News
15 December 2022
5 Wentworth has excelled in the 2023 Chambers & Partners Asia-Pacific guide.
The barristers ranked were:
Dominique Hogan-Doran SC
“She is renowned as an expert in superannuation. She has the practical experience and knows the legislation like the back of her hand. She’s a safe pair of hands, commercial and easy to work with.”
David Chin SC
“David is an authority in complex contract and statutory claims. He is a fierce advocate and a heavy hitter in significant claims.”
Cynthia Cochrane SC
“She is incredibly hard-working, great to deal with and good at building trust with clients.”
Andrew Fox SC
“He is absolutely terrific, incredibly hard-working and a great cross-examiner. He navigates and controls the process extremely well.”
Julian Cooke SC
“Julian is a highly experienced IP specialist with outstanding expertise combined with a strategic approach.”
Phoebe Arcus
“In IP litigation, she is excellent and very well regarded.”
David Larish
“David has a really good brain, thinks for himself, understands the law well and works really hard. He’s a great team player and his written and oral presentations are excellent.”
Ben Mee
“Ben is a standout with his excellent technical background. His written and oral presentations are also excellent.”
Rob Clark
“He’s very capable and good to deal with for difficult and complicated issues.”
5 October 2022
We are pleased to announce that Julian Cooke SC has been recognised in Who’s Who Legal Australia & New Zealand – Report 2022 for his expertise in Patents and Life Sciences. To see the full report, click here.
4 October 2022
We are delighted to announce the appointment of Julian Cooke as Senior Counsel.
Julian specialises in intellectual property law including trade practices. This includes patents, trade marks, copyright, designs, confidential information and consumer protection. Julian frequently acts for clients in the pharmaceutical, chemical, telecommunications, mining, media and consumer goods industries.
Congratulations Julian!
20 July 2022
5 Wentworth has once again been listed in Doyle’s Guide. Warm congratulations to Eliot Olivier for his inclusion in the Leading Class Actions list for 2022.
18 July 2022
5 Wentworth is honoured to see recommendation once more in Doyles Guide. The Hon Anthony Whealy QC has made another appearance on the Leading NSW Mediators list, whilst Dominique Hogan-Doran SC has been doubly honoured with an appearance in both the Leading NSW Mediators list, and the recommended Senior Counsel section of the Commercial Litigation & Dispute Resolution list.
16 June 2022
5 Wentworth has again seen success in the Doyles Intellectual Property junior counsel listings. Julian Cooke and David Larish were honoured in the preeminent list, whilst Phoebe Arcus was listed as leading, and Ben Mee as recommended.
9 May 2022
5 Wentworth wishes to extend a warm congratulations to the many floor members named in the 2022 listing of leading New South Wales Intellectual Property counsel released by Doyles.
Andrew Fox SC and Cynthia Cochrane SC were named as recommended senior counsel, whilst in the junior counsel listings Julian Cooke and David Larish were included in the preeminent list, Phoebe Arcus and Ben Mee in leading, and Catherine Bembrick, Joseph Elks, Sam Hallahan, Angela McDonald, Anna Spies, and Sonia Stewart were listed as recommended counsel
21 April 2022
5 Wentworth is pleased to announce the inclusion of several floor members in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers.
Congratulations to Gregory Burton SC, Andrew Tokley SC, Phoebe Arcus, Rob Clark, Cynthia Cochrane SC, Julian Cooke, Andrew Fox SC, David Larish, Ben Mee, David Chin SC, James Gibson, Hugh Stowe, and especially to the four floor member who were listed in the Lawyer of the Year report: Dominique Hogan-Doran SC (Superannuation Law), Elizabeth Raper SC (Labour and Employment Law), Annabelle Bennett AC SC (Sports Law), and David Bennett QC (Banking and Finance Law).
16 March 2022
5 Wentworth Employment Law CPD Programme – Unfortunately due to the ever increasing COVID numbers we have decided to move this event to online only.
We apologise for any inconvenience caused and are sorry we will not be seeing you in person.
We look forward to seeing you all virtually tomorrow. Please click this URL to join: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87934267979?pwd=MFJBWXRna08ydGlGTWJ0WjFyRWlFQT09
25 February 2022
5 Wentworth is delighted to announce that Elizabeth Raper SC and David Chin SC have once again, both been listed in the 2022 Doyle’s Leading Employment Law Senior Counsel NSW rankings.
Congratulations on a great achievement.
