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16 April 2026
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...

16 April 2026
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...

16 April 2026
Yesterday the Supreme Court of WA published judgment in Wright Prospecting Pty Ltd v Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd & Ors [2026] WASC 101.
The 1,655 page judgment, concerning royalty and ownership claims over lucrative iron ore mining tenements in Western...

15 April 2026
Last week the High Court published judgment in ππππ ππ°ππ₯πͺπ―π¨π΄ πππ π· ππ¦π±πΆπ£ππͺπ€ π°π§ ππ―π₯πͺπ’ [2026] HCA 9. The decision marks one of the first times a apex appellate court has considered the application of the New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement...

7 April 2026
Banco Chambers congratulates Ruth Higgins SC, whose appointment as the next Solicitor-General of the Commonwealth was announced yesterday.
Ruth’s appointment will commence on 8 June 2026 for a 5 year term.
Ruth was admitted to the NSW Bar in 2006...

6 March 2026
The Federal Court of Australia recently published a decision of interest concerning the assessment of damages in defective motor vehicle class actions. In Capic v Ford Motor Company, the plaintiff class successfully established that certain Ford motor...

5 March 2026
Yesterday the Federal Court of Australia published judgment in ASIC v Bekier [2026] 196. The case, brought by ASIC, concerned whether the Star Entertainment Group’s Board of Directors and its Executive Management breached s180 of the Corporations...

5 February 2026
The Federal Court (Perry J) recently published judgment in Minister for the Environment and Water v GE Grid Australia Pty LtdΒ [2025] FCA 1609.
GE Grid Australia, which admitted the contraventions, was ordered to pay $450,000 including costs, following...
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