The Honourable Justice Natalie Adams was sworn-in as a Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales on 5 April 2016. Her Honour studied Economics and Law at the University of Sydney, graduating with Honours in Law in 1989. She was admitted as a solicitor that same year. Her Honour later went on to attain a Master of Laws from the University of New South Wales, specialising in criminal law. Her Honour spent parts of her career as a solicitor at (what was then) Freehill Hollingdale and Page, the Office of the DPP, the Legal Aid Commission and the Crown Solicitor’s Office before being called to the Bar in 2001. Adams J practiced at the private bar and then as a Crown Prosecutor. She was appointed the NSW Crown Advocate in 2011 and took silk in 2012.
| Associate | Phone | |
|---|---|---|
| Gordana Hosmann | Associate to Justice Adams | (02) 9230 8755 |
Legal, cultural or benevolent organisations
Committee Member, ADR Steering Committee |
Committee Member, Ngara Yura |
Chair, Sentencing Bench Book Committee |
Committee Member, Government Reference Group Committee for Coercive Control |
Committee Member, Supreme Court Rules Committee |
22–28 June |
Presenter, ‘Intensive Correction Orders’, Smart on Crime: The Criminal Lawyers Association of the Northern Territory Criminal Law Conference (Bali) |
30–31 August |
Presenter, Supreme Court Conference (Newcastle) |
11–13 October |
Australian Judicial Officers Association Colloquium (Canberra) |
9 March |
Presenter, ‘Joint Criminal Enterprise’: Public Defenders Criminal Law Conference |
2 April |
Presenter, ‘Criminal Law Review/Common Themes in CCA Appeals’ - District Court Annual Conference 2024 |
5 August |
Presided over a mock trial at the UNSW Department of Engineering (expert evidence, cyber security) |
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