy

The Law Council recently conducted a Review of the Equitable Briefing Policy based on the data collected over the first four years of the Policy. The Review considered matters including whether the reporting targets should be revised, whether the Policy should address additional areas of diversity, and whether the terminology used in the Policy is up-to-date.

In November 2022, the Law Council updated the Policy in accordance with the findings of the Review.

Previous Annual Reports

Organisations that have endorsed the Policy:

Counsel who have adopted the Policy:

Ms Abbie Roodenburg
Mr Adam Casselden SC, Greenway Chambers
Ms Aine Magee KC, Victorian Bar
Mr Albert Monichino, List A Barristers
Ms Alexandra Rose, 12 Wentworth Selborne Chambers
Mr Alistair Wyvill SC, William Forster Chambers
Ms Amanda Carruthers
Ms Amy Hando, Victorian Bar
Ms Anastasia Smietanka, Victorian Bar
Ms Andreia Monteiro, Victorian Bar
Mr Andrew Bell SC, Eleven Wentworth
Mr Andrew Clements KC
Mr Andrew Conley, Victorian Bar
Mr Andrew Kirby, Victorian Bar
Ms Angela Lee, Victorian Bar
Mr Angus Stewart SC
Ms Anna Robertson, Victorian Bar
Ms Anne Sheehan, Victorian Bar
Ms Anne Sibree, Selby Street Chambers
Mr Anthony Eyers, Equus Chambers
Mr Anthony McGrath SC, Alinea Chambers
Mr Anthony Willinge, Francis Burt Chambers
Ms Antoinette Totta, Hall & Wilcox Smarter Law
Ms Aphrodite Kouloubaritsis, Victorian Bar
Mr Arthur Moses SC, New Chambers
Mr Asanka Gunasekera, Francis Burt Chambers
Ms Astrid Haban-Beer, Victorian Bar
Mr Benjamin Jacobs, Greenway Chambers
Mr Benjamin Tomasi, Francis Burt Chambers
Mr Bill Stephenson, Victorian Bar
Mr Brad Penno
Ms Brenda Tronson, Level 22 Chambers
Mr Brian Walters, Victorian Bar
Ms Briana Goding, Victorian Bar
Ms Bronwyn Byrnes, 6 St James Hall Chambers
Ms Caitlin Dwyer, Victorian Bar
Mr Calum Henderson, Victorian Bar
Ms Cam Truong, Victorian Bar
Mr Camerson Murphy, Denman Chambers
Ms Carly Roberton, Victorian Bar
Ms Carly Sluiter, Old Mercury Chambers
Ms Carmella Ben-Simon, Victorian Bar
Ms Carmen Currie, Victorian Bar
Ms Caroline Dawes, Victorian Bar
Ms Carolyn Buchan, Country to Coast Lawyers
Ms Carolyn Moss, Francis Burt Chambers
Ms Catherine Chiang, Bar Association of Queensland
Ms Catherine Dermody, Foley's List
Ms Catherine Gleeson, New Chambers
Ms Catherine Hamilton-Jewell, Alinea Chambers
Ms Cathy Dowsett
Ms Cecily Hollingworth, Victorian Bar
Mr Chad Jacobi, Edmund Barton Chambers
Mr Chester Brown, 7 Wentworth Selborne
Mr Chris Canavan
Mr Chris Carr
Ms Chrissa Loukas SC, Public Defenders Chambers
Ms Christie Jones, Victorian Bar
Ms Christine Melis, NSW Bar
Mr Christoper Caleo KC, Victorian Bar
Mr Christopher Lum, Victorian Bar
Mr Christopher Wood
Ms Claire Harris SC, Victorian Bar
Ms Claire Vinnicombe, Bennett
Ms Clare Dart, Win Paten Chambers
Ms Courtney Ensor, New Chambers
Mr Craig Dowling SC, Foley's List
