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Banco Chambers warmly congratulates Zoe Bush, who was awarded the Mahla Pearlman Award for the Australian Young Environmental Lawyer of the Year yesterday.
The Award recognises the recipient’s contribution to environmental law and their contribution...
Banco Chambers congratulates Tom Blackburn SC, Clarissa Amato and Sophie Jeliba on their recent inclusions in the 2026 Doyles Guide to the Legal Profession.
Tom was listed as a leading Silk in the national guide to Defamation barristers and as a leading...
Banco Chambers is pleased to welcome James Keeves and Alessandre Alonso as our newest readers.
Alessandre accepts briefs in all areas of law. Prior to coming to the Bar, she was a solicitor at Arnold Bloch Leibler and Clayton Utz, and an Associate to...
We are pleased to congratulate Kate Richardson SC, who was appointed to the Supreme Court of NSW today. Kate will be sworn in on 3 June 2026 and will sit in the Common Law Division.
Kate was called to the Bar in 2002 and appointed Senior Counsel in 2016....
In ASIC v Nuix Ltd [2026] FCA 490, the Federal Court of Australia dismissed proceedings brought against Nuix and its directors for alleged misleading or deceptive conduct, breaches of continuous disclosure obligations, and s180 Corporations Act breaches.
The...
The NSW Court of Appeal recently published judgment in Glencore Coal Assets Australia v Port of Newcastle Operations [2026] NSWCA 64, the latest decision in a long running dispute between the parties that had earlier been considered by the High Court...
The 2027 Edition of Best Lawyers had some notable Banco inclusions.
We congratulate Tim Breakspear SC as the 2027 Construction/Infrastructure Lawyer of the Year, and Ruth Higgins SC as the 2027 Competition Lawyer of the Year.
Our junior contingent also...
Yesterday the High Court of Australia published judgment in Hopper & Anor v State of Victoria [2026] HCA 11, in which Victorian legislative provisions imposing caps on political donations were held to be unconstitutional.
The Special Case, brought...