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Meet the High Court’s busiest barrister

Michael Pelly
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Leading barrister Bret Walker, SC, has a fervent wish for 2022 when it comes to the High Court. He would like to get back into a courtroom.

The Sydney-based silk was the busiest advocate in the nation’s top court for 2021, appearing 35 times. That was more than twice the number of hearings as the next busiest, Commonwealth Solicitor-General Stephen Donaghue, SC.

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Michael Pelly is the legal editor, based in our Sydney newsroom. He has been a senior adviser to federal and state attorneys-general and written two books, one a biography of former High Court Chief Justice Murray Gleeson. Email Michael at michael.pelly@afr.com

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