To Brief Michael, contact his Clerk: (02) 9267 4955, clerk@sgchambers.com.au
Michael was admitted to the NSW Bar in 2001. Prior to admission, he had been a solicitor since 1995, variously employed by the NSW Director of Public Prosecutions and the NSW Legal Aid Commission.
Michael is very experienced in the personal conduct of criminal trials and has appeared in hundreds of jury, judge-alone and summary trials before the NSW Local Court, District Court and Supreme Court.
Over the last ten years, in separate unrelated cases, Michael has secured the full acquittal of five accused of murder after conducting lengthy jury trials before the NSW Supreme Court, and secured manslaughter convictions in others. He has also appeared in numerous NSW Supreme Court trials for accused charged with terrorism offences. A specialist in drug trafficking and importation trials, he has secured many acquittals and is an expert in the cross-examination of indemnified witnesses.
Examples of Michael's work have been used in an advocacy paper delivered at a NSW Public Defenders conference. Michael has been rated in Doyle's Guide on numerous occasions as Pre-eminent and Recommended, appears successfully in the NSW Court of Criminal Appeal, and has previously been appointed a non-salaried Crown Prosecutor.
Criminal law, including EAGP work
Sentencing
Bail
Criminal appeals
Children's crime
Proceeds of crime
Parole hearings
Barrister, 2001
Solicitor, 1995
Legal Aid NSW's Indictable, Complex and Appellate crime barrister panels
Legal Aid NSW's Summary criminal law panel
Legal Aid General Crime Panel
Non-Salaried Crown Prosecutors' Panel (ODPP)
Rated Pre-eminent and Recommended, Doyle's Guide (multiple years)
Clerk: Michael Wilcox · clerk@sgchambers.com.au