Elected to the Bar: 1991
Appointed Senior Counsel: 2006
Liability limited by a Scheme approved under Professional Standards Legislation
Ian Malcolm Neil SC
Ian Neil SC is one of Australia’s leading barristers, specialising in employment and industrial law, but also appearing in commercial, equity, and criminal cases, and in commissions and inquiries. He is recognised as a trial and appellate advocate.
He has appeared in the High Court, the Federal Court, Courts of Appeal in New South Wales and Western Australia, and Full Benches of the Fair Work Commission in many of the most significant employment and industrial cases of the last 30 years.
For many years, he has been recognised in Band 1 of Chambers and Partners ranking of silks in the field of employment. He is a co-author of The Modern Contract of Employment, the leading Australian text on employment law, now in its third edition.
He is also an instructor in advocacy, mentors new barristers, and active in pro bono work. Alongside his practice, he is active in the not-for-profit sector, having been the Chair of Grameen Australia, and now a director of the Marrickville Legal Centre, and the Lyrebird Foundation, which is working to empower women from disadvantaged countries and backgrounds by promoting equality, education, and excellence in women’s cricket.
Qualifications
Date of admission: 1985
Qualifications: BA LLB (Syd)
Areas of practice
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Appellate
- Commercial
- Common Law and Personal Injury
- Criminal
- Family and Guardianship
- Industrial and Employment
- Appellate
- Discrimination
- Employment benefits | disputes
- Employment contracts | disputes
- Independent contractor disputes
- Industrial/union disputes
- Investigations | inquiries
- Public sector arbitration | appeals
- Restraint of trade
- Statutory employment rights (unfair dismissal; general protections etc)
- Work health and safety criminal prosecutions
- Work Health and Safety Tribunal
- Workplace bullying and sexual harassment
- Inquests and Inquiries
- Public and Administrative
Contact
- 02 9223 4316
- ianneil@ianneil.com
- Chaiane Ruschel
- 0416 330 040
- chaiane@ianneil.com
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