Troy Spence

Troy has a diverse practice, with a focus on employment and industrial relations, workplace health and safety, discrimination, human rights and workers’ compensation. 

In 2026, Troy was ranked as pre-eminent junior counsel in Employment Law in Queensland and re-eminent junior counsel in Workplace Health & Safety Law in Queensland in Doyle’s Guide to the Australian Legal Profession. In 2026, Troy was also ranked as Recommended junior counsel in Employment Law in Australia.

Prior to being called to the Bar in 2018, Troy worked for almost two decades in both public and private sector industrial relations, during which time he regularly appeared in the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission and the Fair Work Commission.

In addition to those jurisdictions, he now regularly appears the Federal Circuit and Family Court (Div. 2) and the Federal Court of Australia. Troy has also appeared before the Queensland Court of Appeal, the Full Federal Court and the High Court of Australia.

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  • Employment and Industrial Relations

  • Workplace Health and Safety

  • Coronial Inquests and Commissions of Inquiry

  • Regulatory Litigation

  • Administrative and Public Law

  • Appellate

  • Human Rights and Discrimination

  • Workers’ Compensation

  • Alternative Dispute Resolution

Practice areas

Admissions

2018 (Supreme Court of Queensland)

Call to Bar

2018

Memberships

Bar Association of Queensland