OVERVIEW
Chris Honnery is a Sydney-based barrister who appears in matters across Australia.
Chris’ practice spans administrative law, migration law, regulatory law, licensing cases, constitutional law, civil litigation, international law, and complex statutory interpretation matters.
Chris was called to the NSW Bar in 2022 after completing the England and Wales Bar Transfer Test in 2020. He is also an interstate member of the Victorian Bar. Previously, Chris was a solicitor at Victoria Legal Aid, in-house at the Federal Court of Australia, oversaw Craddock Murray Neumann’s judicial review practice on Nauru, and worked in London at Hickman and Rose Solicitors and international media law NGO Article 19.
For briefing enquiries, contact Chris’ clerks.
PRACTICE AREAS
Appellate
Administrative Law
Constitutional Law
Civil Litigation
Environment - Local Government and Planning
Judicial Review
Media Law
Migration Law
Public Law
Regulatory Law
Tribunal matters
(AAT, NCAT, VCAT)
SELECTED CASES
Fotu v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2026] FCA 1589
ABC19 v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2026] FCA 449
Garland v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2026] NSWCATAD 137
Plaintiff S15/2025 v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs HCA S15/2025
Forte Sydney Construction Pty Ltd v Department of Customer Service [2025] NSWSC 583
CRRN v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs [2025] FCA 192
Gehlert v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs [2024] FCAFC 129
Korat v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs [2024] FCAFC 59
ECE21 v Minister for Home Affairs [2023] FCAFC 52
ARTICLES
Back at the Border: When Protection Ends at Departure — Lessons from Plaintiff S15/2025 on AUSPUBLAW
The Weight of Expectations: Ismail v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs [2024] HCA 2 on AUSPUBLAW
Yes Minister, you must exercise your intervention power personally: Davis v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship: Journal of the NSW Bar Association
Justice deferred: Plaintiff M1/2021 v Minister for Home Affairs on AUSPUBLAW

