Chambers Review
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Dispute Resolution: The Bar - Australia
What the Team is Known For
Tenth Floor Wentworth Selborne Chambers is noted for the high proportion of senior counsel in its membership and for an especially strong group of barristers acting across the full range of intellectual property issues. Other areas of noted strength are the taxation and insurance fields, and the set also hosts noteworthy class action prowess and a wealth of international experience, putting it on more than one instructing solicitor's list of most favoured sets. Emma Hoolahan is the clerk and chief contact for enquiries.
Notable practitioners
Tony Bannon is amazing on his feet in IP litigation.
Brendan Sullivan SC is a highly respected player in the tax law space, with extensive experience representing both taxpayers and the tax authorities.
Frances St John is active across all the key intellectual property disciplines and regularly acts unled in Superior Court litigation.
Her level of insight, technical knowledge and strategic thinking is outstanding.
Frances is an amazing lawyer, gets right to heart of things and is a very good oral advocate.
He is just exceptional at court craft.
Matthew Darke SC features on several Sydney solicitors' lists of the barristers they would most want to instruct on a major piece of litigation, being particularly well known for his handling of financial services-related briefs, but cited also for competition and consumer law, and intellectual property work.
I regard him as, without any exaggeration, one of the top five senior counsel in the country.
Matthew is widely regarded as a leading advocate in the country.
He is good at adapting his style to particular situations and judges.
He has a really well-deserved reputation for being a very capable and honourable opponent.
Steven is very highly regarded for big commercial matters. He is a 'bet the company' litigation kind of person.
He is a very able advocate.
Amelia Smith has a strong reputation as an impressive litigator. Her practice covers a wide range of areas with a noted strength in commercial disputes.
Her analytical skills are strong.
James Lockhart SC maintains a varied commercial practice, extending across - but by no means confined to - such areas as competition, insolvency, insurance and professional liability, and incorporating substantial experience in the handling of class action briefs.
James is a very safe pair of hands and has a nice demeanour in court.
Charles Colquhoun SC has a varied practice which often sees him represent and advise clients on commercial matters. He is well versed in competition and consumer protection matters, as well as in insolvency and insurance issues. He has further experience in arbitrations.
Stuart Lawrence SC has earned praise for his expertise in commercial matters. He has a diverse practice which sees him represent his clients on a variety of matters including banking, insurance and competition matters, and he has experience acting in class actions.
Stuart is very smart and prepares well.
He is one of the up-and-coming commercial silks.