Mr Craig Lenehan, 5 St James Hall
Mr Dan Star KC, Victorian Bar
Ms Danae Younger, Griffith Chambers
Mr Daniel Aghion
Mr Daniel Bongiorno, Victorian Bar
Mr Daniel Briggs, Victorian Bar
Mr Daniel Clough, Victorian Bar
Mr Daniel Edward Thomas, Level 22 Chambers
Mr Daniel McInerney, Victorian Bar
Mr Daniel Nguyen, Victorian Bar
Ms Danielle Woods, Ground Floor Wentworth Chambers
Mr Darren Ferrari, Victorian Bar
Mr Darren Renton SC, John Toohey Chambers
Mr David Catterns KC, Nigel Bowen Chambers
Mr David Cox, Francis Burt Chambers
Mr David Hooke SC, Jack Shand Chambers
Mr David Klempfner, Foley's List
Mr David McLure SC, New Chambers
Mr David Morgan, List G Barristers
Mr David Neal SC, Victorian Bar
Mr David Purcell SC, Victorian Bar
Mr Dean Guidolin, Aickin Chambers
Ms Deanna Caruso, Victorian Bar
Ms Diana Costaras, Victorian Bar
Ms Diana Price, Victorian Bar
Ms Dominique Hogan-Doran SC
Mr Edward Moon
Mr Edward Muston SC, 7 Wentworth Selborne
Ms Elisa Tringali, 13th Floor St James Hall
Ms Eliza Bergin
Ms Elizabeth Boros, Victorian Bar
Ms Elizabeth Ruddle, Victorian Bar
Ms Elle Nikou Madalin, Victorian Bar
Ms Elly Phelan, 9 Wentworth Chambers
Ms Elspeth Hensler, Francis Burt Chambers
Ms Emily Porter, Victorian Bar
Ms Emma Luck, Francis Burt Chambers
Ms Emma Peppler, Victorian Bar
Ms Erin Gardner, Victorian Bar
Mr Eugene Wheelahan, Victorian Bar
Mr Felicity Blair, Victorian Bar
Ms Ffyona Livingstone Clark, Victorian Bar
Ms Fiona Cameron, Victorian Bar
Ms Fiona Ellis, Victorian Bar
Ms Fiona Knowles, Victorian Bar
Ms Fiona McLeod SC, Victorian Bar
Ms Franceska Leoncio, Victorian Bar
Ms Gabi Crafti, Victorian Bar
Mr Garry Rich SC, 5th Floor St James Hall
Mr George Georgiou, Victorian Bar
Ms Georgia Douglas, Victoria Bar
Ms Georgina Connelly, Victorian Bar
Ms Georgina Rhodes
Ms Geralsine Gray, Victorian Bar
Ms Gillian Walker SC, Murray Chambers
Mr Glenn Dickson
Ms Glenys Jardine
Ms Grace Lawson, Queensland Bar
Mr Greg Antipas, Ground Floor Wentworth Chambers
Mr Greg Laughton SC, 13 Wentworth Selborne Chambers
Mr Gregory Buchhorn, Victorian Bar
Mr Haroon Hassan, Young's List
Mr Harrison Grace, 7 Wentworth Selbourne
Ms Hayley Bennett, New Chambers
Ms Helen Symon KC, Victorian Bar
Ms Helen Tiplady, Victorian Bar
Ms Helena Maria Mann, 7 Wentworth Selbourne Chambers
Ms Holly Jager, Victorian Bar
Ms Holly Stanley, Edmund Barton Chambers
Mr Huw Watkins, Victorian Bar
Mr Ian Freckelton KC
Mr Ian Martindale KC, List A Barristers
Mr Ian Fraser, Frederick Jordan Chambers
Mr Ingmar Taylor SC, Greenway Chambers
Ms Ingrid King, Tenth Floor St James Hall
Ms Irene Watson, University of South Australia
Ms Irina Hoskinson, 3 St James Hall
Mr Ivan Griscti, Level 22 Chambers
Ms Jacinta Forbes KC, Victorian Bar
Mr James Barber, Owen Dixon Chambers
Mr James Ford, Win Paten Chambers
Mr James Healy, Francis Burt Chambers
Mr James Lyons, Byth Chambers
Mr James McDougall, Victorian Bar
