Tina Jowett SC

Tina Jowett is a leading native title Senior Counsel in trials, appeals and advice work. With 21 years’ experience as a barrister, Tina is ranked as a Recommended Senior Counsel in Doyle’s Guide and in the Chambers and Partners rankings.

Tina has appeared in many native title trials in leading cases including: Fortescue Metals Group v Warrie on behalf of the Yindjibarndi People (2019) 273 FCR 350; Banjima People v State of Western Australia (2015) 231 FCR 456; Blackburn v Wagonga Local Aboriginal Land Council (2021) 287 FCR 1; Stuart v South Australia [2023] FCAFC 131; Mace v State of Queensland and Darkinjung v Attorney General of New South Wales (2019) 274 FCR 41; and Bodney v Bennell (2008) 167 FCR 84. She has appeared or has advised many Australian Native Title Representative Bodies, government parties and mining proponents, and has been briefed to appear in all States and Territories. Tina regularly appears before the Full Federal Court and the High Court.

Tina’s expertise in native title legal issues is demonstrated by her role as the General Editor of Australia’s only native title quarterly publication: LexisNexis’s Native Title News. She also regularly presents at Legalwise seminars and trains practitioners at the annual Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies legal workshop.

In 2009, Tina was recognised by the NSW Women’s Lawyers’ Association as their ‘Woman Lawyer Advocate of the Year’. She was a member of the NSW Equal Opportunity Tribunal from 1993 to 2003.