Nick practises in commercial law, public law and major torts.
Since coming to the Bar, he has appeared in the High Court of Australia, the Federal Court of Australia and various State Courts and Tribunals.
A select list of his cases is available here.
Nick serves on the Committees of the Public Law Section and the Insurance Law Section of the Commercial Bar Association. He is also a member of William Forster Chambers in Darwin.
Before coming to the Bar, Nick practised in commercial and public law, including at Herbert Smith Freehills, MinterEllison, the North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency and the UK Government Legal Department. He also served as an Associate (Judicial Assistant) to the Rt Hon Lord Dyson in appeals before the UK Supreme Court and Court of Appeal.
He is a co-editor of Public Law and Criminal Law in Australia: Overlap, Intersection and Inconsistency (Federation Press, 2025) and co-author of Annotated Queensland Human Rights Act (Thomson Reuters, 2023). Nick has also published in various journals and teaches Legal Research in the Melbourne Law School JD program.
Nick holds a PhD in Law from the University of Cambridge, where he attended as a Gates Cambridge Scholar. His thesis focused on Australian constitutional law and was examined by the Hon Robert French AC. He also holds an LLM (Distinction) from the LSE and bachelor degrees in Arts and Laws (Hons) from the University of Melbourne.
Nick read with Emrys Nekvapil SC and his senior mentor is Rowena Orr KC (now the Hon Justice Orr).
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