Mr James Peters KC
Ms Jane Needham SC, New South Wales Bar
Ms Jane Rawlings
Ms Janelle Kerrisk, Helix Legal
Ms Janet McDonald, Level 22 Chambers
Mr Jarrod Williams, Victorian Bar
Mr Jeff Gleeson
Ms Jennifer Batrouney KC, Victorian Bar
Ms Jennifer Trewhella, Victorian Bar
Ms Jenny Firkin, Victorian Bar
Mr Jeremy Ruskin KC
Ms Jessica Swanwick, Victorian Bar
Ms Jillian Williams, Victorian Bar
Mr Jim Delany KC, Victorian Bar
Ms Jo Shepard, 12 Floor Wentworth Selborne Chambers
Ms Jo-Anne Deuter, Anthony Mason Chambers
Ms Jocelyn Williams, 12 Wentworth Selbourne Chambers
Ms Jodi Steele, 13 Wentworth Selborne Chambers
Mr John Dickie, Victorian Bar
Mr John Leung, Victorian Bar
Mr John Searle, Victorian Bar
Mr John Sheahan KC, 5 Wentworth
Mr John Southalan
Mr Jonathan Evans, Victorian Bar
Mr Jonathan Forbes, Aickin Chambers
Mr Jonathan Kirkwood, Victorian Bar
Mr Jonathon Moore, Victorian Bar
Mr Jonathan Wilkison, Victorian Bar
Ms Julia Baird SC
Ms Julie Granger, 7 Wentworth Selbourne
Ms Julie Taylor, Francis Burt Chambers
Ms Julie Wright, Greenway Chambers
Ms Juliet Curtin, Alinea Chambers
Mr Justin Brereton, Victorian Bar
Mr Justin Carter
Mr Justin Graham, List A Barristers Pty Ltd
Mr Justin Hannebery, Victorian Bar
Mr Justin Hogan-Doran, 7 Wentworth Selborne
Mr Justin Simpkins, New Chambers
Ms Justine Beaumont, Nigel Bowen Chambers
Ms Karen Argiropoulos, Victorian Bar
Ms Karen Le Faucheur, Victorian Bar
Ms Kate Boyd, PG Hely Chambers
Ms Kate Burgess, Victorian Bar
Ms Kate Burke
Ms Kate Eastman SC, New Chambers
Ms Kate Williams SC, Eleven Wentworth Chambers
Ms Kateena O'Gorman, Victorian Bar
Ms Katherine Marie Richardson SC
Ms Kathleen Foley, Victorian Bar
Ms Katie Stynes, List A
Ms Katrina Musgrove
Ms Kess Dovey, Victorian Bar
Ms Khai-Yin Lim, Victorian Bar
Mr Kieran Smark SC, 153 Phillip Barristers
Ms Kim Bradey, Victorian Bar
Ms Kim Knights
Ms Kristen Walker KC, Solicitor-General for Victoria
Ms Kristine Hanscombe
Ms Kristy Katavic, Blackburn Chambers
Ms Kylie Hillard, Griffith Chambers
Dr Kylie Weston-Scheuber, Victorian Bar
Mr Lachlan Armstrong, Victorian Bar
Ms Larissa Andelman
Ms Laura Hilly, Victorian Bar
Ms Leah Marrone, Flinders Chambers
Mr Lee-May Saw, Frederick Jordon Chambers
Mr Leigh Howard, Victorian Bar
Mr Leo Tsaknis, Francis Burt Chambers
Ms Leonie Bird, Victorian Bar
Ms Lesley Whalan, Frederick Jordon Chambers
Mr Liam James, Level 22 Chambers
Mr Liam McAuliffe, Victorian Bar
Ms Lisa De Ferrari SC, Castan Chambers
Ms Lisa Hannon, Dever's List
Ms Lisa Maree Lo Piccolo, Victorian Bar
Ms Liz Cheeseman SC, New Chambers
Ms Louise Byrne, Frederick Jordan Chambers
Ms Louise Glanville, Victorian Legal Aid
Ms Louise Hulmes, Eight Selbourne Chambers
Ms Louise Martin, Victorian Bar
Ms Lucy Barnes, Barrister-at-Law
Ms Lucy Davis
Ms Lucy Kirwan, Victorian Bar
Ms Lucy Line, Victorian Bar
Ms Lucy McGovern, 5 Selborne Chambers
