Maintaining ‘considerable intellectual depth’, 12 Wentworth Selborne Chambers represents a range of stakeholders across the spectrum of competition matters. Daniel Tynan led Talia Epstein in Invisalign Australia v Smile Direct Club, a case alleging misleading and deceptive conduct in advertising by a clear aligner company. Acting for the plaintiff, Jonathan Clark appeared in ACCC v Qteq, where the defendant was found to have engaged in cartel conduct in the oil and gas sector. Conor Bannan represents the defendant in ACCC v Mastercard, in which the major payment card services company is accused of misuse of market powers.

Members at 5 Wentworth Chambers regularly act in a wide range of civil competition proceedings, including class actions, misleading and deceptive conduct cases, and merger clearance proceedings. The firm also has growing strength in criminal cartel cases. Catherine Bembrick currently acts in J Wisbey & Associates v UBS & Ors, a class action before the federal court where cartel conduct is alleged against leading international banks in the foreign exchange market. Alexander Vial appeared in Brickworks v BCG, a rare private litigation where a divestiture order was sought in the brick manufacturing industry.

List G Barristers covers the gamut of competition, consumer law and defamation matters, with expertise in class action contexts.  Nicholas De Young KC appeared in a series of proceedings including Epic Games v Apple, where the plaintiff alleged that Apple limited the use of alternative payment services on its operating system which constituted anti-competitive behaviour. Natalie Hickey acted in an industrial espionage case, Directed Electronics v Isuzu, where the defendant was alleged to have participated in a scheme to divert business away from the plaintiff. In Engage Marine v Tasmanian Ports Corporation, Daniel Preston acts in an early case of private litigation under the new market power provisions of the CCA.