Simon Chapple SC has a general equity practice, with particular emphasis on succession, probate, family provision, trusts, real property, protective law and appellate litigation.

Simon appears regularly in the Supreme Court of New South Wales, including the Court of Appeal, and has also appeared in the ACT Court of Appeal, the Supreme Courts of the ACT and Northern Territory, and the Federal Court of Australia. His recent appellate work includes Saeedi v Pastrello [2026] ACTCA 10, Wheatley v Peek [2025] NSWCA 265, Jaksic-Repac v Dundjerski [2025] NSWCA 256, Peacock v Knox [2025] NSWCA 160, Anderson v Yongpairojwong [2024] NSWCA 220 and Ritossa v Ritossa [2023] NSWCA 14.

Simon was admitted in 2007 and practised as a solicitor at Freehills before coming to the Bar in 2010. He was appointed Senior Counsel in 2023. He holds a BA (Hons), LLB and PhD from the University of New South Wales. Doyle’s Guide has listed him in its Wills and Estates Litigation leading lawyers list since 2016, and ranked him as Preeminent Senior Counsel in both New South Wales and Australia from 2024 to 2026.

Simon has taught law at the University of Sydney, the University of New South Wales and Western Sydney University. He is co-author of Sale of Land in NSW: Commentary and Materials (Thomson Reuters, 6th ed, 2018) and Equity and Trusts (Palgrave Macmillan, 2011), and presents regularly at conferences. He is a member of the Bar Association’s Succession and Protective Law Committee, a Council Member and Secretary of the Francis Forbes Society for Australian Legal History, and a Board Member of the B Miles Women’s Foundation.