Banco Chambers
| Formation | 2004 |
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| Type | Barrister's Chambers |
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Head of Chambers
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Robert Newlinds SC |
| Website | www.banco.net.au |
Banco Chambers is a chamber of barristers in Sydney, Australia, specialising in commercial litigation and public law. It is "one of Sydney's younger commercial sets, established in 2005, and noted for having attracted some of Australia's leading junior barristers, in addition to a core of established and respected silks". The chambers is located on the 5th floor of the Reserve Bank Building (65 Martin Place, Sydney) and the 9th floor of Chifley Tower (2 Chifley Square, Sydney).
The Head of Chambers is Robert Newlinds SC, who replaced Justin Gleeson SC upon his appointment as Solicitor-General of Australia in February 2013.
The floor has 30 members of varying levels of seniority. The members of the floor who are senior counsel are: Tom Blackburn SC, Peter Brereton SC, Andrew Coleman SC, Sandy Dawson SC, Robert Dick SC, Justin Gleeson SC, Richard McHugh SC, Cameron Moore SC, Robert Newlinds SC and Katherine Richardson SC.
Banco Chambers has two floors. One is in the Reserve Bank Building on Martin Place. The other is in Chifley Tower on Chifley Square.
Although Banco Chambers has core practice areas, its barristers are able to practise in any area of civil law.
The floor is ranked in Band 1 for the Australian Bar in Chambers and Partners Guide to the World's Leading Lawyers, and numerous members of the floor have been ranked highly in Dispute Resolution, Insolvency, Competition Law, Intellectual Property, Construction, and Taxation by legal guides, as well as in the Australian Financial Review's "Best Lawyers in Australia" list.
Members of Banco Chambers have appeared in High Court cases on a number of areas of the law, including:
Many members of the floor, along with other senior members of the profession including current and past judges, have contributed to a two volume series examining legal history entitled Historical Foundations of Australian Law and have given lectures upon their topics in the "Topics in Legal History" course conducted at the University of Sydney.
In 2008, Justin Gleeson SC and Ruth Higgins edited the book Rediscovering Rhetoric, which was launched by the then Chief Justice of New South Wales, Chief Justice Spigelman.
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