Barristers are often briefed to appear and advise in Commissions of Inquiry and other investigative bodies. These include one-off Royal Commissions or Special Commissions of Inquiry, Parliamentary Inquiries and standing commissions such as the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC), the Crime Commission and the Police Integrity Commission (PIC) in NSW.

5 Wentworth has several members with extensive experience in this area of practice:

John McCarthy QC has appeared in many Royal Commissions, ICAC inquiries and in Special Commissions of Inquiry and in Parliamentary Inquiries, as has Ian Neil SC and Peter Skinner.

John Sheahan SC was Counsel Assisting in the James Hardie Inquiry.

Peter Skinner has appeared regularly before the Independent Commission for Corruption, Parliamentary Committees of Inquiry, Royal Commissions, Special Commissions of Inquiry, the Ombudsman’s Office, the Australian Crime Commission, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority, the Australian Securities Commission, the Crime Commission of NSW, private inquiries and coronial inquiries.

David Chin has appeared in the Independent Commission Against Corruption and a number of Ministerial reference inquiries into industrial matters conducted by the Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales.

David Bennett AC QC and James Gibson also appear in Royal Commissions, Inquests and Statutory Tribunals.