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30 November 2020
Last week Andrew Bulley and Alexander Vial from 5 Wentworth delivered presentations for the Law Society of NSW Specialist Accreditation Week for commercial litigation.
Andrew presented on the topic of the Presumptions of Resulting Trust and Advancement; how they arise and how they interact with each other together with an examination of a recent NSW Court of Appeal decision in the area: Metcalf v. Zhang [2020] NSWCA 228.
Alexander presented on the topic of Outlines of Evidence in the Federal Court and discussed changing judicial attitudes to affidavit evidence and the emerging preference for oral evidence in chief, especially where the evidence to be given is on a critical, contentious, or complex issue.
If you would like any further information on these topics, please contact @Sarah Tiffen at clerk@5wentworth.com
30 October 2020
The report of the Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements was released today. We congratulate the Hon. Dr Annabelle Bennett AC SC, one of the Commissioners, and members of the Counsel Assisting team from 5 Wentworth, Dominique Hogan-Doran SC, Andrew Tokley QC, and Anna Spies, on their work. The report is available on the Commission’s website: https://naturaldisaster.royalcommission.gov.au.
10 September 2020
Cynthia Cochrane who specialises in high-profile patent cases and commercial cases was interviewed by Tracey Holmes from the ABC.
8 September 2020
Cynthia Cochrane and David Harris, of 5 Wentworth, feature in an article published in Law Society Journal Issue 70 entitled, “Berry v CCL Secure: new High Court guidance on counterfactual analysis as reported in the Law Society Journal issue 70”.
31 August 2020
5 Wentworth is pleased to launch its Zoom CPD webpage, which makes available a series of Zoom CPDs presented by floor members to be viewed online by Australian legal practitioners:
21 August 2020
On 10 September Cynthia Cochrane and Catherine Bembrick will be presenting an IPSANZ webinar on the intersection of patent and competition law, one year on from the repeal of s 51(3) of the Competition and Consumer Act.
29 May 2020
5 Wentworth is pleased to announce that Dominique Hogan-Doran SC has been listed in Doyle’s list of leading New South Wales Commercial Litigation & Dispute Resolution Senior Counsel in New South Wales.
See: Doyles Guide
28 May 2020
‘5 Wentworth dominates Doyles’ Leading Technology Media Telecommunications Junior Counsel – Australia 2020
Congratulations to Julian Cooke, Phoebe Arcus, Andrew Fox, David Larish, Cynthia Cochrane and Ben Mee, who secured 6 of the 20 places in the Doyle’s Guide Leading Technology Media Telecommunications Junior Counsel listing, more than any other chambers in New South Wales.
26 May 2020
Cynthia Cochrane and David Larish, of 5 Wentworth, feature in an article published in Lawyerly entitled, “The write way to success: Barristers’ top tips for winning written submissions”.
See Article
26 May 2020
5 Wentworth is pleased to announce that The Hon Dr Annabelle Bennett AC SC has been elected to the Australian Academy of Science.
See Australian Academy of Science
21 May 2020
‘5 Wentworth dominates Doyles’ Leading IP Junior Counsel – Australia 2020
Congratulations to Julian Cooke, Cynthia Cochrane, Phoebe Arcus, Andrew Fox, David Larish and Ben Mee, who secured 6 of the 20 places in the Doyle’s Guide National IP Junior Counsel listing, more than any other chambers in Australia.
See Doyles Guide
12 May 2020
COVID-19 Employment Law
David Chin SC and Christopher Parkin, together with Ian Neil SC, have updated their “Guide to the JobKeeper Scheme” taking into account the latest amendments and guidance. You can download a copy, current to 12 May 2020, here.
The authors of the Guide will be presenting a live webinar on the JobKeeper scheme hosted by the New South Wales Bar Association at 5.15pm tonight. The webinar is open to NSW Bar Association members who can register here.
22 April 2020
Chambers is delighted to announce that 15 of our barristers have been recognised in the Best Lawyers in Australia (2021 Edition).
