Ian Barker QC : prince of barristers / Stephen Walmsley.

North Melbourne, Vic : Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2024.

1st edition

202786

Barker, Ian, 1935-2021.

Lawyers -- Australia -- Biography.

1. Birth and education, marriage and first children

2. Alice Springs and four more children

3. Justice Dunphy

4. Northern Territory legal politics

5. Darwin

6. Queen's Counsel

7. the Anunga Guidelines

8. Cyclone Tracy

9. The conservation movement

10. Solicitor-General

11. Return to Sydney and admission to the New South Wales Bar

12. Frederick Jordan Chambers

13. Warren Lanfranchi and Sallie-Anne Huckstepp

14. Barker deals with a rude judge

15. The Chamberlain trial

16. The Combe royal commission

17. Dr Harry Bailey

18. Barker's remarriage

19. Justice LIonel Murphy

20. Stillwell Hil: Farm and log cabin

21. Barker in Italy

22. Abraham Saffron

23. Timothy Anderson

24. The Waterhouse litigation

24. The Jonathon Manley case

26. Judge Philip Bell

27. John Marsden's libel action

28. The Julian Moti case

29. Justice Jeffrey Shaw

30. Marcus Einfeld

31. The Barker Presidency and beyond

32. Barker's war on terror: David Hicks and Mamdouh Habib

33. Leaving Sydney

34. On legal history and advocacy

35. The last years.

Ian Barker QC began conducting murder trials in his 20s when practising in the Northern Territory. He became a QC at a young age and was appointed Solicitor-General for the Northern Territory in 1978. He became an internationally known figure in 1982 when prosecuting Lindy Chamberlain in the famous dingo case. Found guilty of murder at her trial, Lindy Chamberlain was later exonerated. But the trial cemented Barker’s national reputation as a gifted advocate. Over the next 30 years he appeared in many notable cases. He represented David Combe in the Hope Royal Commission into espionage in 1983. In 1986 he successfully defended Justice Lionel Murphy who was prosecuted for attempting to pervert the course of justice. Within the legal profession he became known as the lawyers’ lawyer…the one members of the legal profession turned to when in trouble. Unlike the often facile representation of lawyers on television, Barker was modest, self-effacing, and genuine, as well as clever. He spent much of his life on good causes, including conservation and human rights. After September 11, 2001, he took up the causes of Australian prisoners held in Guantanamo. As well as his gifts as an advocate, and his contribution to good causes, Ian Barker was a highly amusing raconteur. And he never let serious things stop him from having a good time. This book, by a retired judge, looks at his life and describes some of his more significant cases. - Publisher's website.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9781923267145

xvii, 377 pages ; 23 cm