Francis Burt Chambers congratulates Gary Cobby SC on his appointment as a judge of the Supreme Court of Western Australia.
Mr Cobby SC was admitted to practice in WA in 1990 and after working as a solicitor for several law firms, joined Francis Burt Chambers in 2008. He has over 30 years’ experience in the conduct of commercial litigation, appearing mainly in the Supreme Court of Western Australia (usually in the Commercial and Managed Cases List), the Court of Appeal, and the Federal Court of Australia.
In 2018 Mr Cobby SC was appointed Senior Counsel and has served Chambers as a director between 2018 to December 2023, recently being re-elected to the Board. Mr Cobby has made a significant contribution to the work of the Board and has been a valued mentor to junior members of chambers.
He has also made an outstanding contribution to the profession, as a contributor to Chambers’ own CPD program, and as a member of the Essential Trial Advocacy Course coaching faculty in 2019, 2022 and 2023 for the Western Australian Bar Association and a regular presenter at the Bar Readers’ Course.
We wish Mr Cobby SC the very best for this new appointment, which takes effect from 29 January 2024.