The World Tax Leaders for 2023 have been announced and we are pleased to report that three of our members have been recognised for…
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Courtney Ensor appeared for the successful Commissioner of Taxation, led by Kristina Stern SC and Julianne Jaques QC, in Anglo American Investments Pty Ltd…
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The Australian Women Lawyers 2022 Conference was held over the weekend and New Chambers is delighted to congratulate the winner of the Australian Women…
Read moreEmma Beechey – Leading Insolvency and Rest...
Doyles Guide have released their Leading Insolvency and Restructuring Junior Counsel in New South Wales list and Emma Beechey has been recognised as Leading….
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We are pleased to welcome Angela Noakes as our new Clerk & Practice Manager. Angela has over 27 years’ experience working in the legal…
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The New South Wales Bar Association have released their 2022/23 Committees list. The following members from New Chambers were selected to sit on the…
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Luke Livingston SC and Courtney Ensor successfully appeared for the Commissioner of Taxation in JMC Pty Limited v Commissioner of Taxation [2022] FCA 750….
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Last week Arthur Moses SC participated in his 7th Vinnies CEO Sleepout in which leading business people and professionals raise awareness of homelessness by…
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The NSW Court of Appeal has allowed an appeal by the Commonwealth with the effect that its taxation officers are not required to disclose…
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New Chambers would like to welcome its newest reader, Samuel Hoare, who recently completed the NSW Bar Practice Course. Sam accepts briefs in all areas…
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Westpac has been ordered to pay penalties in the amount of $113 million for breaches of its obligations to consumers under the Corporations Act…
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The recently announced Best Lawyers for 2023 included 19 of our New Chambers barristers. This year we had an extra 4 barristers newly listed…
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Aurizon Ltd succeeded in its application for declarations to the effect that a $4.3 billion contribution made by the Queensland Government in 2010 immediately…
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Courtney Ensor recently appeared for the successful Commissioner of Taxation in Ian Mark Collins & Mieneke Mianno Collins ATF The Collins Retirement Fund v…
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David Jackson QC and Dominic Villa SC (with Jennifer Hillier) have succeeded in persuading the High Court of Australia to allow an appeal from…
Read moreKaren Petch recognised as “ADR Practitioner of...
Karen Petch has been named as ADR Practitioner of the year in the Australian ADR Awards 2021. Karen was nominated for her work in…
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Karen Petch has been ranked by GRR as one of the world’s current rising stars in restructuring and insolvency, aged under 40. GRR is…
Read moreVB Lease Co v Wells Fargo [2022] HCA 8
Philip Santucci (led by Bret Walker SC) appeared in the High Court of Australia in VB Lease Co v Wells Fargo [2022] HCA 8 for the…
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Doyles Guide has announced the 2022 Leading Employment Law Senior Counsel in Australia for 2022 and New Chambers is delighted to have Arthur Moses…
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Doyles Guide have just announced their Leading Employment Law Senior Counsel in NSW for 2022 and we are pleased to say that Arthur Moses…
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Doyles Guide recently announced their Leading Transport Barristers – Australia 2022 list and New Chambers has 3 members recognised for their work in this…
Read moreTony Fitzgerald AM QC to head Crime and Corrupti...
In a statement released by Queensland Premier, Annastacia Palaszczuk, the Premier announced that Tony Fitzgerald AC QC has been appointed to Chair a Commission of…
Read more2022 Asia-Pacific: Australian Bar Legal 500
The 2022 Asia Pacific Australian Bar Legal 500 rankings have been released and New Chambers has been recognised as a Tier 1 set in…
Read moreFFYS and Commissioner of Taxation [2021] AATA 1511
The Administrative Appeals Tribunal has found that an individual who earned income using the AirBnB platform to source bookings from guests staying in her…
Read moreChambers & Partners Asia-Pacific 2022
New Chambers has been ranked as Band 3 in the Chambers & Partners Asia-Pacific Dispute Resolution: The Bar in Australia Legal Rankings. It was…
Read moreL & A Fazzini Pty Ltd v Amaca Pty Ltd [2021...
In L & A Fazzini Pty Ltd v Amaca Pty Ltd [2021] NSWCA 313, James Sheller SC and Winnie Liu instructed by Mills Oakley…
Read moreWitthahn v DG of Queensland Health; Johnstone v ...
Witthahn v DG of Queensland Health; Johnstone v Comm of Police [2021] QCA 282 The Queensland Court of Appeal has held that the Supreme…
Read moreHarman obligation yields to Tax Commissioner’s...
Today, the Federal Court held that the Harman obligation not to use documents obtained in the course of a judicial proceeding for a purpose…
Read moreHigh Court rejects enforcement prospects limitat...
