16 QUAY CENTRAL CHAMBERS - Key Persons


Chris Curtis

Chris Curtis came to the Bar in 2014 and has a broad civil and commercial practice in State and Federal Courts and Tribunals. Qualifications Bachelor of Laws (Hons IIB) - University of Queensland (2009) Master of Laws - University of Queensland (2011)

Christopher Wilson

Chris Wilson was admitted to the Queensland Bar in 1994. He commenced practise in 1995, when he joined these chambers. He is a graduate of the Queensland University of Technology, holding the degrees of Bachelor of Laws (1989) and Master of Laws (1995). He undertook articles of clerkship with MacGillivrays Solicitors (now Gadens). Shortly after admission as a solicitor (1991), he spent 3 years working as an in-house solicitor with a major Australian bank. Chris has a broad commercial practice. He also accepts work in matters relating to the regulation of solicitors, doctors and other professionals, as well as succession matters. He has published and delivered papers for the Bar Association of Queensland, the Queensland Law Society and commercial presenters. He has lectured at postgraduate level at the Queensland University of Technology (banking and finance), and at the Bar Practice Course for over 10 years. Qualifications Bachelor of Laws (1989) Master of Laws (1995)

Justice Allsop AC

Job Titles:
  • Chief

Samuel Walpole

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Fellow at the University of Queensland
  • Co - Editor of the Law of Civil Penalties
Samuel is an Adjunct Fellow at the University of Queensland, where he lectures in the postgraduate Commercial Equity course. His publications have appeared in a number of domestic and international journals, including the Law Quarterly Review, Lloyd's Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly, Australian Journal of Corporate Law, Australian Journal of Administrative Law and Trusts & Trustees. Samuel is also the co-editor of The Law of Civil Penalties (Federation Press, 2023).