Telephone: 02 8815 9441
Admitted as Barrister: NSW 1996, ACT 1998, QLD 1999, England 2004, NZ 2020, Cyprus (SBA-UK) 2016
Practice areas:
Mr Phillips is a Duntroon graduate who has served in the Australian and British Armies, including in the Balkans, Afghanistan and Iraq. He has worked as a Crown prosecutor in England.
In criminal law, David has had extensive experience in historic sexual offending trials, serious offences of violence including murder and manslaughter, high value drug importation cases. David has regularly appeared before the Criminal Court of Appeal at the Royal Courts of Justice in London and in the NSW Criminal Court of Appeal.
David has extensive experience of Court Martial work.
David has experience in working with vulnerable witnesses including in the child sexual assault schemes in England and NSW.
Qualifications: BA (Mil) UNSW/ Duntroon, Dip Law (SAB/Syd), Dip Forensic Medical Science, Dip Refugee Law (IIHL), LLM (Maritime) (Merit) (Lon). Member of Chartered Society Forensic Scientists
