Family law · Criminal defence · Property — Sydney and NSW-wide
When it counts, you want the right barrister at the bar table.
Anthony Strik is a Sydney barrister with more than a decade of trial and appellate experience across NSW and the federal courts. Before the Bar, he served as a Senior Solicitor at the NSW Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions. Straight advice. Thorough preparation. Advocacy that doesn’t take a backward step.
Garfield Barwick Chambers
Practice areas
Three areas of practice. One standard of preparation.
Family law
Parenting and property disputes are fought in inches. Anthony appears in the Federal Circuit and Family Court — at first instance and on appeal — in parenting, property, injunctions under ss 68B and 114, consent orders and enforcement. Measured where it helps you. Unyielding where it counts.
Criminal defence
From the bail application to the appeal. Every defence is prepared the way the prosecution prepares its case — witness by witness, exhibit by exhibit. Anthony spent years on that side of the record; he knows the standard, and he prepares to beat it.
Property & administrative
Possession proceedings, licensing and fair trading disputes, merits review in NCAT. Commercial fights, run with the same discipline.
Why brief Anthony
He knows how the other side works.
Courtroom strategy begins with understanding how the other side thinks. Before coming to the Bar, Anthony spent years inside the NSW ODPP as a Senior Solicitor, helping build serious prosecutions from the ground up. He knows how a case is assembled — and where cases come apart.
Prosecution-side experience
Years inside the State ODPP preparing serious criminal cases. When he reads a brief against you, he reads it the way the other side wrote it.
Trial & appeal
Local Court to the Court of Criminal Appeal and the appellate division of the Federal Circuit and Family Court. If your matter goes further, so does your counsel.
Wherever it’s listed
Sydney chambers. On circuit throughout NSW. Available Australia-wide.
Straight answers
If your case has a weakness, you will hear it from your own counsel first — together with a strategy for dealing with it. No varnish. No false comfort.
Briefed through a solicitor
Anthony is briefed through an instructing solicitor. If you come to him directly, he will recommend a solicitor suited to your matter and work alongside them.
Selected matters
The record.
Selected recent appearances. Every matter turns on its own facts — the record shows the work.
Kenton & Odom
[2026] FedCFamC1A 5
Family law appeal — application for appeal dismissed for the successful party.
Williams v R
[2026] NSWCCA 17
Show-cause bail in the Court of Criminal Appeal.
NKT Pty Ltd v Commissioner for Fair Trading
[2024] NSWCATAD 85
Administrative law merits review — tow truck operator’s licence.
District Court severity appeal
2024
Client sentenced to 3.5 years in the Local Court; released on appeal.
Past results depend on their own facts and do not predict the outcome of any other matter. More cases & publicity →
Fees
Fees, stated plainly.
You will know what your matter is likely to cost before you commit to anything. Conference fees, hearing rates and likely outlays are discussed openly at the first conference — and confirmed in writing. No surprises at the end.
For solicitors
Briefing Anthony.
Instructing solicitors can obtain Anthony’s CV, current availability and a fee estimate through chambers. The commentary on this site is written with practitioners in mind and may be cited accordingly.
Commentary
From the bar table.
Notes on the law as it develops — written for the profession, readable by anyone facing these issues.
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Adin & Olivija (No 2) [2025]
Adin & Olivija (No 2) [2025] – Spousal Maintenance & Division of Assets – Family Law – Mr Anthony Strik…
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Ahio v State Coroner of New South Wales: Case Note
Ahio v State Coroner of New South Wales [2026] NSWSC 480 Ahio v State Coroner of New South Wales [2026]…
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R v [B] [2025]
R v [B] [2025] – Sentencing for Sexual Touching & Recording Without Consent – Criminal Law – Mr Anthony Strik…
Next step
The other side has already started.
A first conference will tell you exactly where you stand — the strengths, the risks, and the strategy. If you don’t have a solicitor, Anthony will recommend one suited to your matter.
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