OVERVIEW

Joel Brook is a skilled advocate with considerable experience conducting contested hearings and trials, including jury trials. He was admitted as a lawyer in 2012 and called to the bar in 2022. He accepts briefs in a wide range of practice areas, with a particular focus on employment law, regulatory proceedings, public law, inquests and inquiries, and all aspects of criminal law, including white collar crime and criminal appeals.

Prior to being called to the bar, Joel was a solicitor advocate at the NSW Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions where he was regularly instructed in complex jury trials. Joel has extensive experience as a jury advocate in prosecutions involving serious violence, child sexual assault and sexual assault, drug trafficking, and has prosecuted offences of fraud and misconduct in public office. Joel has appeared and juniored in appellate proceedings, including proceedings before the Court of Criminal Appeal, and has regularly appeared in the Local, District and Supreme Courts as an advocate.

Joel also previously worked as a senior legal adviser to the Director and Deputy Directors of Public Prosecutions and provided advice on complex criminal law matters, including the sufficiency of evidence, discontinuing proceedings, and the merits of prospective appeals. In addition, Joel has been involved in the provision of responses to Parliamentary inquiries and has provided advice regarding prosecutions arising from investigations or inquiries of independent bodies, including the NSW Coroner and the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC).

Joel’s education includes a Bachelor of Laws/Bachelor of Arts (Politics) with Honours from Macquarie University.

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