Richard Scruby SC
Administrative, Public & Constitutional
Arbitration
Commercial
Commissions of Inquiry
Consumer Protection
Corporate Reconstruction & Insolvency
Corporations
Equity
Insurance
Real property
Tax
Mr Scruby has a broad ranging practice with a focus on commercial, insolvency, corporations and taxation (State and Commonwealth) matters. He regularly appears in appeals, trials and commercial arbitrations. In 2015 he was counsel assisting the Royal Commission into Trade Union Corruption. Before coming to the bar, he worked as an associate to Justice Callinan in the High Court of Australia. He has a BCL and MPhil from Oxford University and a BA (hons 1st class and university medal in English) and LLB (hons first class) Sydney University. Mr Scruby has adopted the national equitable briefing policy and was a member of the Diversity and Equality Committee of the New South Wales Bar Association from 2016 to 2018. He has published a number of articles in academic journals on corporations and commercial law. Mr Scruby is listed in Best Lawyers 2025 in the area of Litigation.
