Barristers and solicitors, by completing an advanced study programme regulated by their Law Society and fulfilling other strict criteria, such as good conduct and long service in the practice of a particular area of law, qualify to practice as accredited specialists in that area of law.
Specialisation in areas of law offers potential clients a reliable means of identifying lawyers with special competence in a certain area of law.
Legal practitioners substantially involved in areas of law without being formally accredited are referred to simply as 'specialists' in this website.* Members of the public should recognise that officially appointed accredited specialists are the leaders in their particular field of law.
This legal directory lists accredited specialists individually, or generally as part of a legal firm which offers specialist legal services provided by partners or staff holding accredited specialist qualifications.
Accredited Specialists are appointed by law societies and practise only in the following Areas of Law:
- New South Wales
- Business Law
- Children's Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Criminal Law
- Employment and Industrial Law
- Family Law
- Immigration Law
- Local Government and Planning Law
- Dispute Resolution
- Personal Injury Law
- Property Law
- Taxation Law
- Wills and Estate Law
- Victoria
- Business Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Commercial Tenancy Law
- Costs Law
- Criminal Law
- Environmental Planning and Government Law
- Family Law
- Immigration Law
- Mediation
- Personal Injury Law
- Property Law
- Tax Law
- Wills and Estates
- Workplace Relations
- Queensland
- Business Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Criminal Law
- Family Law
- Immigration Law
- Mediation Law
- Personal Injury Law
- Property Law
- Succession Law
- Workplace Relations Law
- Western Australia
* Please note:'Specialists' in Personal Injury Law are not listed in this website. Laws in the majority of States and Territories forbid the publication of this information. We are permitted to identify Accredited Personal Injury Specialists and do so by publishing either their names, or associated legal firms, and contact details.