Ms Madeleine Bridgett, 6 St James Hall Chambers
Mr Marc Felman
Mr Marco Patrick Nesbeth, Level 22 Chambers
Mr Marcus Finlay, Svenson Barristers
Mr Marcus Fleming, List G Barristers
Ms Marea Wilson, Denman Chambers
Ms Maree Norton, Victorian Bar
Ms Margaux Matthews (née Harris), 9 Wentworth Chambers
Ms Marianne Barker
Ms Marion Isobel, Victorian Bar
Ms Marita Foley, List G Barristers
Mr Mark Brabazon SC, 7 Wentworth Selborne
Mr Mark Champion, Foley's List
Mr Mark Dempsey SC, 7 Wentworth & Selborne Chambers
Mr Mark Irving SC, Victorian Bar
Mr Mark Steele SC, 7 Wentworth Selbourne Chambers
Ms Mary Keaney, Burley Griffin Chambers
Mr Martin Bartfeld KC, Victorian Bar
Mr Martin Scott KC, Victorian Bar
Mr Matt Connock KC, Victorian Bar
Mr Matt Karam, New Chambers
Mr Matthew Albert, Victorian Bar
Dr Matthew Collins KC, Victorian Bar
Mr Matthew Hooper, Denver's List
Mr Matthew Howard SC, Francic Burt Chambers
Mr Matthew Kenneally, Victorian Bar
Ms Mayada Dib, Victorian Bar
Ms Meg O'Sullivan, Victorian Bar
Ms Megan Fitzgerald, Greens List
Ms Melanie Cairns, Alinea Chambers
Ms Melissa Marcus, Victorian Bar
Mr Michael Bersten, Michael Bersten
Mr Michael Borsky KC, Victorian Bar
Mr Michael O’Haire, Victorian Bar
Mr Michael Rivette, Chancery Chambers
Mr Michael Rush, Victorian Bar
Mr Michael Sims, Quayside Chambers
Mr Michael Stanton, Brian Bourke Chambers
Mr Michael Thompson KC, Victorian Bar
Mr Michael Wheelahan KC, Dever's List
Mr Michael Wise KC, Victorian Bar
Ms Michelle Barnes, Len King Chambers
Ms Michelle Jenkins, Victorian Bar
Ms Michelle Painter SC, Nine Selborne Chambers
Ms Michelle Quigley KC, Victorian Bar
Ms Michelle Wilson, Victorian Bar
Mr Miguel Belmar Salas, Victorian Bar
Mr Min Guo, List G Barristers
Ms Minal Vohra SC, Victorian Bar
Ms Monika Paszkiewicz
Mr Morgan McLay, Victorian Bar
Ms Natalie Blok, Victorian Bar
Ms Natalie Campbell, Victorian Bar
Ms Natalie Hickey, List G Barristers
Mr Nicholas Bentley, New Chambers
Mr Nicholas Olson, Ground Floor Wentworth Chambers
Mr Nicholas Papas KC, Deakin Chambers
Mr Nick Harrington
Mr Noel Hutley SC, 5th Floor St James Hall
Ms Nola Pearce, Quay 11 Chambers
Mr Norman O'Bryan SC, Victorian Bar
Ms Olivia Perkiss, Alfred Lutwyche Chambers
Ms Patricia Cahill SC, Francis Burt Chambers
Mr Patrick Griffin SC, 7 Garfield Barwick Chambers
Mr Patrick O'Sullivan KC
Mr Patrick Over, Victorian Bar
Mr Patrick Wheelahan
Mr Paul Carasco, Concord Chambers
Mr Paul Livingstone, Frederick Jordan Chambers
Mr Paul O'Grady, Victorian Bar
Mr Paul Smallwood
Mr Paul Yovich, Francis Burt Chambers
Ms Penny Harris, Victorian Bar
Ms Penny Thew, 8 Wentworth Chambers
Ms Peta Willoughby, Queensland Bar
Mr Peter Brereton SC
Mr Peter Cawthorn KC, Victorian Bar
Mr Peter Fox KC
Mr Peter O'Farrell
Mr Philip Carr
Mr Philip Crutchfield KC, Victorian Bar
Mr Philip Teo, Victorian Bar
Ms Phoebe Knowles, Victorian Bar
Ms Prue Bindon, Key Chambers
Mr R Tyson Wodak
