The counsel of 6 St James Hall’s Employment Practice Group are recognised as leading employment practitioners.
They have extensive experience in providing strategic advice to public and private sector employers, unions and individuals.
Counsel are also recognised experts in conducting workplace investigations.
Counsel appear throughout Australia in all courts, the Fair Work Commission, Australian Human Rights Commission, as well as a wide range of tribunals and mediations.
Maria Wallis appeared for the respondent in a High Court application for special leave, regarding a decision by the Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia on a discrimination matter.
![Sporting Shooters Association of Australia (Qld) Inc v Klein [2026] HCADisp 99 B7/2026](https://www.sixstjameshall.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/M.WALLIS-cropped-scaled-e1775802671905.jpg)
On 9 April 2026, the High Court of Australia refused the Sporting Shooters Association of Australia (Qld) Inc application for special leave to appeal from the whole judgment of the Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia (Stewart, Meagher and Longbottom JJ). The...
6 St James Hall Senior Counsel Ian Neil SC and Junior Counsel Michael Seck, Bronwyn Byrnes, Ken Brotherson, Maurice Baroni, Martin Watts, Liam Meagher and Peter Willink have been recognised in the 2026 Doyles Guide listing of leading Employment Law and Workplace Health and Safety Law, Senior Counsel and Junior Counsel in NSW.
