Nicholas John Terry Swan

Background

Nicholas Swan was born in 1952. His professional career has been based in South Australia, where he developed a long-standing practice as a lawyer and later as an independent barrister in Adelaide.

Education

Swan holds an LLB. He was admitted to legal practice in South Australia in 1975 and subsequently signed the South Australian Bar roll in 1993, marking his transition from solicitor practice to independent advocacy.

Career

Swan began practising law in 1975 and later became a partner of the Adelaide commercial law firm Finlaysons. His practice included commercial and corporate matters, litigation, defamation, employment, insolvency, property, insurance, administrative law, mining and resources, and related areas of legal practice. In 1993 he joined the South Australian Bar and became a barrister at Jeffcott Chambers in Adelaide. He has appeared in matters across a broad range of civil and commercial practice areas, including the High Court of Australia case Astley v Austrust Limited, and has continued to be associated with South Australia's legal profession as a senior practitioner.

Achievements

• Nicholas Swan has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell.

• He contributed legal expertise on defamation to The Law Handbook, a South Australian legal reference work.

Works

• legal handbook

  • The Law Handbook

    (Contributor on defamation.)

Membership

Swan has been associated with the Law Society of South Australia and the South Australian Bar Association. He was listed among the Law Society of South Australia's senior members from 2020 onward.

• Listed as a senior member of the Law Society of South Australia.

  Law Society of South Australia , Australia

• South Australian Bar Association , Australia

References

• Jeffcott Chambers profile Documents Swan's admission to practice in 1975, signing of the Bar roll in 1993, LLB qualification, Adelaide chambers affiliation, and broad legal practice areas.
• Australian Business Register profile Identifies the professional entity as Nicholas John Terry Swan and records the South Australian business location.
• Law Society of South Australia annual report Lists Nicholas J. T. Swan among the senior members of the Law Society of South Australia.
  2021
• High Court of Australia, Astley v Austrust Limited Records Nicholas J. T. Swan among the legal practitioners involved in the High Court matter Astley v Austrust Limited.
  1999