Nicholas’ tort litigation experience has been honed by having regularly defended NSW Police Force against claims by individuals who allege that they have been falsely imprisoned, assaulted, maliciously prosecuted or defamed in their dealings with Police officers.

In 2024 and 2025, Nicholas was ranked as a leading Administrative, Public Law & Judicial Review lawyer in NSW.

He also has broad commercial litigation experience acting in both State and Federal jurisdictions on instruction from publicly listed corporations in general commercial, discrimination, and intellectual property litigation.

Nicholas is a member of the Medico-Legal Society of NSW, and appears in tribunals, courts and before professional disciplinary committees for his professional clients. Clients welcome his thorough, pragmatic, analytical and solutions-oriented approach which stems from his background working for Australia’s largest Medical Defence Organisation as well as for a major Insurer. He has been ranked in the Doyles Guide of leading Medical Negligence & Malpractice (Defendant) lawyers in NSW for the past three years.

In litigation, like war, you can only win when you know how and when to fight, and when not to fight

Legal Expertise

• Intentional torts spanning false imprisonment, malicious prosecution, assault / battery, misfeasance in public office, trespass to land and goods, and defamation.
• Administrative law, public law, freedom of information and judicial review matters.
• Medical negligence and health practitioner regulation.
• Inquests and public inquiries.