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

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