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View AllDoyle’s Guide to Leading Intellectual Property Junior Counsel Australia 2026 – Jason Mitchenson listed
Jason Mitchenson — Intellectual Property
Jason Mitchenson has been ranked as Recommended in the 2026 edition of Doyle’s Guide to Leading Intellectual Property Junior Counsel in Australia. The ranking recognises barristers practising in intellectual property matters across the Australian legal market who have been identified by clients and peers for their expertise and abilities in…
Upcoming Seminars
View AllMind the gap: unavailable witnesses, missing documents and inferential fact finding at trial - CLA x Level 27 Chambers
28-10-26 @ 12:45 pm / Claire Schneider — Commercial Equity
What will the seminar cover? Level Twenty Seven Chambers will join the Commercial Law Association of Australia to present a lunchtime seminar titled Mind the Gap: Unavailable Witnesses, Missing Documents and Inferential Fact-Finding at Trial. The application of case law concerning the inferences available to a court where a party’s…
Data centres, cyber warfare & the law
09-11-26 @ 5:30 pm / Scott Robinson — International, Judicial Review & Administrative
The International Law Association will host a public lecture on “Data Centres, Warfare and the Law” by Scott Robinson of Level Twenty Seven Chambers, chaired by Major General the Honourable Justice Paul Smith AM, Justice of the Supreme Court of Queensland and Judge Advocate General of the Australian Defence Force.…
Final Orders, Costs and Appeals – QYL x Level Twenty Seven Chambers
19-11-26 @ 5:30 pm / Florence Chen, Finian Cullity
Final Orders, Costs and Appeals is the third and final instalment of the three-part Queensland Young Lawyers × Level Twenty Seven Chambers 2026 seminar series, which follows the lifecycle of a trial. Participants are welcome to join the full series or attend individual sessions. What will the seminar cover? Florence…
Latest Publications
View AllLoss Counterfactuals
22-1-26 / Benjamin Teng — Contract, Commercial Equity
Benjamin Teng authored this article, published in the Oxford Journal of Legal Studies. The article examines how private law uses counterfactuals to determine whether a claimant has suffered loss and argues, as a general rule, that loss should be assessed by asking what would have happened without the wrong. This…
Vanderstock v Victoria: Free Trade and Federalism (2024) 35(1) Federal Law Review 13–23 wins 2025 Saunders Prize for Excellence in Constitutional Law
21-8-25 / Sarah Spottiswood — Appellate, Judicial Review & Administrative, Tax
Level Twenty Seven Chambers is delighted to announce that the article “Vanderstock v Victoria: Free Trade and Federalism” by Sarah Spottiswood and Felicity Nagorcka has been awarded the 2025 Saunders Prize for Excellence in Constitutional Law. This prestigious award, presented by the Australian Association of Constitutional Law (AACL), recognises exceptional…
Loss’s Edge: One Step (Support) v Morris-Garner
15-8-25 / Benjamin Teng — Contract
Benjamin Teng authored this book chapter published in Private Law and the UK Supreme Court (edited by Jenny Russell and Lewis Graham). It concerns the United Kingdom Supreme Court decision in One Step v Morris-Garner Support Ltd, which examines why and when negotiating damages should be awarded, and is, at…
Recent Cases
View AllJanet Carolyn Saggus v Brian Sydney Hutchings, Krishneel Rahul Prasad & Ors [2026] QDC 149
21-10-26 / Mark Eade
Mark Eade represented the fourth, ninth and tenth defendants, instructed by Cooper Grace Ward.
Australian Securities and Investments Commission v NGS Crypto Pty Ltd (No 7) [2026] FCA 1545
20-10-26 / Andrew O'Brien KC — Corporations
Andrew O'Brien KC (leading J Obrien) represented the sixth defendant, instructed by Gadens. The sixth defendant brought an interlocutory application seeking, inter alia, the release of his wife from an undertaking recorded in asset preservation orders obtained by ASIC in 2024 pursuant to s 1323 of the Corporations Act 2001…
Chief Executive of the Department of Environment and Science v NuGrow Ipswich Pty Ltd (No. 2) [2026] QPEC 37
20-10-26 / John Ware — Planning & Environment
John Ware (led by S Keim SC and leading R Williams) appeared for the Applicant/Respondent, instructed by the Department of Environment and Science.