The High Court, by majority (Gageler, Keane, Gordon and Gleeson JJ, Edelman J dissenting), has held that the power of the Federal Court to…
Read moreNew Chambers well-represented in insolvency proc...
Ben Katekar SC and Courtney Ensor recently appeared for the successful “interest-bearing clients” in Krejci, in the matter of Union Standard International Group Pty…
Read moreLeading Professional Indemnity Senior Counsel NSW
Doyles Guide have recently announced the Leading Professional Indemnity Senior Counsel list for New South Wales and New Chambers has 3 of our members…
Read moreFringe Benefits Tax (FBT) case involving parking...
Chris Peadon recently acted for the successful appellant in the Fringe Benefits Tax (FBT) case involving parking provided to Air Crew by Virgin Australia….
Read morePart IVC tax appeals – Re-opening to adduce wi...
Courtney Ensor recently appeared successfully for the Federal Commissioner of Taxation in Anglo American Investments Pty Ltd (Trustee) v Commissioner of Taxation [2021] FCA…
Read more2022 Bar Council
The New South Wales Bar Association have recently announced the Bar Council members for 2022. Kate Eastman AM SC and Catherine Gleeson from New…
Read moreLeading Competition Law Senior Counsel
The Leading Competition Law Senior Counsel in Australia list has recently been announced by Doyles and New Chambers has 2 members recognised in this…
Read moreLeading Wills and Estates Litigation Counsel
Doyles recently announced its lists of Leading Wills and Estates Litigation Junior and Senior Counsel for New South Wales. New Chambers was represented well…
Read moreEmploysure Ltd v McMurchy; Employsure Ltd v Kuma...
Post-employment restraints enforced Justin Simpkins, led by Peter Brereton SC, recently appeared in Supreme Court proceedings for Employsure Ltd in its successful enforcement of…
Read moreLuke Livingston SC appointed Senior Counsel
New Chambers is delighted to announce that Luke Livingston SC has today been appointed to Senior Counsel in New South Wales. A well deserved…
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The 2022 World Tax ranking have recently been released and New Chambers has three members recognised. The 2022 edition of World Tax is produced…
Read moreLife Achievement Award and Life Membership
New Chambers is proud to announce that Kate Eastman AM SC has been awarded the Life Achievement Award and a Life Membership from the…
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The third annual Sybil Morrison Lecture is being held on Wednesday September 29th at 5:30pm via Zoom. The annual lecture is a celebration of…
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New Chambers would like to welcome its newest reader, Liam Cavell, who recently completed the NSW Bar Practice Course. Liam accepts briefs in all…
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Courtney Ensor, led by David Thomas SC, recently appeared for the Commissioner of Taxation in WYPF v Commissioner of Taxation [2021] AATA 3050. In…
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Arthur Moses SC and Justin Simpkins recently appeared, successfully, for respondents resisting an appeal against a first instance decision in their favour. The Court…
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Emma Beechey (leading Elly Phelan) recently appeared in the Supreme Court for a creditor opposing an application for recognition of a UK moratorium proceeding…
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Ben Katekar SC and Emma Beechey appeared for three defendants in the Arrium proceedings in the Supreme Court of New South Wales. Justice Ball…
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New Chambers would like to congratulate Emma Beechey on her recognition in the Doyles Guide Leading Insolvency and Restructuring Junior Counsel Australia list for…
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Doyles Guide recently announced its Leading Commercial Litigation and Dispute Resolution Senior Counsel in Australia for 2021 and New Chambers’ Neil Young QC has…
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The Federal Court of Australia (Rares J) has granted an interim stay on enforcement proceedings in favour of Michele Bottiglieri Armatore SpA (Bottiglieri), an…
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The Supreme Court of New South Wales has held, consistent with existing authority, that a failure by a creditor to verify a non-judgment debt…
Read moreEpic Games, Inc v Apple Inc [2021] FCAFC 122
Michael Hodge QC (with D Roche) appeared for the First Intervener, instructed by the Australian Government Solicitor in the matter of Epic Games, Inc…
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Doyles Guide recently announced the Leading Insolvency and Restructuring barristers in NSW for 2021 and New Chambers’ Emma Beechey has been named as Leading…
Read more2021/22 Bar Association committee list
The New South Wales Bar Association has recently published the membership lists of each Bar Association committee. This year the Bar Council has approved…
Read moreFederal Court clarifies limits on conditions imp...
In a New Chambers trifecta, former head of chambers, his Honour Justice Stewart, handed down judgment clarifying the limits of a court’s power to…
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Doyles Guide has recently published the Leading Commercial Litigation and Dispute Resolution Senior Counsel list for 2021. David Jackson AM QC has been recognised…
Read moreQueen’s Birthday Honours List 2021 – Kat...
Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2021 Kate Eastman AM SC It is with great pleasure that New Chambers can announce that Kate Eastman SC has…
Read moreMakaroff v Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health Di...
In Makaroff v Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District [2021] NSWCA 107, James Sheller SC instructed by Attia Lawyers and Consultants appeared for the…
Read moreLiquidator fails against the Deputy Commissioner...
Karen Petch recently appeared for the Deputy Commissioner of Taxation in an application by a liquidator of Pacific Steelfixing Pty Ltd (in liq) pursuant…
Read morePrygodicz v Commonwealth of Australia (No 2) [20...
Michael Hodge QC (with Z Maud) appeared for Respondent, instructed by the Australian Government Solicitor in Prygodicz v Commonwealth of Australia (No 2) [2021]…
Read moreDyer v Chrysanthou (No 2) (Injunction) [2021] FC...
Michael Hodge QC and Shipra Chordia appeared for the Applicant, instructed by Marque Lawyers, in Dyer v Crysanthou (No 2) (Injunction) [2021] FCA 641….
Read moreThe Federal Court of Australia and the High Cour...
Karen Petch recently appeared in an application by the Liquidators of Halifax Investment Services Pty Ltd (Halifax AU) and Halifax New Zealand Limited (Halifax…
Read moreNew Chambers welcomes Winnie Liu
New Chambers would like to welcome its newest reader, Winnie Liu. Winnie joins us after recently completing the NSW Bar Association Bar Practice Course….
Read moreRe ICRA Rolleston Pty Ltd [2021] QSC 98
Michael Hodge QC (with A R Langshaw), instructed by Arnold Bloch Leibler, recently appeared for the Respondents, in Re ICRA Rolleston Pty Ltd [2021] QSC…
Read moreNewman v Minister for Health and Aged Care [2021...
Philip Santucci and Kathleen Morris (led by C S Ward SC) acted in a recent challenge before the Federal Court of Australia to the…
Read moreSupreme Court confiscates assets and orders pecu...
Greg O’Mahoney and Karen Petch appeared for the Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police in a significant case concerning the forfeiture of assets and…
Read more14th Edition of Best Lawyers in Australia
The 14th Edition of Best Lawyers in Australia has just been released and New Chambers has been well represented once again with 15 of…
Read moreLeading Planning & Environment Barristers ...
Doyles guide have announced the Leading Planning and Environment barristers in NSW for 2021 and Trent March from New Chambers has been recommended in…
Read moreCommissioner of Taxation v Apted [2021] FCAFC 45
In Commissioner of Taxation v Apted [2021] FCAFC 45, Luke Livingston and Keni Josifoski appeared for the Commissioner led by Peter Hanks QC. The…
Read moreCheeseman SC appointed to the Federal Court of A...
The Acting Commonwealth Attorney General, Senator The Hon. Michaelia Cash has today announced that Elizabeth Cheeseman SC has been appointed to the Federal Court…
Read moreAdministrative Appeals Tribunal considers the ex...
In BSRJ v Federal Commissioner of Taxation [2021] AATA 333, in which Courtney Ensor appeared for the Commissioner led by Kristen Deards SC, the…
Read moreThe Coronavirus Employer Cash Flow Boost Measure...
Luke Livingston recently appeared, successfully, for the Commissioner of Taxation in the first proceeding to construe and apply the eligibility criteria in the Boosting…
Read moreLeading Construction and Infrastructure Senior C...
The Doyles Leading Construction and Infrastructure Senior Counsel for Queensland 2021 has recently been published and New Chambers member Peter Dunning QC has been…
Read moreDoyles Leading Workplace Health & Safety La...
Doyles has recently released its Leading Workplace Health and Safety Law Senior Counsel NSW list and we are proud to share Arthur Moses SC…
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The 2021 Doyles Leading Employment Law Senior Counsel NSW rankings were released yesterday and New Chambers had 2 of the top 3 Preeminent members…
Read moreFederal Court Orders Large Promoter Penalty Corr...
David McLure SC and Dr Greg O’Mahoney appeared for the Commissioner of Taxation in an important case considering the reach and application of the…
Read moreLeading Transport Barristers Australia 2021
New Chambers status as the leading set for Transport matters in Australia was confirmed in the latest Doyles Guide of Leading Transport Barristers in…
Read more2021 Asia Pacific Australian Bar Legal 500 ranki...
The 2021 Asia Pacific Australian Bar Legal 500 rankings have been released and New Chambers has been recognised as a Tier 1 set in…
Read moreSupreme Court rectifies share register to remedy...
