We are delighted to announce that Lachlan Spargo-Peattie, Elizabeth Farquhar, and Nicola MacCarron have joined William Forster Chambers. Click here for more information on our newest members.
William Forster Chambers is delighted to acknowledge that Dr Cameron Ford was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in the General Division in this year’s King’s Birthday Honours List for services to the law. Dr Ford OAM has spent many years in the Territory and in Singapore contributing particularly to the development of…
As part of his re-accreditation process, Anthony Lo Surdo SC has recently attained a 5 Star rating by the International Mediation Institute. He has been described by an independent reviewer as having provided mediation services for a range of complex disputes (relating to commercial, family, negligence, property and Supreme Court matters) and as being “highly…
William Forster Chambers congratulates Anthony Lo Surdo SC on being named in Doyles Guide to the Australian Legal Profession as both a leading mediator in NSW, and as one of Australia’s leading arbitrators, 2022. Anthony Lo Surdo SC has been ranked as a leading mediator each year since the category was introduced in 2017, and…
We are extremely privileged to announce that William Forster Chambers was awarded the Chambers of the Year Award for 2021 in the Australian Disputes Centre alternative dispute resolution competition. The award was announced during a gala night event held in Sydney at the Australian Golf Club on 31 March 2022. This competition, held annually, has been conducted…
William Forster Chambers congratulates Duncan McConnel and Julian Wade Roper on their appointment as Senior Counsel with effect from 29 October 2021. More information can be found here.
William Forster Chambers congratulates Campbell Bridge SC and Anthony Lo Surdo SC being named in Doyles Guide to the Australian Legal Profession as leading mediators in NSW, 2021. Special mention to Anthony Lo Surdo SC who has been ranked each year since the category was introduced in 2017. More information can be found here.
Congratulations to Fiona Cameron, Paul Morgan and Alistair Wyvill SC for providing such interesting and informative seminars yesterday evening on Making and Resisting Calls on Security under Construction Contracts, Statutory Schemes for Misleading or Deceptive and Unconscionable Conduct, and the Federal Court’s Insurance List respectively. For those who are interested, a copy of the slides for the presentations may…
A copy of the decision of the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal in Law Society Northern Territory and Alistair Wyvill SC may be found here
William Forster Chambers congratulates Tass Liveris on his election as President-elect of the Law Council of Australia (LCA) Executive for 2021. Tass has previously served as a Director on the LCA Executive for a number of years and as well as serving as the President of the Law Society from 2015 to 2017, and as…