Called to the bar in 2011, and appointed Senior Counsel in 2023, David Scully SC had a broad commercial and regulatory practice, before being appointed a Crown Prosecutor in 2015 and a Deputy Senior Crown Prosecutor in 2018. David also (from 2023) acted, on an ad hoc basis, as Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions.

David appeared in a vast number of the most complex and high-profile jury trials in New South Wales, and in numerous appeals.

David returned to the private bar in May 2024.

Education:
-BA/ LLB (First Class Honours), University of Western Australia
-BCL (Distinction), University of Oxford, Commonwealth Scholarship

Areas of Practice

Year of Admission to the Bar

2011

Appointed Silk

2023

Telephone Number

02 8233 0304

Email Address

d.scully@mauricebyers.com