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Banco Chambers welcomes Zoe Bush and David Monteith as our newest readers. Zoe accepts briefs in all areas of law. She has particular expertise in climate change law. Before coming to the Bar, Zoe was a senior solicitor at the Environmental Defenders...
In a decision of interest to defamation practitioners, NSW MP Alexander Greenwich has succeeded in defamation proceedings against NSW Legislative Council Member Mark Latham. The proceedings concerned events leading up to the 2023 NSW State Election. In...
The High Court of Australia has published two significant decisions in arbitration practice. In Tesseract International Pty Ltd v Pascale Construction Pty Ltd [2024] HCA 24, the Court considered the application of the South Australian proportionate liability...
Banco Chambers congratulates James Emmett SC, Katherine Richardson SC, Christopher Tran, Kate Bones and Myles Pulsford on their inclusion in the Doyles Guide to Leading Administrative and Public Law Counsel.
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Banco Chambers congratulates Richard McHugh SC on his appointment as a Judge of the NSW Court of Appeal today. He will be sworn in on 20 August. Richard was called to the Bar in 1995 and appointed Senior Counsel in 2006. He was a founding member of Banco...
Banco Chambers congratulates our 19 barristers who were featured in the 2024 edition of Doyles Guide to the Leading Commercial Litigation and Dispute Resolution barristers.
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International Arbitration Practitioners may be interested in a comprehensive summary on Challenging and Enforcing Arbitration Awards, published by the Global Arbitration Review and authored by Banco barristers Jonathon Redwood SC, Katie Sutton and Brendan...
The Full Federal Court of Australia has held by majority that the University of Sydney, Professor Stephen Garton and Professor Annmarie Jagose, had validly terminated the employment of Dr Anderson, a Senior Lecturer in its Department of Economics. The...
The High Court of Australia has found that criminal liability for contravention of a Northern Territory statute can be imposed on a Commonwealth Body Corporate (in this case the Director of National Parks in respect of damaging an Aboriginal cultural...