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.
Tim Castle to address 2016 UNCITRAL Thailand Symposium
6 St James' Hall's specialist trade law counsel Tim Castle will present 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.
Kate Eastman SC and Michael Seck listed in Doyle's Guide to Employment Barristers
Dominique Hogan-Doran SC ruminates on the problem of lost trust deeds
But what if the deed of trust ... is lost? A practical guide from Dominique Hogan-Doran SC.
3rd Annual 10 Points in One Day LegalWise Seminar - Parramatta, 12 February 2016
Robert Angyal SC will be presenting on "Drafting the Settlement Agreement at the End of a Mediation" as part of this one-day seminar at Parramatta.
Dr James Stellios appointed Director, Centre for International and Public Law, ANU
The members of 6 St James Hall congratulate our colleague Dr James Stellios on his appointment as Director of the Centre for International and Public Law at the Australian National University. Dr Stellios will take up the position in January, 2016.
Dr James Stellios co-authors new Constitutional Law book
Constitution of the Commonwealth of Australia: History, Principle and Interpretation
History, principle and interpretation are brought together in this new book by Nicholas Aroney, Peter Gerangelos, Sarah Murray and 6 St James Hall Chambers' Dr James Stellios. Its title directs us to the book's disclosure of the dynamic nature of constitutional law — a wavefront moved by the historical, social and political energies of our society emerging from the great body of cases and governmental practices in which the constitutional text has been construed and applied.
The book was launched by the Chief Justice of the High Court, Justice French, on 10 October 2015. The Chief Justice's speech is available online.
http://www.hcourt.gov.au/assets/publications/speeches/current-justices/frenchcj/frenchcj_1Oct2015.pdf
2015 AGM and Board Elections
At the AGM of Sixth Floor St James' Hall Pty Ltd held today, the members of chambers elected the 2016 Board, which will comprise:
- Robert Angyal SC
- Kate Eastman SC (Chair)
- Dominique Hogan Doran SC (Company Secretary)
- Dr Christopher Ward SC
- Lisa Doust (Staff Director)
- Michael Rennie (Treasurer)
The AGM concluded with a fruitful discussion concerning the strategic direction of chambers.