Council adds Christopher Carr
In an update from its president, the Victorian Bar Association announced the election of Georgina Costello – who has been an executive member and assistant treasurer – as the Bar Council’s vice president at a recent meeting.
Justin Hannebery, the Victorian bar’s president, welcomed Christopher Carr as the Bar Council member filling the casual vacancy created by Lisa Hannon’s appointment as a judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria.
Costello’s and Carr’s barrister profiles on the bar association’s website provided more information about them.
Georgina Costello received admission to the Victorian bar in May 2001, signed the bar roll in November 2003, and was appointed silk in October 2019. She has practised out of Aickin Chambers in Melbourne.
Costello acts as an advocate in trials, appeals, and judicial reviews before state and federal courts. Her practice has covered public law, property law, class actions, regulatory matters, civil penalties, fraud cases, and criminal proceeds.
She was a property lawyer at Mallesons Stephen Jaques prior to joining the Victorian bar. She has chaired the Victorian bar’s Migration Bar Association.
Also admitted to the New York bar, Costello practised as a commercial litigator at Fried Frank Harris Shriver and Jacobson LLP, a US law firm, in 2006–07.
She also worked at the World Bank in Washington, DC, and at the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization in Italy on matters concerning fraud, misconduct, and corruption investigations.
Costello graduated with an LLB (honours) from Melbourne University Law School in 1999.
Christopher Carr received admission to the Victorian bar in June 2002, signed the bar roll in May 2007, and was appointed silk in October 2020. He has practised out of William Street Chambers in Melbourne.
His practice has focused on appellate and review proceedings and encompassed administrative, criminal, and quasi-criminal matters. He has appeared regularly before superior and appellate courts.
His appearances have covered judicial reviews, public law matters, criminal trials, pleas, appeals, occupational health and safety prosecutions, inquests, disciplinary hearings (including those conducted by professional associations), detention applications, supervision order applications, confiscations, criminal compensation applications, and coercive hearings before investigatory bodies.
Carr has assisted and acted for the government, corporations, and individuals. His work has included criminal law, human rights, white collar crime, and administrative law proceedings.
