Lawyers Weekly Reports
The NSW Bar Association has elected a new president, following the decision of outgoing president Michael McHugh SC to step down.
Late last week, Mr McHugh announced that “the time is right” for him to step aside and allow the Bar Council to “chart a new course”.
At a meeting of the state’s Bar Council earlier this evening (Thursday, 12 May 2022), Gabrielle Bashir SC was elected as the new president.
The office-bearers of the NSW Bar Association are now: Ms Bashir as president, Dr Ruth Higgins SC as senior vice-president, Dominic Toomey SC as junior vice-president, Michael Izzo SC as treasurer, and Nicholas Broadbent as secretary.
Ms Bashir was admitted as a lawyer in 1996, before joining the NSW Bar in 2000. She was appointed senior counsel in 2014.
She is a member of Forbes Chambers, practising across numerous areas of law, including criminal, appellate and administrative.
