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Global Australia Dispute Resolution: The Bar

Dispute Resolution chapters focus on litigation and alternative dispute resolution proceedings. The work covers the full course of a dispute, such as pre-trial negotiations, documentation and preparation for trial, summary judgment applications, trial, appeals and enforcement proceedings. This section also covers white-collar crime, including government investigations. Expertise in alternative dispute resolution, involving non-court mediation and arbitration, may be ranked in separate tables where the market is sufficiently developed. Practice areas such as Insurance, Construction, IP and Media may also contain litigators who are experts in their field in markets that are sufficiently specialised. In some jurisdictions in the region, where the legal profession is not fused, we feature separate ranking tables for barristers and solicitors. In jurisdictions where the legal profession is fused, but there is sufficient distinction between lawyers practising in the style of barristers, and lawyers practising in the style of solicitors, we have sought to make this distinction clear by again having separate ranking tables.

Rankings overview for Sets

1
Band 1
  1. Banco Chambers
    Banco Chambers 9 Years Ranked
  2. List A Barristers
  3. List G Barristers
2
Band 2
  1. 5 Wentworth Chambers
    5 Wentworth Chambers 7 Years Ranked
  2. Dever's List
    Dever's List 8 Years Ranked
  3. Eleven Wentworth
  4. Level Twenty Seven Chambers
  5. New Chambers
  6. Nigel Bowen Chambers
  7. Sixth Floor Selborne/Wentworth Chambers
  8. Tenth Floor Wentworth Selborne Chambers
3
Band 3
  1. 12 Wentworth Selborne Chambers
  2. 6 St James' Hall
  3. 7 Wentworth Selborne
  4. Eight Selborne
  5. Fifth Floor St James' Hall Chambers
  6. Foley's List
  7. Francis Burt Chambers
  8. Greens List Barristers
  9. Greenway Chambers
  10. Level 17 Chambers
  11. North Quarter Lane Chambers
  12. Quayside Chambers
  13. Sixth Floor Windeyer Chambers
  14. Young's List

All Sets profiles

1
Band 1
  1. Banco Chambers
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    Banco Chambers
    Dispute Resolution: The Bar
    2023 | Band 1 | 9 Years Ranked
    Banco Chambers is one of Sydney's younger commercial sets, established in 2005, and is noted for having attracted some of Australia's leading junior barristers, in addition to a core of established and respected silks. A recent relocation allowed it to expand its complement to a total of roughly 60 barristers. The chambers are especially well resourced when it comes to providing advice or advocacy on competition, equity or public law issues, it is also home to barristers with significant expertise in the areas of construction, defamation and insolvency. A significant proportion of set members possess appellate experience or have acted as arbitration counsel or arbitrators in both domestic and international cases. Interviewees testify extensively, both to the set's widely perceived pre-eminence in the Sydney market and to its possession of a clear collective identity; one observes: "Over the last decade, Banco Chambers has become widely recognised as one of or even the leading commercial sets in Sydney." Another describes Banco Chambers as "a commercial and clever set of barristers with a high level of professionalism and service focus. Clerk Jeh Coutinho is a key contact for all enquiries.
  2. List A Barristers
    Dispute Resolution: The Bar
    2023 | Band 1
  3. List G Barristers
    Dispute Resolution: The Bar
    2023 | Band 1
2
Band 2
  1. 5 Wentworth Chambers
    2
    5 Wentworth Chambers
    Dispute Resolution: The Bar
    2023 | Band 2 | 7 Years Ranked
    5 Wentworth Chambers houses nearly 40 barristers with expertise ranging across the full commercial and public law spectrum and experience extending to the highest level in both Commonwealth courts and, on a pan-Australian basis, individual state courts. Within this varied offering, the set fields particularly noteworthy expertise in the intellectual property and employment spheres, with one interviewee observing: "Strategy and tactical advice is always provided, with an eye to differing client needs, including government clients." Speaking more generally, another source finds: "Their service levels are outstanding and they are extremely responsive. They go above and beyond in relation to their willingness to assist." Clerk to chambers Sarah Tiffen is the recommended contact.
  2. Dever's List
    2
    Dever's List
    Dispute Resolution: The Bar
    2023 | Band 2 | 8 Years Ranked
    Dever's List is headquartered in Melbourne's Owen Dixon Chambers and is the oldest of the Victorian Bar's lists, with a history extending back some 160 years and a large stable of barristers, offering expertise across across a broad spectrum of practice areas. Among them are to be found some of Australia's leading appellate advocates as well as eminent practitioners in the employment, insolvency, intellectual property, native title and taxation spheres. Several, including a number of retired judges, are also experienced arbitrators and mediators. John Dever is the chief barristers' clerk and is frequently identified by name as one of the list's key assets.
  3. Eleven Wentworth
    Dispute Resolution: The Bar
    2023 | Band 2
  4. Level Twenty Seven Chambers
    Dispute Resolution: The Bar
    2023 | Band 2
  5. New Chambers
    Dispute Resolution: The Bar
    2023 | Band 2
  6. Nigel Bowen Chambers
    Dispute Resolution: The Bar
    2023 | Band 2
  7. Sixth Floor Selborne/Wentworth Chambers
    Dispute Resolution: The Bar
    2023 | Band 2
  8. Tenth Floor Wentworth Selborne Chambers
    Dispute Resolution: The Bar
    2023 | Band 2
3
Band 3
  1. 12 Wentworth Selborne Chambers
    Dispute Resolution: The Bar
    2023 | Band 3
  2. 6 St James' Hall
    Dispute Resolution: The Bar
    2023 | Band 3
  3. 7 Wentworth Selborne
    Dispute Resolution: The Bar
    2023 | Band 3
  4. Eight Selborne
    Dispute Resolution: The Bar
    2023 | Band 3
  5. Fifth Floor St James' Hall Chambers
    Dispute Resolution: The Bar
    2023 | Band 3
  6. Foley's List
    Dispute Resolution: The Bar
    2023 | Band 3
  7. Francis Burt Chambers
    Dispute Resolution: The Bar
    2023 | Band 3
  8. Greens List Barristers
    Dispute Resolution: The Bar
    2023 | Band 3
  9. Greenway Chambers
    Dispute Resolution: The Bar
    2023 | Band 3
  10. Level 17 Chambers
    Dispute Resolution: The Bar
    2023 | Band 3
  11. North Quarter Lane Chambers
    Dispute Resolution: The Bar
    2023 | Band 3
  12. Quayside Chambers
    Dispute Resolution: The Bar
    2023 | Band 3
  13. Sixth Floor Windeyer Chambers
    Dispute Resolution: The Bar
    2023 | Band 3
  14. Young's List
    Dispute Resolution: The Bar
    2023 | Band 3