CAROL WEBSTER SC
T: (02) 9224 1550 E: carol.webster@stjames.net.au
Carol Webster has a substantial appellate and administrative law practice, with a focus on professional discipline. She was appointed Senior Counsel in 2012 and called to the Bar in 1997. Prior to this, she was a solicitor at Freehill Hollingdale & Page and then the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions.
Carol is a leading discipline silk in New South Wales, appearing regularly in the Court of Appeal in disciplinary matters for the Bar, the Law Society and the Legal Services Commissioner and acts for respondents in disciplinary matters. Carol has also appeared for the Director of Public Prosecutions in the Court of Appeal and Court of Criminal Appeal in appeals and judicial review applications in criminal matters. She has experience acting for State and Federal government, and appeared for the ACCC in the Takata air bags Inquest. In 2023 Carol appeared in the Board of Inquiry into the Criminal Justice System in the Australian Capital Territory. Her other areas of practice include equity, property and succession law. Carol also conducts mediations and was formally accredited as a Mediator from 2014 – 2016.
Carol is currently Head of Chambers. She became a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law in April 2022. The Academy comprises elected individuals of exceptional distinction in the discipline of law who are committed to the advancement of that discipline and to justice according to law within Australia. Carol is a General Editor of the Thomson subscription service NSW Civil Procedure and a Consultant Editor of the Australian Bar Review.
For further assistance on any queries relating to Carol's practice please contact her Clerk, Maxine Phillips, on (02) 9224 1501 or at clerk.10@stjames.net.au or her personal assistant, Vanessa Middleton on (02) 9224 1585 or at websterpa@stjames.net.au
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Terepo v Council of the Law Society of NSW [2022] NSWCA 210 – appeal from Tribunal recommendation for removal from the Roll – Court satisfied as to appropriateness of agreed orders to set aside removal and findings on the basis Tribunal exceeded its jurisdiction
Council of the New South Wales Bar Association v EFA (a pseudonym) [2021] NSWCA 339 (2021) 106 NSWLR 383 - appeal from Tribunal decisions Council of the New South Wales Bar Association v EFA [2021] NSWCATOD 21 (Stage 1) Council of the New South Wales Bar Association v EFA (No 2) [2021] NSWCATOD 84 (Stage 2)
High Court appeal DQU16 v Minister for Home Affairs [2021] HCA 10 (7 April 2021) from DQU16 v Minister for Home Affairs [2020] FCA 518 (Reeves J)
Inquest into the death of Huy Neng Ngo (Takata air bags)
Arcidiacono v The Owners – Strata Plan 61233 [2019] NSWCA 46 (2020) 104 NSWLR 199 - dismissing an appeal from The Owners - Strata Plan No.61233 v Arcidiacono; The Owners - Strata Plan No.17719 v Arcidiacono [2019] NSWSC 1307; Special leave refused: Arcidiacono & Anor v The Owners - Strata Plan No. 17719; Arcidiacono & Anor v The Owners - Strata Plan No. 61233 [2021] HCASL 89 (15 April 2021)
Council of the Law Society of New South Wales v Michael Arthur Hislop [2019] NSWCA 302
Council of the Law Society of New South Wales v Levitt [2018] NSWCA 247; Special leave refused: Council of the Law Society of New South Wales [2019] HCATrans 78 (12 April 2019)
Barr (a pseudonym) v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) [2018] NSWCA 47 (2018) 97 NSWLR 246
Council of the Law Society of New South Wales v Bouzanis [2017] NSWCA 330 (2017) 97 NSWLR 488