Ms Rachel Cosentino, Francis Burt Chambers
Ms Rachel Joseph, Francis Burt Chambers
Ms Rachel Varshney, Queensland Bar
Ms Rachel Walsh, VicBar (Greens List)
Ms Raelene Sharp, Victorian Bar
Ms Raini Zambelli, Victorian Bar
Mr Raphael Ajzensztat
Ms Rebecca Fogerty, Jasper Fogerty Lawyers
Ms Rebecca Lee, Francis Burt Chambers
Ms Rebecca Nelson, List G Barristers
Mr Rebecca Preston, Victorian Bar
Ms Reiko Okazaki, Victorian Bar
Ms Renee Bianchi
Mr Richard Dalton, Victorian Bar
Mr Richard Ingleby, Victorian Bar
Mr Richard Knowles, Victorian Bar
Mr Richard Potter, 153 Phillip Barristers
Mr Richard Scruby, Tenth Floor Chambers
Mr Robert O'Neill
Mr Roshan Chaile, Victorian Bar
Ms Sally Flynn, Victorian Bar
Ms Samantha Cipriano, Victorian Bar
Mr Samuel Hay, Victorian Bar
Ms Sandra Karabidian, Victorian Bar
Ms Sarah Baker-Goldsmith, Burley Griffin Chambers
Ms Sarah Heesom, Heesom Legal
Ms Sarah Hogan, Victorian Bar
Ms Sarah Porritt, Victorian Bar
Ms Sarah Roach, Helix Legal
Ms Sarah Russell, Francis Burt Chambers
Ms Sarah Thomas
Ms Sarala Fitzgerald, Victorian Bar
Ms Sashi Maharaj KC, Dever's List
Ms Sera Mirzabegian SC, Eleven Wentworth
Ms Shanta Martin
Ms Sharon Keeling, Victorian Bar
Ms Sharon Lacy, Victorian Bar
Ms Shipra Chordia, New Chambers
Ms Shivani Pillai, Foley's List
Mr Simon Fitzpatrick, 7 Wentworth Selborne
Mr Simon Grant, Queensland Bar
Mr Simon Marks KC
Ms Simone Jacobson, Victorian Bar
Ms Siobhan Kelly
Ms Sonia Tame, New Chambers
Ms Sophie Callan, 12 Wentworth/Selborne Chambers
Ms Sophie Goddard SC, Nigel Bowen Chambers
Ms Sophie Mariole, Victorian Bar
Mr St. John Hibble, Victorian Bar
Ms Stephanie Hooper, List A Barristers
Ms Stephanie Scully, Victorian Bar
Mr Stephen Jurica
Mr Stephen Parmenter, List A Barristers
Mr Stephen Rebikoff, List G Barristers
Mr Steve Gordon, Douglas Steven Gordon
Mr Steven Finch SC, Tenth Floor
Mr Stewart Maiden SC, Victorian Bar
Ms Susan Aufgang, Victorian Bar
Ms Susan Brennan, Foley's List
Ms Suzanne Kirton, Victorian Bar
Ms Tahn O'Rourke, Sir Owen Dixon Chambers
Ms Talitha Fishburn, New South Wales Bar
Ms Tamasin Jonker, Alinea Chambers
Ms Taruna Heuzenroeder, Murray Chambers
Mr Terry Murphy KC, Chancery Chambers
Ms Tessa Meyrick, Victorian Bar
Mr Tim Farhall, Victorian Bar
Mr Timothy Goodwin, List A Barristers
Ms Tiphanie Acreman, Victorian Bar
Mr Tom Clarke, List G Barristers
Mr Tom Thawley
Ms Tracy Flintoff, Newcastle Chambers
Mr Travis Mitchell, Victorian Bar
Ms Trudy Naylor, Callinan Chambers
Ms Tyneil Flaherty, Murray Chambers
Ms Uche Okereke-Fisher, State Chambers
Ms Victoria Brigden, Eight Selborne Chambers
Ms Victoria Gilliland, Nexus Chambers
Ms Victoria McLeod, Victorian Bar
Mr Wayne Muddle SC, Independent Counsel
Ms Wendy Gillan, Francis Burt Chambers
Ms Wendy Harris, Victorian Bar
Ms Zoë Brereton
Ms Zoe Hillman, Alinea Chambers

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