Brigid Nelmes
Barrister: 2026
Solicitor: 2021
- PHONE +61 2 8066 6178
- EMAIL brigid.nelmes@5wentworth.com
Overview
Brigid accepts briefs in all areas of law, with a particular interest in commercial, regulatory, insurance, employment, discrimination and public law matters.
Brigid was admitted as a solicitor in 2021 and called to the Bar in 2026. Prior to coming to the Bar, she practised at Allens as an Associate in the Disputes & Investigations team, and also spent a year in the Employment & Safety team. Before that, Brigid served as Tipstaff to the Hon Justice Julie Ward, then Chief Judge in Equity, at the Supreme Court of New South Wales.
Brigid holds a Master of Laws (Honours) from Columbia University, a Bachelor of Laws (First Class Honours) and Bachelor of Arts in International Studies from the University of Technology Sydney.
Qualifications
• LLM Columbia University (Hons)
• LLB University of Technology, Sydney (Hons I)
• BA (Intl St) University of Technology, Sydney
Areas of practice
- Administrative Law
- Appellate
- Banking, Securities & Insolvency
- Class Actions & Representative Proceedings
- Commercial Law (Incl Property, Real Property & Retail)
- Commercial Litigation
- Competition
- Constitutional Law
- Corporate
- Discrimination Law
- Equity
- Industrial & Employment Law
- Insurance
- Public Law
- Regulatory
- Trade Practices
- Trusts