AREAS OF PRACTICE
Administrative (2023 Doyle’s Guide leading Administrative and Public Law Barrister)
Appellate
Civil & Human Rights & Discrimination
Commercial
Constitutional
Criminal
Disciplinary proceedings
Industrial & Employment
Mining - Disciplinary Proceedings, Prosecutions and Inquiries
Occupational Health and Safety (2023 Doyle’s Guide recommended Barrister)
Royal Commissions, Commissions of Inquiry and Inquiries
CONTACT
Angus Scott KC
Murray Gleeson Chambers
Level 31, Hitachi Building
239 George Street
Brisbane Qld 4000
Phone: 07 3175 4610
Mobile: 0417 836 423
Email: [email protected]
Angus first came to the bar in 2010. He was appointed King’s Counsel in November 2022. He has extensive experience in a broad range of public law, with a particular focus on administrative law, regulatory prosecutions and statutory interpretation, as well as the workings of Government and the public service, having acted for and against Government entities and public servants throughout his career.
Previously, he was employed at the Queensland Crown Law office from 2004 where he worked mainly in the areas of administrative law and judicial review. He also worked in constitutional law, employment, discrimination, and workplace health and safety prosecutions. In 2005, he was seconded to the legal team of the Health Commission of Inquiry, and in 2006 he undertook a secondment to the Department of Premier and Cabinet Law and Justice Policy Unit.
Angus holds the degrees of Bachelor of Laws and Arts, with honours in law, from the Queensland University of Technology where he was awarded the University prize for constitutional law. He is a member of the Bar Association's Administrative Law Committee.
Angus has appeared in a range of Courts and Tribunals, including the High Court of Australia, Queensland Supreme Court and the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal.
Recently, Angus has appeared as defence counsel for former Executives of Linc Energy and of the Ipswich City Council in criminal prosecutions of them.
In 2022, Angus was appointed Junior Counsel Assisting in the Commission of Inquiry relating to the Crime and Corruption Commission. In 2022 and 2023 he was one of the Senior Counsel Assisting the Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme.
Cases that Angus has appeared in include:
Parole Board Queensland v McQueen [2022] QCA 230
R v Maudsley [2021] QCA 268
Sunland Cattle Co Pty Ltd v Kingham [2021] QSC 287
Stone v Guli [2020] QCA 288
Braun v Rushbrook [2020] QSC 268
Kilby v Harrison; Saxon Energy Services Australia Pty Ltd v Harrison [2019] ICQ 21
Maloney v R (2013) 252 CLR 168
Nona v Barnes [2013] Qd R 528
Wotton v State of Queensland (2012) 246 CLR 1
Wainohu v State of New South Wales (2011) 243 CLR 181
Attorney-General (Qld) v Fardon [2011] QCA 155