gillian jewison profile
gillian jewison profile

Gillian Jewison

Qualifications

BA (Honours), BA, LLB/JD, Dip Legal Practice,
Accredited Specialist – Criminal Law

Admitted as a solicitor

2009

Called to Bar

2022

Appointed Senior Counsel

Gillian is an experienced criminal lawyer with other 15 years of dedicated service.

Before coming to the Bar, she was the Criminal Law Practice Manager for Legal Aid’s busy Newcastle office, managing at times over a dozen lawyers, and running a busy Appellate practice.

She regularly appears in a wide range of criminal matters including Jury Trials, Sentences, Appeals, Contested Hearings and Children’s Court matters.

Gillian has appeared for clients charged with a range of offences, including Assaults, Sexual Assaults, Robbery, Kidnapping, Fraud, Drug Offences including Importation, Serious Driving offences including Dangerous Driving Occasioning Death, Manslaughter and Murder.

Since coming to the bar, she has expanded her experience by appearing before the Mental Health Review Tribunal, the Coroner’s Court, and the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia for parenting matters.

Gillian brings her passion for social justice and her practical, straightforward approach to all the matters she is instructed in.

She regularly appears in a wide range of criminal matters including Jury Trials, Sentences, Appeals, Contested Hearings and Children’s Court matters.

Gillian has appeared for clients charged with a range of offences, including Assaults, Sexual Assaults, Robbery, Kidnapping, Fraud, Drug Offences including Importation, Serious Driving offences including Dangerous Driving Occasioning Death, Manslaughter and Murder.

Since coming to the bar, she has expanded her experience by appearing before the Mental Health Review Tribunal, the Coroner’s Court, and the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia for parenting matters.

Gillian brings her passion for social justice and her practical, straightforward approach to all the matters she is instructed in.

Practice Areas

CRIMINAL

  • Appellate
  • Crimes against the person
  • Drugs
  • Environmental and Planning Offences
  • Extradition

 

  • Fraud
  • Juvenile justice
  • Mental illness
  • Proceeds of crime/money laundering
  • Property offences
  • Sexual assault

 

  • Traffic
  • White collar and corporate crime
  • Children’s Court matters.
  • Child Sexual Assault Pilot Scheme
  • Children’s Serious Indictable Offences

FAMILY LAW

PUBLIC / ADMINISTRATIVE

  • Proceeds of crime

APPELLATE

  • Criminal appeals

INQUESTS / INQUIRIES

  • Commissions and other Inquiries
  • Coronial inquests