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View AllDoyle's Guide to Leading Mediators QLD 2026 - Glenn Newton KC listed
Glenn Newton KC
Published today, the 2026 edition of Doyle's Guide to Queensland's Leading Mediators has once again recognised Glenn Newton KC for the 9th consecutive year. These rankings recognise individuals with expertise across a range of mediation disciplines, including general commercial litigation and dispute resolution, insolvency, employment, insurance and estates litigation. The…
Upcoming Seminars
View AllDos and don’ts in the courtroom - QYL x Level Twenty Seven Chambers
30-07-26 @ 5:30 pm / Florence Chen, Jonathan Hohl
Dos and Don’ts in the Courtroom is the second instalment of the three-part Queensland Young Lawyers × Level 27 Chambers 2026 seminar series, which follows the lifecycle of a trial. Participants are welcome to attend the full series or individual sessions. What will the seminar cover? His Honour Judge Porter…
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 AllGBA Operations Pty Ltd v QC Communications Pty Ltd [2026] QDC 94
15-7-26 / Andrew O'Brien KC — Contract
Andrew O’Brien KC (leading J B O’Brien) appeared on behalf of the plaintiff, instructed by K2 Law. The plaintiff commenced proceedings against the defendant seeking recovery of money allegedly overpaid by mistake. In summary, this proceeding was a costs application by which the plaintiff sought an order that the defendant’s…
BUMA Australia Pty Ltd v Queensland Power Company Pty Ltd [2026] QSC 157
26-6-26 / Matthew Doyle — Contract, Resources & Energy
Matthew Doyle appeared for the applicant, instructed by Corrs Chambers Westgarth. The proceedings arose out of costs orders made following the substantive decision in BUMA Australia Pty Ltd v Queensland Power Company Pty Ltd [2025] QSC 338 on 28 April 2026. The respondents sought a declaration that leave to appeal…
Converging Momentum Pty Ltd v Birse [2026] QSC 146
26-6-26 / Jason Mitchenson — Competition & Consumer
Jason Mitchenson (led by Mr D Logan KC) appeared for the plaintiffs, instructed by Irish Bentley Lawyers. The plaintiffs entered into a Share Sale Agreement with the defendants to purchase a 10 per cent shareholding in Rapid Securities for $7 million. They contended that the defendants’ representations as to the…
