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Sarah Bradbury



Sarah accepts briefs in all areas of law. She has a focus on commercial law and public law.

Before coming to the Bar, Sarah was the Associate to the Hon Chief Justice Kiefel at the High Court of Australia and a Senior Associate at Allens, where she worked on complex commercial litigation.  Sarah lectures at the University of Sydney in Contract Law and Remedies.

Sarah holds a Master of Laws (Hons) from the University of Cambridge and a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) from the University of Sydney, where she graduated second in her class and received numerous prizes and scholarships. Sarah won the Australian and the International rounds of the Jessup Moot, and was named best oralist in each competition.

 

Maggie Kearney



Maggie accepts briefs in all areas of law, with a particular interest in commercial, corporations, equity, media and intellectual property law.

Maggie regularly appears both led and unled in NSW courts, the Federal Court, Tribunals and investigations and inquiries.

Maggie was admitted as a solicitor in 2018 and called to the Bar in 2022. Before coming to the Bar, Maggie was a Senior Associate in commercial litigation at Corrs Chambers Westgarth.  Maggie was previously tipstaff to the Hon. Justice Hammerschlag.

Maggie holds a Master of Laws with distinction from the University of Sydney, where Maggie was awarded the Ross Waite Parsons Scholarship, and a Juris Doctor with distinction from the University of New South Wales. Maggie received the 2022 Peteris Ginters Prize for achieving the top score for the Ethics Exam in the 2022 Bar Readers’ course.

Timothy Smartt



Tim accepts brief in all areas of law, but the focus of his practice is commercial and defamation matters.

Before coming to the Bar, Tim was tipstaff to the Hon Justice Brereton AM RFD of the Supreme Court of NSW, the Associate to the NSW Attorney General and a solicitor in the commercial litigation team at Corrs Chambers Westgarth. He has also lectured criminal law at the University of Sydney and is currently a contributor to Robson’s Annotated Corporations Legislation.

Tim holds a Juris Doctor from the University of Sydney, and a Bachelor of Science (Psychology) and Bachelor of Arts (Economics and Plan II Honours) with Highest Honours from the University of Texas at Austin. At university, Tim won a number of academic prizes, including the Governor-General’s Prize in 2016.

Julian Brezniak



Julian accepts briefs in all areas of law. He was admitted in New South Wales in 2014 and New York in 2018.

Before coming to the bar, Julian was at Quinn Emmanuel Urquhart & Sullivan in New York where he worked on significant commercial litigation in State and Federal courts. Prior to that he practiced as a solicitor at Herbert Smith Freehills in Sydney, where he focused on white collar crime and competition law. In 2015, Julian was Tipstaff to the Hon Justice F Gleeson in the New South Wales Court of Appeal.

Julian holds a Masters of Law from New York University, a Bachelor of Laws (First Class Honours) and a Bachelor of Economics (Distinction) from the University of New South Wales.

Amelia Smith



Amelia was admitted to practice in 2011 and called to the Bar in 2017. She accepts briefs in a wide range of practice areas.

Since joining the Bar, Amelia has acted for major Australian and international corporate clients as well as smaller corporations and individuals before State and Federal Courts. She has also acted for clients before commissions of inquiry and in regulatory matters. In 2010, Amelia was the Associate to Justice McKerracher at the Federal Court of Australia.

Education

Flinders University; Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practice (Hons I) and Bachelor of International Studies
University of Sydney; Master of Laws (High Distinction)

Amelia is recognised in both Global and Asia Pacific Chambers & Partners Guides 2025 for Dispute Resolution. Best Lawyers Australia 2026 recognise her for her practice in the areas of Litigation (2024 “Lawyer of the Year”), Alternative Dispute Resolution, Class Action Litigation, Commercial Law and Corporate Law. She is also included in Doyle’s Guide 2024 Leading Commercial Litigation & Dispute Resolution Junior Counsel Barrister Rankings, NSW.

Manu Jaireth



Manu has a broad commercial practice.  He appears in matters involving competition and consumer law, corporations law, criminal law, equity and trusts, financial services, insolvency, professional negligence and sports law.

Manu has particular experience in large commercial disputes (including class actions), regulatory investigations and civil enforcement and criminal proceedings.

Before being called to the Bar, Manu was an Associate in the Litigation & Dispute Resolution Group at Allens in Sydney and prior to that, Tipstaff to the Hon. Justice D.J. Hammerschlag of the Supreme Court of New South Wales.

Manu was named by Best Lawyers Australia 2026 as “One to Watch” in Sports Law, and previously in both Sports Law and Commercial Law.


Education
Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice (ANU)
Bachelor of Laws (First Class Honours) (UC)