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.

See here.

 

 

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”. 

See here;

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:

CPD Videos

 

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.

See here.

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.

Doyles Guide

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:

Does coronavirus mean your boss can make you take a pay cut, do a different role or work more hours? – ABC 21 April 2020;

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 5^th 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