To see this year’s full list, see here
10 February 2022
David Chin SC spoke to Australian Financial Review today about the High Court’s new approach to characterising employment contracts in two recent cases, CFMMEU v Personnel Contracting Pty Ltd [2022] HCA 1 and ZG Operations Australia Pty Ltd v Jamsek [2022] HCA 2:
High Court backs contract jobs – AFR 10 February 2022
7 February 2022
5 Wentworth has been recognised as the top set of chambers for commercial disputes in the Legal 500, the Australian Bar 2022 edition. The full rankings are available here:
4 February 2022
Gregory Burton SC and Hugh Stowe will present a paper on “Concurrent evidence: process, pitfalls and strategies” as part of a Legalwise Advanced Evidence and Advocacy Masterclass on Friday 25 February 2022. They will focus on the expert conclave, the joint report and strategies for dealing with concessions by your party’s expert, and the concurrent evidence process.
You can attend the seminar in person in Sydney CBD or online here: HERE and register with the Promotional Code SPK30 to get a 30% discount. Enter the code into the Promotional Code field, not the Voucher Code field, when you book.
1 February 2022
Join for an afternoon of 5 CPD seminars for employment lawyers. 17 March 2022 online and (hopefully) in-person. For more details (including RSVP):Employment Law CPD PDF
3 December 2021
5 Wentworth is delighted to announce that Julian Cooke has been listed in the Patent Litigation chapter of Who’s Who Legal: Life Sciences 2022.
10 November 2021
Cynthia Cochrane SC is presenting a webinar for IPSANZ on Tuesday, 30 November 2021 that looks at where we are 8 years on from Parliament “raising the bar” on the disclosure requirements for patents in s 40 of the Patents Act. Here
1 October 2021
5 Wentworth is delighted to announce the appointment of Cynthia Cochrane and Andrew Fox as Senior Counsel.
22 September 2021
You can view a recording of the webinar on 11 August by David Chin SC and Christopher Parkin, with Ian Neil SC, on the High Court’s decision in WorkPac Pty Ltd v Rossato here
5 August 2021
5 Wentworth is pleased to announce that Dominique Hogan-Doran SC has been appointed to the Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand (CA ANZ) Disciplinary Tribunal for a 3 year term.
4 August 2021
Today, in WorkPac Pty Ltd v Rossato [2021] HCA 23, the High Court of Australia unanimously allowed an appeal concerning the nature of casual employment and the importance of written contracts of employment. The High Court made it clear that the true character of an employment relationship is governed by enforceable contractual obligations, and not by mere hopes or expectations. David Chin SC and Christopher Parkin appeared (with Walker SC and Neil SC) for the successful party.
30 June 2021
5 Wentworth is delighted to announce that Dominique Hogan-Doran SC has been listed in the 2021 Doyle’s Leading Commercial Litigation & Dispute Resolution Senior Counsel – New South Wales, 2021
Congratulations Dominique on a great achievement.
To see this year’s full list, see here:
6 May 2021
5 Wentworth has once again dominated Doyles’ Leading Intellectual Property Junior Counsel & Technology, Media & Telecommunications – New South Wales, 2021
Congratulations to Julian Cooke, Phoebe Arcus, Andrew Fox, David Larish, Cynthia Cochrane, Ben Mee, Rob Clark, Sam Hallahan, Anna Spies and Angela McDonald.
15 April 2021
5 Wentworth dominates Best Lawyers – Australia 2022.
Congratulations Andrew Fox, Andrew Tokley SC, The Hon Dr Annabelle Bennett SC, Cynthia Cochrane, David Larish, David Bennett QC, David Chin SC, Dominique Hogan-Doran SC, Elizabeth Raper SC, Gregory Burton SC, Hugh Stowe, James Gibson, Julian Cooke, Kieran Smark SC, Matthew Lewis, Phoebe Arcus & Rob Clark.
9 March 2021
5 Wentworth is delighted to announce that Elizabeth Raper SC and David Chin SC have once again, both been listed in the 2021 Doyle’s Leading Employment Law Senior Counsel NSW rankings.
Congratulations on a great achievement.
To see this year’s full list, see here
19 January 2021
5 Wentworth is pleased to announce it has been recognised as a Top Tier Set in the 2021 edition of the Legal 500 Guide to the Australian Bar along with 7 of our members individually listed. See here.
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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2023 BEST LAWYERS – AUSTRALIA
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Gregory Burton SC
Dominique Hogan-Doran SCBanking & Finance Law
David Bennett QCCivil Rights Law
Elizabeth Raper SCConstitutional
David Bennett QC
Andrew Tokley QCCorporate/Governance Practice
David Bennett QCFinancial Institutions
Dominique Hogan-Doran SCLabour & Employment Law
Elizabeth Raper SC
David Chin SCIntellectual Property Law
Cynthia Cochrane SC
Andrew Fox SC
Julian Cooke
Phoebe Arcus
David Larish
Rob Clark
Ben MeeLitigation
Dominique Hogan-Doran SC
James Gibson
Hugh Stowe
Rob ClarkSports Law
Dr Annabelle Bennett AC SCSuperannuation Law
Dominique Hogan-Doran SC