
Sophie Callan SC
CONTACT DETAILSPhone: (+61)(02) 9232 6785
Fax: (+61)(02) 9221 7183
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Contact the ClerkPERSONAL ASSISTANT:
Lisa Wiltshire
Phone: (+61)(02) 8029 6223
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Admissions
Silk: Appointed Senior Counsel 2020
Barrister: May 2007
Solicitor: July 2006
Degrees
BA, LLB (First Class Honours in Law) Australian National University
Criminal Law – including prosecutions and appeals in various courts for environmental offences; drug importation offences; white collar offences; and terrorism offences.
Administrative Law – including challenges to disciplinary convictions in the military; to parole decisions; to workplace compensation decisions; to Local Court decisions.
Corporations/Commercial Law – including insolvent trading claims; contract disputes; and insurance disputes.
Equity – including probate and partnership disputes.
Inquiries – including coronial inquests and ICAC proceedings.
Other – including interstate and international extradition, proceedings under the Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act; vexatious litigant applications; and common law.
Sophie Callan was called to the bar at a relatively early stage of her career, an associateship cementing her decision. She has successfully established a broad practice which includes the evidentiary rigours of criminal prosecuting work with the forensic nuances of commercial & corporations disputes.
For further information about Sophie, please also see her CV.
Selected recent appearances:
Criminal law
Administrative Law
Warren Gibson, NSW Fair Trading v Roberta Graham [2013] NSWSC 1909
Li v Chief of Army [2013] 303 ALR 397 [2013] HCA 49 ; and Li v Chief of Army [2013] FCAFC 20
Commercial
Azmin Firoz Daya v CX Reinsurance Company Limited [2012] NSWSC 1622; [2012] NSWSC 1621; [2012] NSWSC 1620; [2012] NSWSC 1616; [2012] NSWSC 1294; [2012] NSWSC 1213
Employment/discrimination
Inquests
Other
Nakane v New Zealand [2014] FCAFC 153 and Nakane v New Zealand [2014] FCA 772
Killick v The Commissioner of Police New South Wales (No 2) [2014] NSWSC 1050; and Killick v The Commissioner of Police New South Wales [2014] NSWSC 781
Herrick v Knowles [2014] NSWSC 1223 and Herrick v Knowles (No 2) [2015] NSWSC 54
Pao v Trustees of the Roman Catholic Church [2011] NSWSC 1216
Mcgrath v Troy As Administratrix of the Estate of the Late Warren Terence Wade [2010] NSWSC 1470
Azmin Firoz Daya v Cx Reinsurance Company Limited [2012] NSWSC 1620
- Judge Advocate and Defence Force Magistrate (sworn in 12/02/2021)
- Flight Lieutenant, Royal Australian Air Force (Reserve Legal Officer) (June 2011 to present);
- Councillor, Bar Council (November 2010 to November 2011; November 2012 – present);
- Chair, New Barristers Committee (June 2011 to June 2013);
- Member, Professional Conduct Committee of the Bar Association of New South Wales (2010 to present);
- Councillor, New South Wales Council of Law Reporting (2010 to present).