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View AllAustralian Arbitration Week 2026: 11-16 October 2026
James Green, Lucinda Brabazon, Tim Elliss — Arbitration, International
Level Twenty Seven Chambers and its members are pleased to be participating in several events during Australian Arbitration Week 2026 in Melbourne. In addition to the ACICA and Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Australia International Arbitration Conference on Monday, 12 October 2026, more than 66 individual events are scheduled throughout the…
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…
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 AllJason H Pty Ltd ATF the Jason H Family Trust v Habchi [2026] QCA 172
11-9-26 / Andrew O'Brien KC, Chris Stackpoole — Appellate, Contract, Land Law & Property
This appeal arose from a brotherly dispute concerning a family agreement, under which the trial judge found that the appellants had breached their obligations by failing to account to the respondent for profits from development properties connected with the agreement. Ultimately, the Court allowed the appeal and varied the finding…
Madden Developments Pty Ltd t/as Stroud Homes Sunshine Coast v QBCC [2026] QCAT 401
1-9-26 / Danielle Davison — Building & Construction, Judicial Review & Administrative
Application to review a decision of the QBCC to give a direction to rectify to the builder in relation to a residential building project in the Sunshine Coast hinterland. Danielle Davison appeared for the Applicant, instructed by Clutch Legal.
EMH IV Pty Ltd as trustee for the EMH IV Family Trust v Commissioner of Taxation [2026] FCAFC 112
28-8-26 / Mark Robertson KC, Florence Chen — Appellate, Tax
Mark Robertson KC appeared for the appellant, instructed by Small Myers Hughes Lawyers. Florence Chen (led by Ms J FitzGerald KC) represented the respondent, instructed by McInnes Wilson Lawyers. This judgement concerns an appeal from the decision in EMH IV Pty Ltd as trustee for the EMH IV Family Trust…
