Perry Herzfeld SC

Date of admission to the Bar
2009

Date of appointment as Senior Counsel
2020

Areas of practice

Perry has a wide ranging commercial and public law practice, including:

• Administrative and public law
• Appellate practice
• Class actions
• Commercial Law
• Constitutional Law
• Insurance law
• Professional liability
• Public & private international law

Perry frequently appears in the High Court and intermediate appellate courts, as well as at the trial level in various jurisdictions.

He is a co-author of Interpretation (3rd ed, 2024), a leading text on interpretation in public and private law, and Nygh’s Conflict of Laws in Australia (11th ed, 2026), a leading text on private international law.  He is the editor of the New South Wales Law Reports.  He is also a fellow of the Australian Academy of Law.

Prior to coming to the Bar, Perry was an Associate to the Hon Justice Susan Crennan of the High Court of Australia.  Before his Associateship, Perry was a lawyer in the litigation department at Allens Arthur Robinson.

Qualifications
BSc LLB (Hons) (Melb) LLM (Melb)