On 7 May 1968, 25 legal practitioners met together (with proxies for five others) to form the Law Society Northern Territory.

Darwin lawyer Richard Keller convened the meeting. Mr Keller had been part of a steering committee formed the previous year to write to other Australian law societies to gain an overall picture of which direction the Territory's law society should take.

He described the event as a milestone in the history of the Northern Territory, which until then was the only part of the Commonwealth of Australia which had no such body.

The Society and its membership has since grown. Currently there are over 500 members of the Society.

Mandatory Reading, Lawyers and Life in the Northern Territory (2018) is a 50th anniversary publication which covers the history of the Society and the Territory in great detail.

Past Presidents

Positions on the Council are undertaken on a voluntary basis. The Council is elected each year by Society members and any member is entitled to stand for a position on Council. The Council directs the policy of the Society and controls the Secretariat.

2023 Council members

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Richard Henschke
- President -
Halfpennys Lawyers

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Carol Sexton
- Vice-President -
Solicitor for The Northern Territory

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Emma Farnell
- Treasurer -
Dept Industry, Tourism and Trade

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Vacant
- Secretary -

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Amy Williams
- Councillor -
Maurice Blackburn Lawyers

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Anna Gill
- Councillor -
NAAJA

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Ben McCarthy
- Councillor -
ICAC

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Carolyn Anderson
- Councillor -
Territory Generation

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Ron Levy
- Councillor, NTBA -
Ron Levy Barrister

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Greta Driscoll
- Councillor -
AHPRA

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Jonathan Parry
- Councillor -
NT Legal Aid Commission

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Mark Munnich
- Councillor -
NAAJA

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Michael Halkitis
- Councillor -
Hunt and Hunt

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Nadia D'Souza
- Councillor -
HWL Ebsworth

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Ruth Morley
- Councillor -
Ruth Morley Legal Services

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Stella Noor
- Councillor -
Ward Keller

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OFFICE INFORMATION

Please note that the Law Society NT cannot offer legal advice.

You can find contact details for NT law firms by area of law here.

Opening hours: 8.30 am - 5.00 pm Monday to Friday (excluding public holidays)
Office Location: 3/6 Lindsay Street Darwin NT 0800
Postal address: GPO Box 2388 Darwin NT 0801
Telephone: (08) 8981 5104
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Website: www.lawsocietynt.asn.au
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PRESIDENT AND CEO

2024 President
Mr Richard Henschke 
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Chief Executive Officer
Mr Kelvin Strange
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MEDIA ENQUIRIES

The Society's CEO handles all media requests for information or interviews and the primary spokesperson is the President.

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REGULATORY MATTERS

Manager Regulatory Services

Availability: 8.30 am - 5.00 pm Monday, Tuesday and Thursday.

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The Manager Regulatory Services can assist with:

• Discipline
• Ethics
• Trust accounts

LICENSING

Licensing Officer

Availability: 8.30 am - 5.00 pm Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

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The Licensing Officer can assist with:

• Practising certificate applications and queries
• Trust account forms
• Annual CPD Certificates
• Supplementary CPD Certificates
• Certificates of Fitness (Good Standing)
• CPD point history
• Membership applications
• Member services e.g. robing rooms, court boxes
• Updating your employment and/or personal details* - this can also be done here.

*Imposed under s70(1) of the Legal Profession Act, practitioners must notify the Law Society NT as soon as it is reasonably practicable every time their details change.

COMPLAINTS

Complaints Investigator

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Please note: Complaints to the Law Society NT must be made in writing and the complaint must be about a Northern Territory legal practitioner. For more information and to download the complaint form, click here.

If your complaint concerns a judicial officer (e.g. a judge) or a member of the NT Civil and Administrative Tribunal – go to the Northern Territory Judicial Commission website.

CORPORATE SERVICES

Corporate Services Manager

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The Corporate Services Manager can assist with:

• Finance matters e.g. invoicing, supplier payments
• Facilities (office) management
• Human resources
• Law Society Public Purposes Trust

PUBLICATIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS

Balance

Balance magazine is no longer published – read the reason why here.

The Practitioner e-newsletter

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Place a positions vacant on the Society's website

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LAW SOCIETY PUBLIC PURPOSES TRUST

GPO Box 2388 DARWIN NT 0801
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ABN: 48 813 464 972
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