Tim Castle recently spoke with BenchMark TV on recent cases interpreting section 54 of the Insurance Contracts Act 1984 (Cth).
2017 Board for 6 St James' Hall Chambers
The members of 6 St James' Hall Chambers are pleased to announce the following members have been elected to the Board for 2017:
- Kate Eastman SC (Chair)
- Dominique Hogan-Doran SC (Company Secretary)
- Michelle McMahon (Treasurer)
- Christopher Ward SC (Staff Director)
- Luke Chapman (Assistant Secretary)
- Robert Angyal SC
Dr Christos Mantziaris, 'Recent Administrative Law Cases (Nov 2016)'
On 24 November 2016, Dr Christos Mantziaris presented at a Legalwise seminar on some recent appellate cases in the area of administrative law.
His accompanying paper is available for download here.
6 St. James' Hall welcomes human rights advocate Madeleine Bridgett
The members of 6 St. James' Hall Chambers are pleased to welcome Madeleine Bridgett.
Dr Chris Ward SC & Dr Stephen Tully on Use of International Law by Australian Courts & International Tribunals
Robert Angyal SC appears on BenchTV: "Proof of Title of Thoroughbred Horses"
Robert Angyal SC has appeared on BenchTV addressing how to prove title to thoroughbred horses.
ADR Master Class: Impossible Problems for Mediators
On 13 August 2016, Robert Angyal SC co-chaired a workshop during the Bar Association’s 2016 ADR Master Class.
Dr James Stellios presents on Constitutional Limitation and Discretionary Decision Making
As part of our continuing professional development series, 6 St James' Hall's Dr James Stellios presented to our members a paper on Constitutional Limitation and Discretionary Decision-making.
Technology in ADR: Computers as Mediators
On 13 July 2016, Robert Angyal SC made a presentation to the NSW Bar Association as part of a seminar on ‘Technology in ADR: Computers as Mediators’. His presentation, ‘Just when you thought it was safe to go into the water … What are the implications for barristers?’, examined strategies for dealing with competition from computerised online dispute resolution systems (ODR), and recommended that lawyers compete by differentiating the services they could offer from those provided by ODR.
Kate Eastman SC & Michael Seck named in Doyle's Leading Employment & WHS Barristers – Australia, 2016
Dr Stephen Tully to address the Australian Institute of International Affairs (NSW Branch)
Dr Stephen Tully will join a distinguished panel to address the NSW Branch of the Australian Institute of International Affairs at its upcoming seminar on Reflections on international law - the effects of recent developments in Sydney on 5 July 2016.
6 St James' Hall hosts Professor James Weinstein, Amelia Lewis Professor of Constitutional Law at Arizona State University
The members of 6 St James' Hall are delighted to host a CPD lunchtime seminar on Monday, 27 June 2016 featuring Professor James Weinstein, the Amelia Lewis Professor of Constitutional Law at Arizona State University’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law.
Prof. Weinstein is a constitutional law specialist with a particular interest in free speech and whether hate speech is a permissible exercise of the right to free speech. He is in Australia to make presentations on Hate Speech at the law schools of the University of Queensland, Monash and the University of New South Wales.
UNCITRAL National Coordination Committee for Australia Seminar
Tim D. Castle, Chair of the UNCITRAL (United Nations Convention on International Trade Law) National Co-ordination Committee for Australia, recently chaired UNCCA's flagship event, the UNCITRAL Australia Seminar held over 19-20 May 2016 in Canberra.
Tim Castle joins Civil Society Roundtable at Trade Law Forum in Incheon, Sth Korea
6 St James' Hall Chambers trade law specialist Tim Castle will join this week's Trade Law Forum in Incheon, Republic of Korea.
Dr Stephen Tully calls on international legal community to participate in Australia-China Extradition Treaty parliamentary inquiry
Dr Stephen Tully, an international law and immigration specialist counsel, has called on the international community to make submissions to the Commonwealth of Australia's Joint Standing Committee on Treaties' current inquiry into the 2007 Treaty on Extradition between Australia and the People's Republic of China.
Letter to JSCOT re: extradition arrangements (March 2016)
Kate Eastman SC & Michelle McMahon join International Council of Advocates & Barristers at World Bar Conference, Scotland
Kate Eastman SC and Michelle McMahon have joined leaders and members of the Bar across the world at the International Council of Advocates & Barristers' conference in Edinburgh, Scotland this past week.
Tim Castle addresses 2016 UNCITRAL Thailand Symposium in Bangkok
6 St James' Hall's specialist trade law counsel Tim Castle presented on "The Growing Importance of the Convention on the International Sale of Goods" at the April 2016 UNCITRAL Symposium at the Thailand Arbitration Centre on 8 April 2016.
6 St James' Hall welcomes Michelle Rabsch, former Counsel Assisting the NSW Solicitor General & Crown Advocate
The members of 6 St. James' Hall Chambers are pleased to welcome new reader Michelle Rabsch, former Counsel Assisting the Solicitor General and Crown Advocate of New South Wales.
Robert Angyal SC critiques the High Court’s latest decision on illegality
Robert Angyal SC critiques the High Court of Australia's take on the law of illegality in Gnych v Polish Club Ltd (2015) 89 ALJR 658; [2015] HCA 23 in the latest edition of the Australian Law Journal.
6 St James Hall welcomes new member Luke Chapman
The members of 6 St James' Hall are pleased to welcome new member Luke Chapman, former Senior Litigation Lawyer in the Proceeds of Crime Taskforce of the Australian Federal Police.