NEWS 🔔 | @Level27Chambers feature in Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2024 Guide
Level 27 Chambers received Tier 1 set rankings for ‘Commercial Disputes’ and ‘Construction, Infrastructure and Property’.
12 members are also listed as leading practitioners.
https://t.co/jvEKjAFXnm
ARTICLE: “One Day This Will Be Yours: Estoppel By Encouragement and Acquiescence”
Roger Traves KC offers a reasoned approach to disputes where promises, representations or conduct create expectations of future property transfer.
#DisputeResolution#AusLaw#Litigation
ON DEMAND SEMINAR – The Quincecare Duty in Australian Law
The final @Level27Chambers seminar for 2023 is now available as a video and podcast.
RECORDING: https://t.co/QEZ5qb58IN
#LegalUpdate#AusLaw
ANNOUNCEMENT
@Level27Chambers welcomes the announcement that Salwa Marsh will join @LawRightQLD's Management Committee and Matthew Jones KC will join the legal centre’s Fundraising & Engagement Subcommittee.
Details: https://t.co/QOE1zsVUCU
SEMINAR/WEBINAR📅 14 Dec 1730 BNE
'Quincecare duty in Australian law' - a CPD shedding light on a bank's duty of care that has received little attention in Australia.
REGISTER: https://t.co/QEZ5qb58IN
RECOGNITION - Who's Who Legal: Arbitration 2024
@Level27Chambers congratulates Shane Doyle KC for being listed for the 4th consecutive year in this prestigious global compilation which recognises those with expertise in international disputes.
DETAILS: https://t.co/T0xMawdGiO
SEMINAR/WEBINAR📅 14 Dec 1730 BNE
'Quincecare duty in Australian law' - a CPD shedding light on a bank's duty of care that has received little attention in Australia.
REGISTER: https://t.co/QEZ5qb58IN
ON DEMAND CPD🖥️Taking Stock of Vanderstock: electric vehicles, duties of excise and the Constitution
Explanation of the decision Vanderstock v Victoria [2023] HCA 30 where the High Court held a tax imposed by VIC on the use of EVs was invalid.
Recording: https://t.co/Ninxn4Nei2
ARTICLE 🖊️ The Use and Limits of Statutory Purpose in the Interpretation of Legislation
In his article Roger Traves KC considers a framework of approach to statutory construction and the use and limits of statutory purpose.
Read: https://t.co/qqUpHGi6aS
#AusLaw
ARTICLE🖊️Taking Stock of Vanderstock: Section 90, Electric Vehicles and the Future of State Taxes on Goods
Explanation of the decision Vanderstock v Victoria [2023] HCA 30 where the High Court held a tax imposed by Victoria on the use of EVs was invalid.
https://t.co/jFHEvoiXhN
RECOGNITION 📖 @DoylesGuide to Leading Tax Barristers QLD 2023
@Level27Chambers congratulates all those listed in this recently published guide, especially our Chamber colleagues Mark Robertson KC, Michael May and Florence Chen.
Details: https://t.co/GENMgqJCcI
#TaxLaw#AusLaw
📅16 Nov 1730 BNE | In person & online
His Honour, who practised from @Level27Chambers prior to his judicial appointment, will chair a QYL panel looking at careers in law beyond those as a solicitor or barrister.
Under Chatham House Rules, one can only benefit by joining live.
ANNOUNCEMENT 📰
@Level27Chambers congratulates the eight individuals who were appointed King's Counsel on 2 November 2023.
We especially celebrate the appointment of Matthew Jones KC.
Further details about the appointment: https://t.co/eyj2IRtGfV
SEMINAR📅22 Nov BNE & online
Curious about the groundbreaking decision that has far-reaching implications for state taxes❓
This seminar will explore:
1. meaning of “duty of excise”
2. decision in Vanderstock
3. implications of Vanderstock.
REGISTER: https://t.co/Ninxn4NM7A
EVENT 📅 Thursday 16 Nov 2023 | Brisbane
For those considering legal careers outside of law firms, Queensland Young Lawyers is hosting a panel in the format of the popular 'You Can't Ask That?!' TV program at @Level27Chambers.
Tickets are available on the QYL website.
ON DEMAND CPD 🖥️🎧 https://t.co/YRWfDY6VJZ
2 recent VIC Court of Appeal decisions question settled law giving trustees flexibility in their discretionary exercise.
Mark Robertson KC analyses the competing positions and suggests why the decisions ought not be followed in QLD.
REMINDER📅Thursday 1730 BNE
'Recent developments in trust law affecting the obligations of trustees of discretionary trusts'
An update on 2 decisions which question the exercise of trustee discretions. Mark Robertson KC suggests why they ought not be followed in QLD.
CPD📅19 October 1730
Discretionary trusts in AUS give trustees flexibility in exercising discretion. Courts have declined to examine this exercise except in special circumstances. 2 VIC decisions question this settled law.
Details & registration: https://t.co/YRWfDY6VJZ
NEWS🗞️Expert Evidence - Optimising Success
Last night, @Level27Chambers and @HallWilcox2 co-produced an event for Australian #Arbitration Week to share insights into how expert evidence can optimise successful #DisputeResolution outcomes.
NEWS 🗞️ Dealing Effectively & Ethically with Experts CPD
Sam McCarthy and Bianca Kabel shared insights from case law and their own experiences as commercial law barristers.
This was the third in a series of CPDs produced by @Level27Chambers and Queensland Young Lawyers.