20 April 2020
5 Wentworth proudly welcomes our new clerk, Sarah Tiffen.
17 April 2020
5 Wentworth dominates Doyles’ Leading IP Junior Counsel – New South Wales 2020
5 Wentworth secured 3 of the 6 places in “Preeminent”, 3 of the 5 places in “Leading” and 3 of the 6 places in “Recommended”.
See Doyles Guide
April 2020
COVID-19 Employment Law
On 9 April 2020, the Commonwealth Government made fundamental changes to the Fair Work Act giving effect to its JobKeeper wage subsidy scheme. Around 6 million workers will receive a minimum payment of $1,500 per fortnight through their employer.
David Chin SC and Christopher Parkin, together with Ian Neil SC, have published a “Guide to the JobKeeper Scheme”. You can download a copy here.
David Chin SC also spoke about the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the regulation of employment to the ABC:
and to the Australian Financial Review (access to these articles requires a subscription to the AFR):
“JobKeeper rules flaw may be used to coerce employees” – AFR 15 April 2020;
“More KPMG jobs at risk if staff opt out of pay cut” – AFR 14 April 2020.
24 February 2020
The Prime Minister has announced that the Hon Dr Annabelle Bennett AC QC will be a Commissioner on the Royal Commission into the Bushfires. [2020] Royal Commission
21 February 2020
Doyle’s Guide: Leading Employment Law Senior Counsel – NSW 2020: Elizabeth Raper SC (leading) and David Chin SC (recommended) for their expertise and abilities within the areas of employment, industrial relations, and workplace safety matters (21 February 2020)
11 February 2020
Federal Court 11 February 2020: First case brought by new Commonwealth regulator successful – Dominique Hogan-Doran SC appeared on behalf of ROC [2020] FCA 96
24 May 2019
2019 DOYLE’S GUIDE – released 24/2/2019
Congratulations to many of our barristers who have been recognised in both IP and TMT rankings released today. See: 2019 Doyle’s IP rankings and 2019 Doyle’s TMT rankings where Julian Cooke, Cynthia Cochrane, Phoebe Arcus, Andrew Fox, David Larish, Ben Mee and Anna Spies are named.
25 March 2019
We are delighted to announce the appointment of the Hon Dr Annabelle Bennett AO SC as Chair of Australian Nuclear Scientific & Technology Organisation (ANSTO) for a 5-year term, by the Hon Karen Andrews MP Media Release
22 March 2019
Chambers is delighted to announce that 11 of our barristers have been recognised in the 12th edition of The Best Lawyers in Australia.
March 2019
Chambers is delighted to announce that the 5th Ed of Discrimination Law & Practice which was co-authored by Elizabeth Raper with Ms Chris Ronalds AO SC has been published and is now available – see Federation Press
February 2019
2019 DOYLE’S GUIDE – released 15/2/2019
Congratulations to Elizabeth Raper and David Chin for being recognised in the Employment rankings.
2019 CHAMBERS & PARTNERS RANKINGS
5 Wentworth Chambers has been ranked as a leading set.
Our individual barristers recognised in this publication are:
Elizabeth Raper and David Chin – in Employment
Julian Cooke, Andrew Fox and Cynthia Cochrane – in Intellectual Property
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2021 BEST LAWYERS – AUSTRALIA
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Dominique Hogan-Doran SCBanking & Finance Law
David Bennett QCConstitutional
David Bennett QC
Andrew Tokley SCCorporate/Governance Practice
David Bennett QCDefamation and Media Law
Kieran Smark SCFinancial Institutions
Dominique Hogan-Doran SCLabour & Employment Law
Elizabeth Raper SC
David Chin SCIntellectual Property Law
Cynthia Cochrane
David Larish
Julian Cooke
Andrew Fox
Phoebe ArcusLitigation
Dominique Hogan-Doran SC
Hugh Stowe
James GibsonSports Law
Dr Annabelle Bennett SCSuperannuation Law
Dominique Hogan-Doran SC