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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 AllData 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 AllIG Power (Callide) Ltd v CS Energy Limited [2026] FCA 1629
6-11-26 / Michael Hodge KC — Contract, Banking, Insurance
Michael Hodge KC (leading D Tay) represented the respondents, instructed by Clayton Utz. An interlocutory application by the respondents seeking the recusal of Derrington J from proceedings arising out of the 2021 explosion of Unit C4 at the Callide C Power Station. The applicant, IG Power (Callide) Ltd, alleges that…
Commissioner of Taxation v Merchant Merchant v Commissioner of Taxation [2026] HCA 39
4-11-26 / Michael May — Appellate, Tax
Michael May (led by J Gleeson SC and leading P Bristow) represented the respondents in S157/2025 and the appellants in S158/2025, instructed by HLS Tax Law. The appeals concerned the application of Pt IVA of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 (Cth) (‘the Act’) to transactions within the Merchant Group…
Hauton Rd Childcare Pty Ltd v Checkpoint Construction Pty Ltd [2026] QSC 262
30-10-26 / Jason Mitchenson — Building & Construction, Contract, Judicial Review & Administrative
Jason Mitchenson represented the successful applicant, instructed by Shannon Clark Tuhtan Lawyers. The applicant sought to set aside an adjudication decision made under the Building Industry Fairness (Security of Payment) Act 2017 (Qld) on the grounds that: (1) the adjudicator failed to determine the reference date or impliedly relied on…
