Lindy Powell QC

 
Admitted 1973 South Australia
1994 Appointed Queen's Counsel
High Court of Australia
 
Signed Bar Roll 1991
 
Academic Qualifications LLB, University of Adelaide (1972)

Areas of Practice

Civil Litigation
Equal Opportunity Law
Commercial Litigation
Medical Negligence Law
Criminal Law
Criminal Law - General

Professional Experience

1974Barrister and Solicitor Johnston Layton Withers & Co.
(subsequently Johnston Withers & Co.)
1976-87Partner in above firm
1987-91Director, S.A. Legal Services Commission
1991Barrister at Bar Chambers
Briefed for the defence in the three Australian
war crimes prosecutions

 

Other

1998-99President, Law Society of South Australia
1995-99Chairman, Law Society Criminal Law Committee
1999-2001Delegate of the Law Society of South Australia on the Law Council of Australia
1988-91 Member, Family Law Council of Australia
1983-95Board Member, Medical Board of SA