Rachelle was admitted in 2005 and called to the Queensland Bar in 2009. In the same year, she was appointed as a Crown Prosecutor with the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, where she conducted criminal prosecutions throughout Queensland.
Rachelle commenced at the private Bar in 2018. She has extensive and comprehensive criminal law experience, appearing in the Supreme Court, District Court, and Magistrates Court of Queensland. She has appellate experience in the District Court and Court of Appeal.
Rachelle also practices in domestic and family violence proceedings— at first instance, in appeals regarding Protection Orders to the District Court and in Judicial Reviews in the Supreme Court. She accepts briefs in child protection matters, administrative law, and commercial litigation. She appears in regulatory prosecutions and coronial inquests.
Rachelle brings extensive experience to her work at the private Bar, providing clients with comprehensive strategy, advice and advocacy across a diverse range of legal matters.
Rachelle is the Deputy Chair of the Bar Association of Queensland’s Regional Issues Committee.
Published Cases
Crossman v Department of Transport and Main Road [2019] QSC 67
CBC v Queensland Police Service [2019] QDC 3
Solomon v Queensland Police Service [2019] QDC 224
Stapleton v Queensland Police Service [2019] QDC 190
Director of Child Protection Litigation v DHP & Anor [2020] QChC 9
Dunlop v Department of Justice & Attorney General (2020) 4 QR 572
Burnett v Commissioner of Police [2021] QDC 251
R v Ngakyunkwokka (2021) 14 Qd R 259