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View AllAngus O'Brien joins Level Twenty Seven Chambers
21-1-19 / Angus O'Brien — Appellate, Arbitration, Banking, Commercial Equity, Competition & Consumer, Corporations, Insurance, International, Judicial Review & Administrative, Resources & Energy
Level Twenty Seven Chambers welcomes Angus O'Brien to the set. Angus practices in a wide range of commercial and public law matters having gained his experience from practising out of barristers chambers in Australia and the UK. His CV and contact details are available here.
High Court hands down judgment in Robinson Helicopter Company Incorporated v McDermott
8-6-16 / Shane Doyle QC, Matthew Hickey — Appellate, Professional Negligence, Competition & Consumer
Today the High Court of Australia pronounced judgment in Robinson Helicopter Company Incorporated v McDermott & Ors, an appeal from the Queensland Court of Appeal. Shane Doyle QC and Matthew Hickey appeared for the successful appellant, Robinson Helicopter Company Incorporated, the American manufacturer of the popular light helicopter, the R22.…
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Latest Publications
View AllAppellate Guidance on Pleading Quantum Meruit Claims
1-12-17 / Mohammud Jaamae Hafeez-Baig — Appellate
(2017) 37(11) Proctor 10-11 (with Jordan English)
Recent Cases
View AllShafston Avenue Construction Pty Ltd v McCann [2020] FCAFC 85
22-5-20 / Stewart Webster — Appellate, Corporate Insolvency & Bankruptcy, Corporations
This appeal to the Full Federal Court concerned whether a Deed of Company Arrangement (DOCA) should be terminated as contrary to the interests of creditors under s.445D of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth). The primary judge had determined that the DOCA should not be terminated. On appeal, the appellants contended…
Australian Securities and Investments Commission v King [2020] HCA 4
11-3-20 / Bianca Kabel — Corporations, Appellate
An appeal concerning the proper construction of the definition of “officer” in s 9 of the Corporations Act and, in particular, the phrase “capacity to affect significantly the corporation’s financial standing” in s 9(b)(ii) of the Act. Bianca Kabel (with D F Jackson) appeared for the first respondent, instructed by…
Cherwell Creek Coal Pty Ltd v BHP Queensland Coal Investments Pty Ltd & Ors [2019] QCLA 5
1-11-19 / Shane Doyle QC, Stewart Webster — Appellate, Contract, Resources & Energy
In an ongoing major proceeding in the Land Court, a coal explorer is claiming over $100 million in compensation from BHP for alleged loss of opportunity to commercialise a coal resource on an area of land over which the appellant previously held an exploration permit. The claim is made pursuant…
