Charles Street is a versatile barrister with a strong focus on Admiralty, maritime, commercial and transnational disputes.
Consistently ranked as Australia’s “Market Leader” in transport law by the Doyle’s Guide, Charles’ expertise and ability as a barrister in matters maritime is also recognised in Chambers and Partners, Global Guide, Shipping: The Bar – Australia; Chambers and Partners, Asia-Pacific, Shipping: The Bar – Australia; Lexology Index Shipping – Australia and New Zealand (formerly Who’s Who Legal); and The Best Lawyers in Australia™ – Shipping and Maritime Law.
Charles appears in urgent actions involving marine casualty response and limitation proceedings, as well as urgent jurisdictional contests in personam and in rem. He acts in all wet and dry fields of maritime law including ship arrests, salvage, towage, collisions, carriage of goods and charterparty disputes, general average, bunker supply, marine insurance, marine reinsurance, coastal trading, marine pollution and shipbuilding.
In addition to Admiralty and maritime disputes, Charles practices extensively in the areas of private international law and commercial law. Charles also appears in domestic and international arbitrations (maritime and commercial), as well as enforcement proceedings in personam and in rem.
Charles was admitted as a legal practitioner in 2012 and was called to the bar in May 2019. He received the Christopher Gee QC Memorial Prize for Advocacy and Evidence, awarded to the top new barrister in the NSW Bar Practice Course (May 2019).
Charles is a director of the Maritime Law Association of Australia and New Zealand. He is also a former Chairman and Secretary of the New South Wales Branch.
Prior to coming to the bar, Charles practiced as a Senior Associate at Norton Rose Fulbright in its litigation and shipping team, having commenced practice as a solicitor in 2012 at Norton White (formerly Norton Smith & Co) in its shipping team. As a solicitor, he practiced extensively in shipping and commercial litigation.
A list of cases is available on request.
For more information please visit https://www.charleslwstreet.com.au