Supported by an ‘extremely reliable and responsive’ clerks’ room, 7 Wentworth Selborne is well-versed in a spectrum of disputes across a wide range of sectors, including the transport, energy, mining and health sectors. The set further acts on planning appeals, environmental prosecutions and property class actions. Jason Lazarus SC successfully acted for the respondent in Cameron v Woollahra Municipal Council, an appeal of judicial review that challenged the issuing of a construction certificate for a development. Duncan Miller SC, Nick Kidd SC and Eli Ball all appeared in G&S Engineering Services v MACH Energy Australia, a major construction case concerning a coal handling facility which featured allegations of misleading and deceptive conduct.

Level Twenty Seven Chambers’ areas of expertise include acting for clients in disputes concerning defects, delay, latent conditions, certification, payment disputes and securities. Members of chambers regularly act in renewable and non-renewable energy, transport, mining and property matters. Successfully acting for the respondents, Shane Doyle KC appeared in the High Court case of CBI Constructors v Chevron, which set aside an arbitral award following bifurcated arbitration proceedings relating to a construction dispute. Michael Trim was instructed in Clarke Energy (Australia) v Power Generation Corp, a dispute arising out of a contract to install, upgrade and replace power generation units in the Northern Territory.

Offering a ‘pleasant and professional’ service, 12 Wentworth Selborne Chambers contains broad expertise in construction and property matters, including in environmental law matters. Greg Sirtes SC acted in Pafburn v The Owners – Strata Plan No 84674, an appeal before the High Court clarified the law on the Design and Building Practitioners Act 2020 and the Civil Liability Act 2002. Jennifer Single SC represented the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Services in the inquest concerning the bushfires in NSW between 2019 and 2020. Amelia Avery-Williams is appearing for the plaintiff in Reinhardt v Endeavour Energy, an easement dispute concerning power lines running over the plaintiff’s land.