In the recent decision of In the matter of Crow Inn Pty Limited (No 2) [2020] NSWSC 1749, Rees J granted relief under s…
Read moreMarine insurance exception to the Insurance Cont...
David McLure SC and Gary Coveny recently appeared for London underwriters in an important case considering the marine insurance exception to the application of…
Read moreAdministrative Appeals Tribunal construes admini...
In a recent case, in which Luke Livingston appeared, the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (Senior Member Olding) considered, for the first time, the proper interpretation…
Read moreChambers and Partners – Asia Pacific 2021 Rank...
New Chambers has been recognised by Chambers and Partners in the “Asia – Pacific 2021, Dispute Resolution: The Bar in Australia” rankings. Chambers and…
Read moreChris Peadon in important charity tax exemption ...
Chris Peadon was Junior Counsel for YWCA Australia (led by Mark Richmond SC and instructed by Norton Rose Fulbright) in its successful appeal against…
Read moreNational Tertiary Education Industry Union v Uni...
Kate Eastman SC and Yaseen Shariff SC recently appeared for the successful respondents in National Tertiary Education Industry Union v University of Sydney [2020]…
Read moreClayton v Bant [2020] HCA 44
David Jackson QC, Ann-Maree McDiarmid, and Stephanie Gaussen represented the successful appellant in Clayton v Bant [2020] HCA (Kiefel CJ, Bell, Gageler, Gordon and…
Read moreWho’s Who Legal
In the recently published Who’s Who Legal 2020 edition, New Chambers had the following mentions: GLOBAL GUIDE Gregory Nell SC – Transport and Shipping;…
Read moreFull Court of the Federal Court confirms obligat...
Luke Livingston and Philip Santucci recently appeared for the appellant in BWO19 v Minister for Immigration [2020] FCAFC 181 where the Full Court of…
Read more2021 Bar Council
The New South Wales Bar Association recently announced the results for the election of the 2021 Bar Council. Kate Eastman SC and Catherine Gleeson…
Read moreDoyles Guide to Leading Tax Barristers in New So...
Doyles Guide has today published their guide to Leading Tax Barristers in New South Wales and New Chambers is once again well represented. In…
Read moreFull Federal Court considers interpretation of r...
Elizabeth Cheeseman SC and Matt Karam represented the successful respondent before the Full Court of the Federal Court in Findex Group Limited v McKay…
Read moreLeading Professional Indemnity Senior Counsel in...
New Chambers is pleased to announce that we had 3 Senior Counsel recognised in the recently published Doyles Leading Professional Indemnity Senior Counsel in…
Read moreNew South Wales Court of Appeal rejects director...
Luke Livingston recently appeared, successfully, for the Deputy Commissioner of Taxation resisting an appeal by Mr Nathan Kedwell in respect of a director penalty…
Read moreVB Lease Co v Wells Fargo [2020] FCAFC 168
Philip Santucci (led by C S Ward SC) acted for the respondent aircraft engine lessors in the latest decision arising from the Virgin Australia…
Read moreBen Katekar appointed Senior Counsel
New Chambers is delighted to announce that Ben Katekar has been appointed Senior Counsel in and for the state of New South Wales. Congratulations…
Read moreNew Chambers welcomes five new readers
Congratulations to the five New Chambers readers who successfully completed the NSW Bar Association Bar Practice Course. Amy Reid Amy has broad commercial experience…
Read moreFederal Court finds Virgin Australia creditors...
Karen Petch, led by Anthony McGrath SC and instructed by Gadens, recently represented a group of bondholders (controlling over $200 million in bond debt)…
Read moreAUSTRAC v Westpac: civil penalty proceedings in ...
AUSTRAC v Westpac: civil penalty proceedings in the Federal Court Westpac and AUSTRAC have agreed to a $1.3 billion proposed penalty in relation to Westpac’s…
Read moreSeptember 2020 Covid-19 update
The NSW Bar Association keeps an up to date page on all things Covid-19 related. The useful page can be found here with links…
Read morePrimary Securities Limited v Aurora Funds Manage...
Ben Katekar and Michael Bersten appeared for the respondent in the NSW Court of Appeal in the matter of Primary Securities Limited v Aurora…
Read moreQ (a pseudonym) v E Co (a pseudonym) [2020] NSWC...
Anthony McInerney SC and Nick Kabilafkas appeared successfully for the respondent in a recent decision of the NSW Court of Appeal. The appellant Q,…
Read moreSupreme Court concludes restraint of trade was u...
Arthur Moses SC and Justin Simpkins recently represented defendants who successfully resisted an application to permanently restrain them from selling flowers imported from South…
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