Nick Poynder graduated from the University of Tasmania with an LL.B (Hons) in 1983. He was admitted to practice in Tasmania in 1984 then moved to Melbourne to work as a solicitor in 1986. In 1988 Nick travelled overseas and worked with the legal profession in London in 1989, before returning to Melbourne and signing the Victorian Bar Roll in 1990. In 1993 Nick moved to Sydney where he worked as Coordinator of the Refugee Advice and Casework Service (NSW) and then as a Senior Legal Officer with the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission. In 1997 Nick completed a Masters of Law at the University of New South Wales, and in 1998 he signed the NSW Bar Roll.

After practicing at the NSW Bar for 26 years, in 2024 Nick returned to Hobart where he is joined the Tasmanian Bar and is based at Rosny Chambers.

Nick continues to have a busy interstate practice in Melbourne and Sydney. His practice is primarily in administrative law; immigration law and anti-discrimination law.

Nick was one of the first migration agents to be registered in Australia, following the introduction of the registration scheme in 1992. He has been recognised in the Best Lawyers in Australia Immigration category every year since 2012.

Nick has appeared before tribunals and courts at all levels, including several matters in the High Court. Some of the cases in which he has been involved, as well as other information, can be seen on his website at www.rosnychambers.com.au.