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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 AllWhat's my loss? “True value” under the Australian Consumer Law
20-2-24 / Roger Traves KC — Competition & Consumer
The assessment of damages under the Australian Consumer Law for misleading or deceptive conduct or breach of consumer guarantees often involves comparing the price paid for an asset or good and the value of the thing purchased. The purchase of a business by reason of misleading conduct as to its…
Concepts of Loss and Proving Counterfactuals in Misleading or Deceptive Conduct: Berry v CCL Secure Pty Ltd
1-7-21 / Benjamin Teng — Appellate, Competition & Consumer
Benjamin Teng co-authored this case note published in the Journal of Civil Litigation and Practice with Andrew Simpson. It concerns the High Court of Australia’s decision in Berry v CCL Secure Pty Ltd to significantly increase the quantum of damages awarded for misleading or deceptive conduct from around $1 million…
Declaratory Relief Concerning Misuse of Market Power Confirmed as Appropriate in Interest of Justice
3-6-21 / Michael Hodge KC — Competition & Consumer
Section 46(1) of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) has recently been significantly overhauled. Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Tasmanian Ports Corporation Pty Ltd [2021] FCA 482 was the first case applying the new version of the section. The new section prohibits a corporation from engaging in conduct…
Recent Cases
View AllConverging Momentum Pty Ltd v Birse [2026] QSC 146
26-6-26 / Jason Mitchenson — Competition & Consumer
Jason Mitchenson (led by Mr D Logan KC) appeared for the plaintiffs, instructed by Irish Bentley Lawyers. The plaintiffs entered into a Share Sale Agreement with the defendants to purchase a 10 per cent shareholding in Rapid Securities for $7 million. They contended that the defendants’ representations as to the…
YFG Shopping Centres Pty Ltd v WGP No. 1 Pty Limited [2026] QSC 61
1-4-26 / James Green, Bianca Kabel — Corporations, Competition & Consumer
James Green appeared for the plaintiff/applicant, instructed by Cooper Grace Ward. Bianca Kabel appeared for the defendant/respondent, instructed by Allens. The plaintiff applied for six categories of further disclosure under r223(1) of the UCPR, in a case concerning whether a lease of premises had been unlawfully terminated. The court granted…
Stillwater Pastoral Company Pty Ltd v Stanwell Corporation Ltd (No 4) [2025] FCA 1660
22-12-25 / Claire Schneider — Competition & Consumer, Resources & Energy
Claire Schneider (led by Mr D Roche SC) represented the second respondent, instructed by Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer. In summary, this was a costs hearing following a trial where the applicant unsuccessfully alleged that the respondents engaged in conduct that contravened s 46 of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010…
