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The Federal Court of Australia has dismissed an application brought by PepsiCo against the Commissioner of Taxation in a case concerning royalties tax and diverted profits tax from $240 million in payments received by PepsiCo entities. The dispute concerned...
We are pleased to announce that Christopher Tran has joined Banco Chambers. Chris was called to the Bar in 2014 in Victoria but is now based in Sydney and accepts briefs nationally. He has a wide ranging trial and appellate practice and has significant...
This week the Full Federal Court published its decision in Ford Motor Company v Capic [2023] FCAFC 179 (Yates, Beach and Downes JJ). At trial, the applicant class members established that Ford vehicles sold between 2010 and 2017 fitted with the defective...
Yesterday the High Court delivered a landmark ruling, holding the indefinite detention regime under the Migration Act to be unconstitutional, overturning the Al-Kateb decision. The case, NZYQ v Minister for Immigration, concerned a stateless Rohingya...
In 2008 the High Court published its judgment in Kennon v Spry, which addressed the concept of rights in a discretionary trust as “property” under s79 of the Family Law Act. In 2022 the the Family Court revisited the issue in Woodcock v Woodcock...
Banco Chambers warmly congratulates Ruth Higgins SC who was elected as President of the NSW Bar Association today. Ruth will serve as the 43rd President of the NSW Bar and will lead a Bar Council which also includes Vanessa Whittaker SC and Megan Caristo of...
Banco Chambers’ Climate Change Practice Group continues to be active publishing on climate related business risks. Most recently, Sebastian Hartford Davis, together with Zoe Bush of the Environmental Defenders Office, published an opinion commissioned...
In Karpik v Carnival PLC (The Ruby Princess) [2023] FCA 1280 the Federal Court awarded damages to a plaintiff in a class action arising from a COVID 19 outbreak on the Ruby Princess cruise ship. The proceedings concerned a 13 day cruise that departed...
Recent developments in the class action landscape have seen increased filings in underpayment and/or rest break class actions filed on behalf of employees in a wide range of industries. Some of these class actions involve rival proceedings commenced by...