Carmel Lee

AREAS OF PRACTICE

Equity and Trusts 

Property Law

Wills and Estates

Contract Law

Human Rights Law

Private International Law

About

Carmel Lee is a leading commercial and equity barrister specialising in commercial and equity matters with a focus on contractual disputes, private international law (conflict of laws), property law and succession law. A dedicated part of her practice is providing pro-bono advice and representation in human rights and public interest litigation matters. In these areas she has represented refugees based in Naru and has provided advice on the freedom to protest and political expression.

Prior to being called to the bar in 2012, Carmel was a Deputy Registrar of the NSW Supreme Court and Court of Criminal Appeal, then Tipstaff to a number of judges in the NSW Supreme Court and Court of Appeal. These included: the Hon M J Slattery in the Equity Division of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, the Hon D L Davies, L McCallum and G J Bellew in the Common Law Division of the Supreme Court of New South Wales and the Hon R D Giles in the New South Wales Court of Appeal. Previous to this, she was a solicitor in private practice and worked at the NSW Crown Solicitor’s Office.

Carmel has lectured in Conflict of Laws, Advocacy, Strategic Litigation, Evidence Law and Legal Ethics at Sydney University, University of New South Wales, and University of Technology Sydney.

CURRENT APPOINTMENTS

Human Rights Committee, NSW Bar Association

AWARDS

Australian Law Awards Barrister of the Year 2023

Women in Law Barrister of the Year 2022

QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor of Laws (Honours) University of Technology Sydney (2007)

Bachelor of Arts, University of Sydney (2002)