Declan Roche SC

Practice Areas

Declan appears in a variety of courts and tribunals.

Declan has a diverse practice which includes regulatory proceedings, commercial law, class actions, administrative law, defamation law, and family law.

He has particular expertise in competition law. In this field he has appeared in many of the leading cases in recent years, and been consistently ranked as a leading junior barrister.

Before being called to the bar, Declan was a lecturer in law at the London School of Economics, and obtained his PhD in law from the Australian National University. He is also the author of a book, ‘Accountability in Restorative Justice’, published by Oxford University Press, which was awarded the British Society of Criminology book prize in 2004.

Career

2009 - Admitted to NSW Bar

2008 - Admitted in the State of New York, USA

1998 - Admitted as a solicitor in the ACT