Simon Fitzpatrick SC
Simon has practised as a barrister in Sydney since 2010 and was appointed Senior Counsel in 2024. He had previously worked in New York, taught at the University of Sydney Law School, and been an associate at the High Court of Australia.
Simon’s practice includes commercial and corporate law, equity, insurance, professional indemnity, public law and trade practices. He has appeared in representative proceedings (for applicants and respondents), commissions of inquiry (as counsel assisting ICAC, and for persons and institutions affected), and trials and appeals in federal, state and territory courts.
Simon is ranked as a ‘2024 Silk’ in The Legal500 Asia-Pacific Guide for Commercial Disputes: ‘Simon is an excellent barrister. He is academically rigorous, commercially pragmatic, prompt in the turn around of work, and collaborative in his approach’. Best Lawyers in Australia also recognises Simon in the area of Litigation (9th ed, 2017 to 17th ed, 2025).
Simon is a member of the Executive of the Law Council of Australia's Federal Dispute Resolution Section, and since 2019, has served on a Professional Conduct Committee of the NSW Bar Association. He was also a volunteer Director of the Marrickville Legal Centre from 2016 to 2021.
- Trademax Australia Limited v Huang [2024] NSWSC 1459
- Joudo v Joudo [2024] NSWCA 258
- Zurich Australian Insurance Limited v CIMIC Group Limited & Ors [2024] NSWCA 229
- Zurich Australian Insurance Limited v CIMIC Group Limited & Ors (No 2) [2024] NSWCA 276
- Commonwealth of Australia v Sanofi (Formerly Sanofi-Aventis) & Ors [2024] HCA 47
- SSABR Pty Ltd v AMA Group Ltd (No 3) [2024] NSWSC 1415
- SSABR Pty Ltd v AMA Group Ltd (No 4) [2024] NSWSC 1512
- The Law Society of New South Wales v Attorney General of New South Wales; ABC Insurance Pty Ltd v The Law Society of New South Wales [2024] NSWCA 90
‘Simon is an excellent barrister. He is academically rigorous, commercially pragmatic, prompt in the turn around of work, and collaborative in his approach.’
- Appointed as Senior Counsel: 2024
- Admitted to the Bar (New South Wales): 2010
- Admitted to the Bar (New York): 2003
- Admitted as a Legal Practitioner: 2001
- LLM (Harvard Law School): 2002
- LLB (Hons I & Medal) (Sydney): 2000
- BA (Sydney): 1998
- “Prospects of Further Copyright Harmonisation?” [2003] European Intellectual Property Review 215
- “The Death of the Recording Industry?” (2002) 7 Media and Arts Law Review 279
- “Torts or Tort? The Imperial Expansion of Defamation” (2000) 8 Tort Law Journal 263
- “Protecting Australian Culture in the 21st Century: Television Content Regulation in a Globalising World” (2000) 5 Media and Arts Law Review 223
- “Copyright Imbalance: US and Australian Responses to the WIPO Digital Copyright Treaty” [2000] European Intellectual Property Review 214