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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.…
Latest Publications
View AllVanderstock 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…
Vanderstock v Victoria: Free Trade and Federalism (2024) 35 (1) Federal Law Review Law Review 13-23
1-5-24 / Sarah Spottiswood — Appellate, Judicial Review & Administrative, Tax
In Vanderstock v Victoria (2023) 98 ALJR 208, a 4-3 majority of the High Court held that a tax imposed by Victoria on the use of electric and hybrid vehicles was invalid. The majority held that the tax was a "duty of excise" which, under section 90 of the 'Constitution',…
The Use and Limits of Statutory Purpose in the Interpretation of Legislation
27-11-23 / Roger Traves KC — Appellate, Banking, Building & Construction, Commercial Equity, Contract, Corporations, Inquiries & Coronial Inquests, Insurance, Judicial Review & Administrative, Land Law & Property, Native Title & Cultural Heritage, Planning & Environment, Professional Discipline & Regulatory, Professional Negligence, Resources & Energy, Sport, Succession, Tax
In his article The Use and Limits of Statutory Purpose in the Interpretation of Legislation, Roger Traves KC considers a framework of approach to statutory construction and the use and limits of statutory purpose. Who should read? Advisory and litigation lawyers across all practice areas. What does the…
Recent Cases
View AllMadden Developments Pty Ltd t/as Stroud Homes Sunshine Coast v QBCC [2026] QCAT 401
1-9-26 / Danielle Davison — Building & Construction, Judicial Review & Administrative
Application to review a decision of the QBCC to give a direction to rectify to the builder in relation to a residential building project in the Sunshine Coast hinterland. Danielle Davison appeared for the Applicant, instructed by Clutch Legal.
ABC v A Magistrates Court of Queensland [2026] QSC 203
28-8-26 / Andrew O'Brien KC — Judicial Review & Administrative
Andrew O’Brien KC (leading A Campbell) represented the second applicants, instructed by Bartley Cohen. ‘ABC’ allegedly attempted to extort his former spouse (‘the complainant’), seeking to have her accept $15,000 less than the previously agreed property settlement sum, by threatening to expose that the complainant had previously been in a…
Garlick v KALX Capital Securities Pty Ltd [2026] FCA 808
24-6-26 / Rob Anderson KC — Corporate Insolvency & Bankruptcy, Judicial Review & Administrative
Rob Anderson KC appeared on behalf of the respondent, instructed by Watson Webb. In summary, the applicant sought review of a Judicial Registrar’s refusal to set aside a bankruptcy notice, arguing that he had a cross-demand exceeding the judgment debt because money had been paid into the Supreme Court in…
