William Brewer

AREAS OF PRACTICE

Criminal Law–Local, District and Supreme Court

Trials

Bail applications

Committals

s.32 applications

Summary hearings

Fitness hearings

Sentences

Appeals

Coronial and Fire inquiries

Commissions of Inquiry–ICAC, NSW and Commonwealth Crime Commissions

Disciplinary Tribunals

Family Law

DATE OF ADMISSION

Barrister 1979

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

BA, LLB University of NSW, 1977

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

NSW Bar Association (NSWBA) member

NSWBA Bar Practice Course Advocacy Instructor

PANELS

Legal Aid NSW–Complex Criminal Law Barrister Panel

Legal Aid NSW–Indictable Criminal Law Barrister Panel

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

Barrister in full-time practice since 1980

Samuel Griffith Chambers since 1996

Previously:

Trust Chambers

Arthur Phillip Chambers

Lachlan Macquarie Chambers (founding member)

Edmund Barton Chambers (Level 44 then Level 43)

Journalist, Fairfax Ltd., The Sydney Morning Herald, 1979

Graduate Cadetship, Fairfax Ltd., The Sydney Morning Herald, 1978