| Areas of Practice Administrative Law Employment Land, Property and Environmental Law Native Title Resources and Mining Equity and Trusts Intentional Torts Discrimination Law Public International Law Charles was admitted as a solicitor in 2006 and was called to the Bar in 2014. Charles completed a Masters in International Law and International Relations from the University of New South Wales in 2011. To view Charles' CV please click here. Charles was recommended as a leading native title barrister in the Doyles Guide for 2023, and has been since 2016. Charles appears for public and private clients. He has appeared in the High Court and NSW Court of Appeal. He regularly appears in the Federal Court and Full Court of the Federal Court. For over a decade Charles has advised clients on discrimination and employment-related issues in Sydney at the Inner City Legal Centre and HIV/AIDS Legal Centre, and in Brisbane at the LGBTI Legal Centre. Admitted to NSW Bar: 2014 Admitted as a Solicitor: 2006 Recent Cases - Ohlsen on behalf of the Ngemba, Ngiyampaa, Wangaaypuwan and Wayilwan People v Attorney General of New South Wales [2024] FCA 900
- Ross on behalf of the Cape York United #1 Claim Group v State of Queensland (No 23) [2024] FCA 533
- Armidale Local Aboriginal Land Council v Attorney General of New South Wales [2024] FCA 50
- Wreck Bay Aboriginal Community Council v Commonwealth of Australia (No 2) [2023] FCA 811
- Chatfield on behalf of the Gomeroi People v Attorney-General of New South Wales [2023] FCA 354
- Attorney General of New South Wales v Ohlsen on behalf of the Ngemba/Ngiyampaa People [2022] FCAFC 38
- Stuart v State of South Australia (Oodnadatta Common Overlap Proceeding) (No 4) [2021] FCA 1620
- Sparrow v State of South Australia (Mirning Eastern Sea and Land Claim) [2021] FCA 1357
- Yugunga-Nya People v State of Western Australia (No 2) [2021] FCA 1174
- Ngemba/Ngiyampaa People v Attorney General of New South Wales [2021] FCA 169
- Wagonga Local Aboriginal Land Council v Attorney General of New South Wales [2020] FCA 1113
- Wakka Wakka People #4 v State of Queensland [2020] FCA 695
- Ah-Chee v Stuart [2019] FCAFC 165
- Kitchener v Magistrate Thomas in his capacity as a Coroner [2019] NSWSC 701
- White v Williams [2019] NSWSC 437
- Hands v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2018] FCAFC 225
- Boney v Attorney General of New South Wales [2018] FCAFC 218
- Torres Strait Regional Sea Claim v State of Queensland [2018] FCA 772
- Gomeroi People v Attorney General of New South Wales (No 3) [2018] FCA 71
- El-Wasfi v State of NSW; Kassas v State of NSW [2017] NSWCA 332
- Gomeroi People v Attorney-General of New South Wales [2017] FCA 1464
- Yugara People v State of Queensland [2017] FCAFC 108
- Cummeragunja Local Aboriginal Land Council v Nicholson [2017] NSWSC 394
- Beck v Commonwealth Bank Officers Superannuation Corporations Pty Limited & Ors [2017] HCATrans 56
- Saad v State of New South Wales [2016] NSWSC 1247
- Gomeroi People v Attorney-General of New South Wales (No 2) [2016] FCAFC 116
- Commonwealth Bank Officers Superannuation Corporation Pty Ltd v Beck [2016] NSWCA 218
- Gomeroi People v Attorney-General of New South Wales [2016] FCAFC 75
- Wongkumara People v Palpamudramudra Yandrawandra People [2016] FCA 527
- Rirratjingu Aboriginal Corporation v Northern Land Council [2015] FCA 16
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