Walking on Water: A Life in the Law

Chester Porter’s life in the law began in 1948, when at the age of 21 he was the youngest lawyer to be admitted to the Bar. He took silk in 1974 and quickly became known as Sydney’s best defence lawyer, shunning the courtroom theatricals favoured by many of his rivals.Young Chester” was the man others would go to if they were in strife. Chester’s most famous cases included successfully defending the “”once only’s”” such as Detective Sgt Roger Rogerson on bribery charges