David Prince

About David Prince

Since 1995 David Prince has practiced extensively in all areas of visa applications, merits review and judicial review. He has established a reputation for successfully solving difficult immigration cases and he is regularly consulted by barristers, solicitors and migration agents on complex issues of immigration law.

David has been recognised as amongst Australia’s finest immigration lawyers through his inclusion in the peer reviewed Best Lawyers – Australia, Immigration Law, since 2008. In 2012 and 2018 he was voted Lawyer of the Year, Immigration – Sydney.

David has been accredited as an immigration specialist by the Law Society of New South Wales since 2000. There are fewer than 60 accredited immigration solicitors practising in New South Wales.

For many years David served on the NSW Specialist Accreditation Immigration Law Advisory Committee, including for several years as Co-Chair of the Committee. This Committee is responsible for assessing candidates for specialist accreditation.

David has worked as a lecturer at the Australian National University and has received accolades for his teaching in ANU’s Graduate Certificate of Migration Law and Practice course, being awarded the ANU College of Law 2013 Award for Teaching Excellence (Sessional Teaching) and the ANU 2014 Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Education.

David is committed to sharing his knowledge and experience of immigration law both within the profession and publicly. For several years he presented Immigration Law Review with Joanne Kinslor, providing high level immigration law analysis for lawyers. He has also lectured on immigration law topics for numerous professional organisations, including the New South Wales Law Society, the Law Council of Australia, the New South Wales Bar Association and the Migration Institute of Australia. Beyond the profession, David is consulted by Australian and international media on matters of Australian immigration law.

In 2003 and 2006 David edited the Immigration, Citizenship, and Passports Chapters of Halsbury’s Laws of Australia. He has also authored the Citizenship and Migration sections of Australian Encyclopedia for Forms and Precedents.

David is an active member of the Law Council of Australia’s Migration Law Committee, which he previously served as Committee Chair. Through the Law Council, he participates in national debate on immigration law and policy and contributes to Parliamentary submissions, including by appearing before Committees
of the Australian Parliament.

David Prince graduated from the University of New South Wales with a Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Laws.

David is admitted to practice in the High Court of Australia and the Supreme Court of New South Wales.