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View AllDoyle’s Guide to Professional Indemnity Qld 2026 – 8 listed
Damian Clothier KC, Rob Anderson KC, Matthew Jones KC, Matthew Hickey OAM KC, Kristi Riedel, Sam McCarthy, Mark Eade, Bianca Kabel — Insurance, Professional Negligence
The Doyle’s Guide to Leading Professional Indemnity Barristers – Queensland, 2026 recognises senior and junior counsel practising in professional indemnity and negligence matters in the Queensland legal market. Counsel were identified by the state’s defendant insurance and plaintiff personal injury lawyers for their expertise and ability in these areas. Four…
Doyle’s Guide to Leading Competition Law Australia 2026 - Michael Hodge KC listed
Michael Hodge KC — Competition & Consumer
Michael Hodge KC has received a Preeminent ranking in the 2026 edition of Doyle’s Guide to Leading Competition Law Senior Counsel in Australia. The rankings recognise senior counsel identified by clients and peers for their expertise in competition, consumer protection and antitrust matters across Australia. The full Doyle’s Guide rankings…
Upcoming Seminars
View AllAUSTRALIAN ARBITRATION WEEK 2026 – Too Fast, Too Risky? The Upsides and Downsides of Increasingly Expedited Arbitration Processes
15-10-26 @ 10:00 am / James Green, Lucinda Brabazon — Arbitration, International
Discussion Several institutional rules have recently sought to expand the availability of expedited arbitration procedure. Some have even introduced ‘highly’ expedited procedures. Speed and efficiency is one of the (intended) hallmarks of arbitration, and a consistent issue raised by users. However, are the ever-increasingly expedited procedures opening up a risk…
Mind 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…
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 AllDGR Global Ltd v P.T. Limited as trustee of the Armour Energy Security Trust [2026] QSC 226
2-10-26 / Andrew O'Brien KC, Sam McCarthy — Competition & Consumer, Corporations, Professional Negligence
Andrew O’Brien KC (leading AM Campbell) appeared for the first and second defendants, instructed by Cown Schwarz Marschke. Sam McCarthy appeared for the sixth defendant, instructed by Hall & Wilcox. This judgment concerns an application by the plaintiff to file a third and forth further amended statement of claim. The…
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v eHarmony, Inc (No 2) [2026] FCA 1445
1-10-26 / Michael Hodge KC — Corporations
Michael Hodge KC (leading Ms E Brumby) appeared for the respondent, instructed by Baker McKenzie. In the liability stage of these proceedings, Horan J found that the respondent, eHarmony, had contravened ss 18, 29(1)(b), (g), (i) and (m), 34 and 48 of the Australian Consumer Law (ACL). This conduct included…
Sunna v Commissioner of Taxation [2026] FCAFC 133
1-10-26 / Mark Robertson KC — Appellate, Tax
Mark Robertson KC appeared for the appellant (the taxpayer), instructed by Small Myers Hughes. This was an appeal from Sunna v Commissioner of Taxation [2025] FCA 1499, in which the primary judge determined the taxpayer’s challenge to objection decisions made by the respondent (the Commissioner). Mr Sunna (the taxpayer) had…
