Barrister – Frederick Jordan Chambers, Sydney

Ian practised as a solicitor for 15 years before coming to The Bar in 2015. Most recently he was employed at the NSW Crown Solicitor's Office variously as Special Counsel, Solicitor Advocate and Senior Solicitor in the office's Criminal Law and Inquiries teams. He was Special Counsel responsible for the representation of the State of NSW and its various agencies, before the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. He has considerable advocacy experience having appeared as counsel in Supreme Court appeals, jury trials, applications for judicial review, and as counsel assisting the coroner in numerous inquests.