Greg Barns

Michael Kirby Chambers
49 Davey Street
Hobart, Tasmania 7000

PO Box 124
Battery Point, Tasmania 7004

Telephone: 0419 691 846

Email: republicone@ozemail.com.au

Admitted to Practice: Victoria – 1986; Tasmania – 2003

Signed Bar Roll: March 1986 (Vic)

Also Admitted in: NSW

Biography:

Greg Barns graduated BA LLB from Monash University in 1984. He was a member of the Victorian Bar where he practiced in criminal law from 1986-89 and has been a member of the Tasmanian Bar since 2003. Greg was chief of staff and senior adviser to a number of federal and state Liberal Party leaders and ministers from 1989-99. He is also the former National Chair of the Australian Republican Movement and a director of human rights group, Rights Australia. Greg has written three books on Australian politics, is a Director of the Australian Lawyers Alliance, and a member of the Australian Defence Lawyers Alliance.

Areas of Practice:

Criminal Law acting for defendants, including appellate work and white collar crime

Prison Law

Administrative Law

Coronial Inquests

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