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Bar Chambers - Barristers' Chambers

Bar Chambers was established in 1964 as the first Barristers' Chambers at the South Australian Independent Bar. It is now one of the largest Chambers in Adelaide, comprising 16 members. The names of the members of Bar Chambers can be found by clicking on list of members.

There are members of Bar Chambers who are prepared to accept instructions in most areas of practice. Details about the individual members of Chambers and the areas of practice in which they are prepared to accept briefs can be found by clicking on the name of the member of Chambers in the list of Members.

The areas of practice in which members of Bar Chambers are prepared to accept briefs can be found in the Areas of Expertise.

If you wish to contact Bar Chambers or a specific member of Bar Chambers please go to the Contact Us page.

To obtain the privacy statement relating to this website, go to our Privacy page.

Bar Chambers - Location

Bar Chambers is located in the Adelaide legal precinct. It is conveniently located close to the South Australian Supreme Court, District Court, Magistrates Court and Children's Court and abuts the new Federal Court complex.

To obtain a location map click here.

Bar Chambers - The Building

Bar Chambers was built in 1866 originally as a house for William Cooper, public servant. It is constructed of bluestone rubble with restrained stuccoed detail and red brick trim. Various additions and alterations have been made to the building to accommodate its members, library and administrative staff. The building is listed in the City of Adelaide Heritage Plaques Project and is also entered in the Register of the Australian Heritage Commission National Estate.

This Web Site

This web site is produced by Bar Chambers. A set of Chambers has no collective legal identity of any kind and all barristers practising at Bar Chambers are self-employed individuals. By agreement of the barristers practising at Bar Chambers, this web site has been prepared for information purposes only.

Legal Advice

Under the Barristers' Rules, members of Bar Chambers, as individual lawyers, may only give advice to a particular person on a specific matter or case if instructed to do so by a solicitor.

Previous Members

†The Hon H E Zelling KC¹ (Co-founder)	1964 - 1978	Former Justice of the Supreme Court of SA
The Hon C J Legoe KC (Co-founder)	1964 - 1978	Former Justice of the Supreme Court of SA
†The Hon R R Millhouse KC	1964 - 1982	Former Attorney-General of South Australia, Justice of the Supreme Court of SA, Chief Justice of Kiribati and Naura and judge of the High Court of Tuvalu
Prof M Detmold	1965 - 1968
†The Hon A K Sangster KC	1965 - 1970	Former Justice of the Supreme Court of SA
†The Hon R F Mohr	1966 - 1970	Former Justice of the Supreme Court of SA
Mr B H Burns	1970 - 1972	Former Judge of the District Court of SA and Deputy President of the Commonwealth Administrative Appeals Tribunal
†Mr F Boylan	1971 - 1972	Former Judge of the District Court of SA
Mr A V Russell KC	1971 - 1980	Former Judge of the District Court of SA
Mr M Noblet	1971 - 1973	Former Judge of the District Court of SA
†Mr A Hodge	1971 - 1975
The Hon M David KC	1973 - 1994	Former Judge of the District Court of SA; Former Justice of the Supreme Court of SA
The Hon D N Angel KC	1975 - 1989	Former Justice of the Supreme Court of NT
Mr C H Cocks	1975 - 1975
Mr A S Martin	1975 - 2003
Mr S W Tilmouth KC	1975 - 1977	Former Judge of the District Court of SA
Mr N J W Birchall	1975 - 1979	Former Judge of the District Court of SA
Mr G R Noble	1976 - 1979
Mr D F Bright	1976 - 1988	Former Judge of the District Court of SA
†The Hon P J Rice QC	1976 - 1983	Former Justice of the Supreme Court of NT
The Hon H C Williams KC	1977 - 1995	Former Justice of the Supreme Court of SA
Mr Brendan M Burley	1977 - 1987	Former Master of the Supreme Court of SA
The Hon J W von Doussa KC	1978 - 1981	Former Justice of the Supreme Court of SA and the Federal Court of Australia
†The Hon J W Perry KC	1980 - 1988	Former Justice of the Supreme Court of SA
The Hon K P Duggan AM KC	1980 - 1989	Former Justice of the Supreme Court of SA
The Hon T A Gray QC²	1982 - 2000	Former Justice of the Supreme Court of SA
Mr Martin Hoile	1982 - 2010
The Hon B M Debelle AO KC²	1983 - 1990	Former Justice of the Supreme Court of SA
Mr Stephen Apps	1987 - 2008
Mr D E Clayton KC	1988 - 2003	Former Judge of the District Court of SA
Mr S T Lane	1989 - 2003
The Hon C M Branson AC KC	1989 - 1994	Former Justice of the Federal Court of Australia; Former Human Rights Commissioner
The Hon J R Sulan KC²	1990 - 1997	Former Justice of the Supreme Court of SA
The Hon Justice Melissa A Perry	1992 - 2006	Justice of the Federal Court of Australia, Sydney
Mr I C Robertson SC	1994 - 2006
His Honour Judge Michael Evans	1994 - 2004	Chief Judge of the District Court
Mr Nigel Wilson	1995 - 2010
The Hon Justice M F Blue	1996 - 2011	Justice of the Supreme Court of SA
The Hon Justice K Nicholson	1997 - 2003	Former Judge of the District Court of SA; Justice of the Supreme Court of SA
Mr M L Abbott KC	2000 - 2007
His Honour Judge S A Millsteed	2003 - 2004	Former Judge of the District Court of SA
Mr H R Hassan	2004 - 2005
Ms S H Downey	2006 - 2014
Mr M A W Birchall²	1967 - 2015
The Hon Justice S V David	2010 - 2015	Justice of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal of South Australia (former Judge of the District Court of SA 2015 - 2021)
The Hon J B Teague MP	2005 - 2018	Member of the South Australian House of Assembly
Deputy President P A Britten-Jones	2006 - 2018	Division Head of the General Division, Administrative Appeals Tribunal, Melbourne
Her Honour Judge J M Fuller	1997 - 2019	Judge of the District Court of SA
The Hon Justice M C Livesey	2003 - 2020	Justice of the Supreme Court and President of the Court of Appeal of South Australia
His Honour Judge M R Burnett	2003 - 2020	Judge of the District Court of SA
Ms B J Powell KC²	1991 - 2020
The Hon T A Gray		Former Justice of the Supreme Court of South Australia
His Honour Judge K G Handshin	2014 - 2023	Judge of the District Court of SA

(† deceased)
(¹ not a member)
(² Associate member)