Chris Ronalds AM SC

Barrister, Frederick Jordan Chambers

Chris Ronalds SC is a Sydney barrister, specialising in discrimination law, employment law and administrative law. In that role, she has had the conduct of a number of landmark cases and has assisted a number of employers in addressing discrimination and harassment issues within their workforce. She has conducted in depth investigations into workplace harassment and discrimination, especially in the health sector. She is an accredited mediator and arbitrator.  

She wrote the Report of the Inquiry Into Sexual Harassment and Sex Discrimination in the NSW Police which was released in January 2007.

She was closely involved with the preparation of the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 and the Disability Discrimination Act 1992.

She is the author of Discrimination Law and Practice (Federation Press, 3rd ed, February 2008).
 
She was appointed Senior Counsel in September 2004. 
 
She was made a Member of the Order of Australia in June 1994 for her services to women, and in particular anti-discrimination and affirmative action legislation.