Rebekah Court

Rebekah Court is a criminal and family law barrister based at Sir Owen Dixon’s Extension in Newcastle, where she has practised since coming to the New South Wales Bar in 2015. A proud Novocastrian since that time, her practice focuses on complex criminal matters and high-risk parenting proceedings.

Rebekah commenced her legal career in 2003 at a Melbourne commercial law firm practising in trademarks, personal injury, and commercial litigation, including work representing victims of child sexual abuse under the Catholic Church’s Towards Healing framework. In 2004, she relocated to the Pilbara region of Western Australia and worked as a journalist with the West Australian Newspaper Group before joining Legal Aid WA in South Hedland in 2005, where she represented adult and juvenile clients across regional circuit courts and regularly appeared in the Yandeyarra Circle Court convened by the Magistrates Court of Western Australia.

From 2006 to 2012, Rebekah served as a State Prosecutor with the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (WA), appearing in serious indictable trials including homicide, sexual offences, drug offences, and armed robbery. 

She later worked with the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) before returning to Victoria to hold senior leadership roles in the Sexual Offences practice at Victoria Legal Aid, including Deputy Managing Lawyer, Acting Manager, and Acting Program Manager. During this time, she represented a number of high-profile clients and assisted counsel in strategic litigation engaging the Victorian Charter of Human Rights.

Rebekah holds a Masters of Public and International Law with a focus on human rights and international criminal law from the University of Melbourne.  

She is a member of the NSW Legal Aid Complex Criminal Law Panel and has a particular professional interest in the rights of the child, reflected in both her criminal practice and her work in high-risk parenting matters before the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia.