Admitted as Solicitor

2016

Called to the Bar

2026

Isaac Morrison is an experienced advocate who specialises in criminal and public law. He has a particular interest in police powers, human rights and the way the law mediates between state authority and individual freedoms.

Isaac began his legal career as Tipstaff to His Honour Justice Ian Harrison at the Supreme Court of NSW in 2016. He worked as a Federal Prosecutor at the Commonwealth DPP then as a solicitor at Legal Aid NSW. Before being called to the bar in 2026, Isaac was the Solicitor Advocate at Legal Aid Port Macquarie where he regularly appeared in jury trials, District Court sentences, appeals, Children’s Court matters and coronial inquests throughout New South Wales. He obtained his Specialist Accreditation in Criminal Law in 2023.

Providing Guidance In

Criminal Law

Appellate (Criminal Law), Criminal Law (General), Children’s Criminal Law, Environmental Criminal Law, Parole, Prosecutions

Inquests & Inquiries

Commissions, Coronial, Inquests & Inquiries

Mental Health Law

Mental Health Law

Public & Administrative Law

Appellate, Administrative Law, Human Rights, Professional Disciplinary Proceedings, Judicial Review

SYDNEY

Black Chambers
Wallamulla, Gadigal Country
Suite 204, Level 2
185 Elizabeth Street
Sydney NSW 2000
Australia

Cases
  • PD v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) [2025] NSWSC 16 (solicitor advocate)
    Inquest into the death of Lathan Brown, Dubbo, 2025 (solicitor advocate)
Articles + Presentations

‘Defending the Right to Personal Liberty’: A Practical Guide to Arrests (September 2024) Isaac Morrison
https://criminalcpd.net.au/police-powers/
Presented at Legal Aid Annual Conference in June 2024.

‘Antithetical to Any Free Society’: A Practical Guide to Unlawful Stop and Search Cases (March 2022) Isaac Morrison
https://criminalcpd.net.au/police/
Presented at Reasonable Cause Conference in April 2022.

‘Not Intended to Produce Injustice’: A Practical Guide to Section 4 Annulments (July 2020) Isaac Morrison
https://criminalcpd.net.au/procedure/
Presented at Legal Aid Conference in August 2021 by webinar.

‘Pin the Tail on the Donkey’: The Role of ‘Role’ in Sentencing for Large Commercial Drug Offences in New South Wales (2016) Isaac Morrison, 40 Criminal Law Journal 154.