JEREMY GORMLY SC

areas of practice

• Mediation and Alternative Dispute Resolution

• Inquests and Commissions of Inquiry

Overview

Jeremy Gormly is an Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) specialist. With nearly 20 years’ experience as a mediator and over 30 years as a barrister, Jeremy has an expansive practice in the dispute resolution field, ranging from litigation, to the diverse spectrum of ADR techniques available.

Jeremy has maintained a significant practice as a barrister for over 30 years, and Senior Counsel for over 15 years.

He has appeared in hundreds of trials before juries, judges, tribunals, appeal courts and possesses a wealth of experience in inquisitorial proceedings. His core areas of practice have included professional negligence, building, commercial and contractual disputes, disciplinary matters, as well as criminal and other matters.

Jeremy’s practice also extends to specialising in inquiry work, where he has been appointed Counsel Assisting inquiries on 25 occasions over the last 22 years. He has appeared in Royal Commissions, the ICAC, Special Commissions of Inquiry, the Police Integrity Commission, the Crime and Corruption Commission of Western Australia, the Judicial Commission, numerous Inquests and many other inquiries.

SELECTED CASES

Select inquiries in which Jeremy has been appointed Counsel Assisting include:

• The Lindt Café Siege in Sydney

• The Andrew Mallard Murder Conviction inquiry in the Crime and Corruption Commission (Western Australia)

• Collapse of the NSW Grain Board (ICAC)

• Operation Winjana (Police Integrity Commission)

• The McGurk Tapes Inquiry (ICAC)

• The Roberto Laudisio Inquest into the use of tasers

• CAA Seaview Royal Commission (led by David Kirby QC, later of the NSW supreme Court)

• The Thredbo Landslide Inquest (led by Ruth McColl SC, now of the NSW Court of Appeal)