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View AllAustralian Arbitration Week 2024: 13-18 October 2024
Roger Traves KC, Jason Mitchenson, Sarah Spottiswood, Oliver Cook, James Penrose, Lucinda Brabazon, Emily O'Brien — Arbitration, International
Level Twenty Seven Chambers and its members are pleased to be participating in various events during Australian Arbitration Week 2024 in Brisbane. In addition to the ACICA & Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Australia International Arbitration Conference on Monday 14 October 2024, over 40 individual events have been scheduled during arbitration…
Upcoming Seminars
View AllUnpacking the Climate Change Advisory Opinions
25-11-24 @ 5:00 pm — Arbitration, International, Planning & Environment, Resources & Energy
The International Law Association, Queensland Chapter is pleased to welcome DLA Piper, presenting at Level Twenty Seven Chambers. What will the seminar cover? As the world inches closer to key climate deadlines of 2030 and 2050, countries likely to be severely impacted by the adverse effects of climate change have…
Latest Publications
View AllJust What the Tribunal Ordered - Or Was It? Western Australia Court of Appeal Upholds Finding That UNICITRAL Tribunal Rendered Itself Functus Officio
9-8-23 / Oliver Cook — Arbitration
Oliver Cook co-authored this article with Liam McInerney (LK Law) published in the Wolters Kluwer: International Arbitration & Mediation concerning a decision in the Western Australia Court of Appeal to uphold that a UNICITRAL Tribunal rendered itself functus officio. The decision confirms that under the Commercial Arbitration Act 2012 (WA),…
Privilege in International Arbitration: Procedure and Pitfalls
25-11-21 / Nicholas Andreatidis KC — Arbitration, International
Nicholas Andreatidis QC and Angus O'Brien (Level Twenty Seven) were joined by Simon Bellas (Jones Day) and Cameron Sim (Debevoise & Plimpton) to unpick some of the uncertainties concerning legal professional privilege in the context of international arbitration. The video and podcast recordings of this Level Twenty Seven Chambers webinar…
Functus Officio in Arbitration
22-10-21 / Shane Doyle KC, Sarah Spottiswood — Arbitration, International
This presentation formed part of ACICA's Australian Arbitration Week 2021 program. Shane Doyle QC and Sarah Spottiswood (Level Twenty Seven Chambers) and Chiann Bao (Arbitration Chambers) explored the situations where an arbitrator might be said to have performed its office so as to be (wholly or as to particular aspects…
Recent Cases
View AllXY v UV [2024] QSC 262
1-11-24 / Matthew Doyle — Arbitration, Commercial Equity
Matthew Doyle (led by T Mehigan SC with S Tame) represented the Respondent, instructed by Ashurst.
CBI Constructors Pty Ltd & Anor v Chevron Australia Pty Ltd [2024] HCA 28
16-8-24 / Shane Doyle KC — Arbitration, Building & Construction, Contract, International
The High Court of Australia dismissed an appeal concerning whether the Supreme Court of Western Australia could set aside an arbitral award under section 34(2)(a)(iii) of the Commercial Arbitration Act 2012 (WA). The High Court agreed that the tribunal had exceeded its authority by addressing a matter it was functus…
CBI Constructors Pty Ltd v Chevron Australia Pty Ltd [2023] WASCA 1
17-1-23 / Shane Doyle KC — Arbitration, Building & Construction, Contract
An appeal against the decision in Chevron Australia Pty Ltd v CBI Constructors Pty Ltd. The primary proceedings involved applications by the respondent (Chevron) against the appellants, CKJV, under the Commercial Arbitration Act 2012 (WA) in respect of an arbitral award made in favour of CKJV. Chevron applied to set…
