Notable Cases

Spence v Queensland (2019) 268 CLR 355

Barboza v Blundy & Honey Birdette (Aust) Pty Ltd & others [2021] QSC 68 

Loft v Minister for Local Government, Racing and Multicultural Affairs [2018] QSC 96

Dowse v Commissioner of State Revenue [2021] QCAT 221

Cassandra Louise Smith (nee Kay) v UQ Sport Ltd [2022] FWC 328

Margaret Forrest practices predominantly in commercial law and criminal law/regulatory prosecutions.

Margaret represents her clients in all jurisdictions, including the Supreme Court and the High Court.

Prior to the Bar, Margaret was a solicitor in the Corporate and International Tax Division of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu; a solicitor in the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions; and an Associate to Judge Kiernan Dorney QC in the District Court of Queensland.  

Margaret has also worked at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague and has taught Evidence Law and Criminal Law and Procedure at the University of Queensland.

Margaret holds a Master of Philosophy (Criminology) from the University of Cambridge and degrees in Law and Arts (Mandarin Chinese) from the University of Queensland.  She was the recipient of a Cambridge Commonwealth, European and International Trust Scholarship.