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)
BACKGROUND
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.
Previously, Chris was a solicitor at Victoria Legal Aid, in-house at the Federal Court of Australia, and oversaw Craddock Murray Neumann’s judicial review practice on Nauru. He also worked in London at Hickman and Rose Solicitors and at international media law organisation Article 19.
Chris completed the England and Wales Bar Transfer Test in 2020 before being called to the NSW Bar in 2022.
SELECTED CASES
Plaintiff S15/2025 v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs HCA S15/2025
Baldwin v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2025] NSWCATAD 239
Forte Sydney Construction Pty Ltd v Department of Customer Service [2025] NSWSC 583
CRRN v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs [2025] FCA 192
Warda v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs [2024] FCA 1252
Gehlert v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs [2024] FCAFC 129
Ghimire v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs [2024] FCA 816
Korat v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs [2024] FCAFC 59
BTA18 v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs [2023] FCA 1272
ECE21 v Minister for Home Affairs [2023] FCAFC 52
CRRN v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship & Multicultural Affairs [2023] FCA 1050
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
The Erosion of Fairness in Australia’s Refugee Framework for Oxford University’s Border Criminology
CONTACT
Tel
(02) 9236 8613
Email (clerk)
nfaulua@stjames.net.au
ADDRESS
6 St James Hall Chambers
Level 6, 169 Phillip Street
Sydney, NSW 2000
Australia