Chambers Review
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Dispute Resolution: The Bar - Australia
What the Team is Known For
Fifth Floor St James' Hall Chambers is a highly regarded smaller set, long acknowledged for its impressive concentration of specialised, top-tier expertise, and home to two of the most versatile and respected advocates at the New South Wales Bar. It offers especially seasoned expertise in the handling of appellate cases and is also noted for its prowess in administrative and constitutional matters equal to that attained in the commercial sphere. Clerk Caroline Davoren is the key contact here.
Notable practitioners
If we could, we would brief Bret every time. He's incredible.
Noel Hutley SC continues to maintain his impressive reputation and is widely regarded as a leader of the Sydney Bar. Although it is widely recognised that he operates across the fullest range of commercial law issues, insolvency matters are known to form a particularly significant component of his practice, and he features on the go-to list of several instructing solicitors.
Noel is the go-to on large litigation matters.
Emma has excellent litigation skills across the board. She has particularly good experience in trade marks and copyright.
Emma is one of the pre-eminent junior barristers.
Emma is phenomenal.
Garry reviews thousands of documents picking out the relevant detail for all of them. He's a bit of a star.
He is fantastic in court. He distils information and makes incredibly persuasive positions.




