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View AllChambers & Partners Global Guide 2026 - Level Twenty Seven Chambers Recognised
Damian Clothier KC, Mark Robertson KC, Paul McQuade KC, Michael Hodge KC, Stewart Webster KC, Michael Trim KC, Michael May, Florence Chen, Claire Schneider — Arbitration, Banking, Building & Construction, Class Actions, Commercial Equity, Competition & Consumer, Contract, Corporate Insolvency & Bankruptcy, Corporations, Insurance, International, Professional Negligence, Tax
Following its recognition in the 2026 Chambers & Partners Asia-Pacific Guide, Level Twenty Seven Chambers has now been ranked in the 2026 Chambers & Partners Global Guide (Australia), receiving a Band 2 Ranking in Dispute Resolution – The Bar – Global. Nine barristers practising from Level Twenty Seven Chambers were…
Legal 500 Asia Pacific Guide 2026 released – Level Twenty Seven Chambers ranked as Tier 1 set for Commercial Disputes and Construction
Damian Clothier KC, Rob Anderson KC, Michael Hodge KC, Matthew Hickey OAM KC, Stewart Webster KC, Michael Trim KC, Michael May, Claire Schneider, Sam McCarthy, John Ware, Sarah Spottiswood — Building & Construction, Class Actions, Commercial Equity, Competition & Consumer, Contract, Insurance, Intellectual Property, International, Land Law & Property, Media & Defamation, Planning & Environment, Resources & Energy
Level Twenty Seven Chambers has again been recognised in the 2026 Legal 500 Asia Pacific Guide (Australia Bar), achieving Tier 1 set rankings in both Commercial Disputes and Construction, Infrastructure and Property. In Commercial Disputes, Level Twenty Seven Chambers is one of only four sets ranked Tier 1 nationally, and…
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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…
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…
“One Day This Will Be Yours”: Estoppel By Encouragement And Acquiescence
10-1-24 / Roger Traves KC — Contract, Succession
Promises, representations or conduct which leave a party with an expectation that they will receive property in the future not infrequently lead to dispute and litigation. A reasonable approach to cases such as these is to assess whether the conduct amounts to a contractual promise (for example, a contract to…
Recent Cases
View AllForsayth Resources Pty Ltd v Australia United Mining Limited [2026] QSC 99
20-5-26 / Matthew Doyle — Contract, Resources & Energy
Matthew Doyle (led by T Duggan KC) appeared for the applicant, instructed by MinterEllison. The judgment concerned whether the applicant was entitled to an interlocutory injunction restraining the respondent from terminating or giving effect to the purported termination of a cooperation agreement for mining operations, pending trial. This arose after…
SHRL Ventures Pty Ltd v Pedro-X Pty Ltd [2026] QCA 119
11-5-26 / Chris Stackpoole — Appellate, Contract
Chris Stackpoole appeared on behalf of the appellant, instructed by Mia Behlau & Associates. In summary, this was an appeal against the primary judge’s findings that the appellant had breached a Joint Venture Agreement (‘JVA’), engaged in unconscionable and oppressive conduct, and had secured an agreement for the respondent to…
Tri-Star Petroleum Company v Australia Pacific LNG Pty Ltd (Formerly Oil Company of Australia Limited) (No 2) [2026] QSC 43
13-3-26 / Stewart Webster KC, Bianca Kabel — Contract
Ruth Higgins SC, Stewart Webster KC, Bianca Kabel and Bianca Fernandez appeared for the respondent, instructed by Clayton Utz. This judgement concerned a costs order following a judgment delivered on 16 February 2026 in respect of a strike out application. The issue was whether some order other than the usual…
