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Banco Chambers congratulates Darrell Barnett on his appointment to Senior Counsel today. His appointment brings the total number of silks at Banco to 24. Darrell’s appointment is deserved recognition of the diligence, skill and experience that he...
Tom Blackburn SC has been listed as a leading Silk in the latest edition of the Legal 500 (UK) Guide to the Defamation and Privacy Bar. Market commentary describes Tom as “hugely experienced. He has a very refined legal mind and a range of legal...
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...