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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 AllRussells (A Firm) v Tiplady Legal Pty Ltd as Trustee for the Tiplady Practice Trust & Ors [2026] QDC 155
14-10-26 / Stewart Webster KC — Corporations
Stewart Webster KC (leading J Lord) appeared for the plaintiff, instructed by Synkronos Legal. In this case Russells (the plaintiff) sues the defendants for an overdrawing of the first defendant’s share of the partnership income. It was held that when the first defendant retired, the Partnership dissolved. However, the Court…
Fang v Yao [2026] QSC 242
9-10-26 / Andrew O'Brien KC — Commercial Equity, Corporations
Andrew O'Brien KC (leading A M Campbell) represented the first and third to sixth defendants, instructed by Bartley Cohen Law. The defendants applied for orders under r 223(1) of the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 1999 for the plaintiffs to make further and better disclosure of seven categories of documents. The…
Patterson v Weatherald [2026] QSC 243
9-10-26 / Florence Chen — Succession
Florence Chen represented the applicant, instructed by Cohen Legal. The Applicant successfully applied to the Supreme Court of Queensland for the removal of herself and her brother as joint executors of their father's deceased Estate (of which they are the sole beneficiaries). The Applicant was successful in revoking the grant…
