Joshua Thomson SC holds a Bachelor of Laws with First Class Honours from University of WA and was awarded the Hackett Scholarship and other various prizes. Mr Thomson also achieved a Bachelor of Civil Law from the University of Oxford, Magdalen College.
Mr Thomson was admitted to practice in Western Australia in 1995, practising at the then Crown Solicitor's Office of WA until 2001 and was Assistant Crown Counsel. In 2001, Mr Thomson joined the Independent Bar and has since practised as an independent barrister. He was appointed Senior Counsel in 2012.
Mr Thomson practices in a broad range of matters in all superior Courts. He has experience in constitutional law, administrative law, native title, taxation, State Agreements, statutory construction, regulatory and competition law. He has appeared as counsel in a number of significant matters in a wide variety of practice areas, including matters of constitutional and administrative law contractual disputes; corporations and corporate insolvency; construction and building disputes; insurance law and torts; maritime law and regulatory and competition disputes; and important matters concerning statutory construction and civil procedure.
