CHARLES WILSON
BARRISTER AT LAW
Year of call 2001
AREAS OF PRACTICE
Private Client Law, Insurance Law and Succession
General Commercial Disputes | Personal Injuries | Professional Negligence
Trusts & Equity | Consumer Law
OVERVIEW
Charles Wilson brings a breadth of experience in dispute resolution across all aspects of Private Client Law and Commercial activity in diverse contexts. Acknowledged widely for sound judgment and client-centred focus, Charles provides specialist advocacy and advice in all aspects of contentious and non-contentious Private Client Law and Commercial Disputes. His areas of practice include Tort, Insurance, Succession (including Wills, Estate Administration and Family Provision Applications), Consumer Law, Trusts and Equity, and all aspects of partnership, company law, franchise, distributorship and business sale disputes.
Charles Wilson has a depth of experience in advising clients and acting on their behalf in mediations, at trial and on appeal.
Charles understands that at the centre of every legal issue is a client navigating challenging and often complex issues. Responsiveness to client needs with integrity and care are hall-marks of his approach to law, central to which is a commitment to offering clients honest advice and representation in a creative, efficient and cost-effective way.
DIRECTORY/INDUSTRY COMMENTS
Listed in the 2015 Doyle’s listing of Recommended Queensland Insurance and Personal Injuries Junior Counsel identified by Queensland plaintiff and defendant insurance solicitors for his expertise and ability in the area
EDUCATION
1985​ BA, LLB, University of Sydney
1987 Practical Legal Training, College of Law, NSW
2008 Mediation Intensive, Harvard Negotiation Institute, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Mass, USA
2013 ‘Difficult Conversations’, Harvard Negotiation Institute, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Mass, USA
2015 Australian Bar Association, 'Appellate Advocacy Intensive', Sydney, NSW
2016 Australian Bar Association, 'Trial Advocacy Intensive', Melbourne, Vic
MEMBERSHIPS
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Bar Association of Queensland
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New South Wales Bar Association
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Medico-Legal Society
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Australian Lawyers for Human Rights
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Transparency International Australia
APPOINTMENTS
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Queensland Bar Association Bar Care Sub-committee 2015-2021
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Queensland Bar Association Human Rights Sub-Committee 2019-2021