Qualifications: Bachelor of Sports Media; LLB (Hons); Certified Fraud Examiner
Admitted as a Solicitor: December 2009
Called to Bar: September 2020
Phone: (02) 4032 4511
Email: rboyd@hunterstreetchambers.
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Russell appears in criminal matters including trials, sentences, appeals, defended hearings, Local and Children’s Court matters. He is also available to appear in regulatory prosecutions and a range of civil matters.
Prior to coming to the Bar, Russell was a solicitor with the NSW Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions. From 2017 to 2019 he was a Special Provincial Constable investigating securities fraud in Canada, and before that was a criminal defence solicitor in Sydney and Melbourne. From 2010 to 2011 he was Tipstaff (clerk) to a Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales.
Outside the law, Russell first completed a Bachelor of Sports Media from the University of Canberra and spent two years working as a TV and radio journalist for the ABC. He then returned to finish his studies in Law, where he won two university prizes and received his degree with Honours.
Practice areas
Criminal
- Appellate
- Crimes against the person
- Drugs
- Environmental and planning offences
- Fraud
- Juvenile justice
- Mental illness
- Proceeds of crime/money laundering
- Property offences
- Sexual assault
- Traffic
- White collar and corporate crime
- Work health and safety
- Children’s Court matters
- Children’s Serious Indictable Offences
Commercial
- Consumer protection law
- Contractual disputes
- Insurance
Common law/personal injury
- Intentional torts
- Judicial review – motor accidents & workers compensation
Public/administrative
- Merits review
- Proceeds of crime