Jason Lazarus SC
'Jason is an excellent advocate and a good strategist who gives pragmatic and commercial advice.'
Supported by an ‘extremely reliable and responsive’ clerks’ room, 7 Wentworth Selborne is well-versed in a spectrum of disputes across a wide range of sectors, including the transport, energy, mining and health sectors. The set further acts on planning appeals, environmental prosecutions and property class actions. Jason Lazarus SC successfully acted for the respondent in Cameron v Woollahra Municipal Council, an appeal of judicial review that challenged the issuing of a construction certificate for a development. Duncan Miller SC, Nick Kidd SC and Eli Ball all appeared in G&S Engineering Services v MACH Energy Australia, a major construction case concerning a coal handling facility which featured allegations of misleading and deceptive conduct.
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Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
- 'Best chambers for construction.'
- 'Simon Walker is an exceptional clerk and an immense asset to the floor.'
- 'The clerks are wonderful. Extremely reliable and responsive.'
- 'The set is growing in quality and reputation. It now has some of the best construction counsel in Sydney.'
- 'Level 7 is a very strong floor with a stable of stars.'
- 'Simon Walker is a fantastic clerk and very responsive. He has an in depth understanding of the strengths of the barristers on the floor.'
Lawyers
Leading Silks
KCs at the very top of their field, with a long-established record of market-defining cases, and widespread endorsement from clients and peers. All silks appointed in the last two rounds are listed further below.
Adrian Galasso SC
Jeremy Giles SC
'Commercial and whip smart.'
Nick Kidd SC
'Excellent knowledge of the law, high quality drafting and critical thinking skills.'
Duncan Miller SC
‘Duncan is one of the best advocates: detailed, hard working and personable.’
Leading Juniors
Leading juniors are those with significant experience of key cases, strong market recognition from both peers and clients, and are seen as future candidates for silk.
Brett Le Plastrier
'He is a superb advocate. He looks to where clients can play for advantage and looks at the whole of the matter in a broader context.'
Michael Lyons
‘Incredibly strong legal and analytical skills. His commitment and preparation is second to none. Excellent on his feet and a canny cross-examiner.
Mark Sheldon
'His understanding of the law is unparalleled, he gets into the details of each matter to have an in depth understanding of the issues, and he is great to work with.'
Jonathan Adamopoulos
'Jonathan is smart, practical, economical and efficient in his work. He is a pleasure to work with.'
Eli Ball
'A very effective advocate. He is thorough, cuts through to the key issues and is compelling and persuasive in his advocacy.'
Peter Gaffney
'He has a solid grasp of the law and can write a good submission.'
David Hughes
'Excellent to work with and knowledgeable with great judgment.'
William Marshall
'He is a fighter, a team player and gives his matters his all.'
Corrina Novak
'Her key strengths are thoroughness, knowledge of the law and experience in the practice and procedure of the court.'