The Best Lawyers in Australia 2026 – 25 barristers recognised across 22 practice areas
Shane Doyle KC, Roger Traves KC, Damian Clothier KC, Mark Robertson KC, Paul McQuade KC, Rob Anderson KC, Scott McLeod KC, David Chesterman KC, Matthew Jones KC, Christopher Johnstone KC, Matthew Hickey OAM KC, Stewart Webster KC, Shane Monks, Michael Trim, Michael May, Florence Chen, James Green, Kristi Riedel, Claire Schneider, Matthew Wilkinson, Mark Eade, Sam McCarthy, Rachel De Luchi, John Ware, Bianca Kabel — Arbitration, Building & Construction, Class Actions, Competition & Consumer, Corporate Insolvency & Bankruptcy, Human Rights & Discrimination, Insurance, International, Media & Defamation, Planning & Environment, Professional Discipline & Regulatory, Professional Negligence, Sport, Succession, Tax
Published on the 17th of April 2025, The Best Lawyers in Australia 2026 recognises the Best Lawyers by peer review. Categorised by city and then practice area, the process is designed to capture the consensus opinion of leading lawyers about the professional abilities of their colleagues within the same geographical…
Queensland Young Lawyers x Level Twenty Seven CPD: Docs, eTrials & Practice Directions
Nicholas Andreatidis KC, Florence Chen, Oliver Cook — Banking, Building & Construction, Commercial Equity, Competition & Consumer, Contract, Corporate Insolvency & Bankruptcy, Corporations, Human Rights & Discrimination, Insurance, Intellectual Property, Land Law & Property, Media & Defamation, Native Title & Cultural Heritage, Professional Discipline & Regulatory, Professional Negligence, Resources & Energy, Sport, Succession, Tax
The fourth and final presentation in the Queensland Young Lawyers x Level Twenty Seven Chambers 2021 learning series will be 'Docs, eTrials & Practice Directions'. Three barristers practising from Chambers, Nicholas Andreatidis QC, Florence Chen and Oliver Cook, will draw on their combined experience as solicitors, judicial associates and counsel…
Christopher Johnstone Appointed Inaugural Member of National Sports Tribunal
Christopher Johnstone KC — Sport
Commencing 19 March 2020 for a period of three years Christopher Johnstone will be an inaugural member of Australia's National Sports Tribunal (NST). The NST will facilitate "...the fair hearing and resolution of sporting disputes" to sporting organisations, athletes and athlete support personnel in "...an independent, timely, transparent, cost-effective and…
Olympic gold medallist Tate Smith handed a two-year ban by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS)
Christopher Johnstone KC — Sport
Kayaker Tate Smith, who won gold in London as a member of the K4 1000m team in 2012, tested positive to prohibited substance 3’-hydroxystanozolol glucuronide, a metabolite of the steroid Stanozolol in July last year. At the time, he was training in Hungary with three other members of the Australian…
