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View AllAustralian Arbitration Week 2024: 13-18 October 2024
Roger Traves KC, Jason Mitchenson, Sarah Spottiswood, Oliver Cook, James Penrose, Lucinda Brabazon, Emily O'Brien — Arbitration, International
Level Twenty Seven Chambers and its members are pleased to be participating in various events during Australian Arbitration Week 2024 in Brisbane. In addition to the ACICA & Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Australia International Arbitration Conference on Monday 14 October 2024, over 40 individual events have been scheduled during arbitration…
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View AllBifurcators Beware: Australia’s Highest Court Dismisses Appeal Against Decision to Set Aside Interim Award
7-2-25 / Oliver Cook — Arbitration
Oliver Cook co-authored this article with Ashley Chandler (Assistant Editor for Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands) in the Kluwer Arbitration Blog. The article discusses the question "can an arbitral tribunal revisit issues of liability after rendering an interim award in bifurcated proceedings?" which was put to the High Court…
Just What the Tribunal Ordered - Or Was It? Western Australia Court of Appeal Upholds Finding That UNICITRAL Tribunal Rendered Itself Functus Officio
9-8-23 / Oliver Cook — Arbitration
Oliver Cook co-authored this article with Liam McInerney (LK Law) published in the Wolters Kluwer: International Arbitration & Mediation concerning a decision in the Western Australia Court of Appeal to uphold that a UNICITRAL Tribunal rendered itself functus officio. The decision confirms that under the Commercial Arbitration Act 2012 (WA),…
Privilege in International Arbitration: Procedure and Pitfalls
25-11-21 / Nicholas Andreatidis KC — Arbitration, International
Nicholas Andreatidis QC and Angus O'Brien (Level Twenty Seven) were joined by Simon Bellas (Jones Day) and Cameron Sim (Debevoise & Plimpton) to unpick some of the uncertainties concerning legal professional privilege in the context of international arbitration. The video and podcast recordings of this Level Twenty Seven Chambers webinar…
Recent Cases
View AllClarke Energy (Australia) Pty Ltd v Power Generation Corporation (Trading as Territory Generation) [No 2] [2025] QSC 111
20-5-25 / Michael Trim — Arbitration
Michael Trim (led by A Wyvill SC and instructed by MinterEllison) appeared for the first respondent, Power Generation Corporation (trading as Territory Generation). The primary issue concerned the provision of indemnity costs, where the applicant had unsuccessfully applied to set aside an arbitral award under the Commercial Arbitration Act 2010…
Clarke Energy (Australia) Pty Ltd v Power Generation Corporation (Trading as Territory Generation) and Robert Holt KC [2025] QSC 64
31-3-25 / Michael Trim — Arbitration, Judicial Review & Administrative
Michael Trim (led by A Wyvill) represented the first respondent, instructed by MinterEllison. The case concerns an application, by Clarke Energy, to set aside an arbitral award on the basis of procedural fairness. The Application relied upon three grounds to establish the asserted breach of natural justice which included; The…
XY v UV [2024] QSC 262
1-11-24 / Matthew Doyle — Arbitration, Commercial Equity
Matthew Doyle (led by T Mehigan SC with S Tame) represented the Respondent, instructed by Ashurst.
