Evan James Email & Phone Number

I was called to the Bar in 2014, and specialise in Criminal Law, Mental Health law and the associated Tribunals, and Sports Law as well as appearing in civil law matters, and at various Tribunals.Prior to being called to the Bar, I appeared in the Local, District and Supreme Courts, and since being called to the Bar I have expanded my practice areas and have appeared in Royal Commissions and other such Commissions of inquiry, including the Northern Territory Inquiry into Stella Maris, as well as the NSW Crime Commission, the Australian Crime Commission and ICAC.I also appear in tribunals such as the Racing Appeals Tribunal, Administrative Decisions Tribunal (now NCAT) and regularly appear at the Mental Health Review Tribunal.I was lead Counsel in the matter of Chapman, the leading authority on extraction of bodily tissue after death and property rights being conferred on body tissue, as well as junior counsel in the High Court Appeal of Tajour, Hawthorne and Forster, the bail decision of Mahaffy where the NSW Supreme Court clarified the current bail act to confirm the Court did hold the power to grant bail, pending an appeal, for matters before the Court of Appeal of a non-criminal nature, as well as appearing as junior counsel in the Court of Criminal Appeal matter of West where the Court confirmed the “end of the Clarke Principle”, as well as the decisions of Farrell where the Court considered the appropriateness of a s11 “Griffiths remand” and the imposition of an Intensive corrections order for offences of possess firearm (a pistol described by the Court of Criminal Appeal as the most dangerous type of pistol) as well as numerous high profile bail and sentencing matters. I regularly appear in both NSW and Victoria and have appeared in Queensland and South Australia (notably as a junior counsel in the appeal matter of Bromley in Adelaide and am available to appear in any jurisdiction in Australia.

Listed skills include Courts, Litigation, Criminal Law, Commercial Litigation, and 26 others.