Robert Angyal SC
Level 6
169 Phillip Street
Sydney NSW 2000
PRACTICE AREAS
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Appellate
Commercial & Contracts
Common Law & Personal Injury
Equity
Family Provision
Farm Debt
Insolvency
Intellectual Property
Leases
Real Property
QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor of Arts (University of Sydney, 1971)
Bachelor of Laws (first-class honours; University of Sydney, 1974)
Master of Laws (Yale Law School, 1975)
Admitted as a barrister in NSW – 1974
Admitted as a solicitor in NSW – 1985
Re-admitted as a barrister in NSW – 1989
Appointed Senior Counsel – 2004
Admitted in ACT, Queensland, South Australia and Victoria and qualified to appear in all States and Territories
Admitted in Washington DC (USA), District of Columbia Court of Appeals and US Supreme Court – 1979
Nationally-accredited as mediator by NSW Bar Association under the National Mediator Accreditation Standards
BarADR approved arbitrator, NSW Bar Association
Admitted as a barrister in NSW – 1974
Admitted as a solicitor in NSW – 1985
Re-admitted as a barrister in NSW – 1989
Appointed Senior Counsel – 2004
Admitted in ACT, Queensland, South Australia and Victoria and qualified to appear in all States and Territories
Admitted in Washington DC (USA), District of Columbia Court of Appeals and US Supreme Court – 1979
Nationally-accredited as mediator by NSW Bar Association under the National Mediator Accreditation Standards
BarADR approved arbitrator, NSW Bar Association
Level 6
169 Phillip Street
Sydney NSW 2000
PRACTICE AREAS
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Appellate
Commercial & Contracts
Common Law & Personal Injury
Equity
Family Provision
Farm Debt
Insolvency
Intellectual Property
Leases
Real Property
QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor of Arts (University of Sydney, 1971)
Bachelor of Laws (first-class honours; University of Sydney, 1974)
Master of Laws (Yale Law School, 1975)
ABOUT
Robert went to the NSW Bar in 1989 where he built a commercial, equity and mediation practice. He helped establish the first Settlement Week in NSW in 1991 and mediated in Settlement Weeks in 1991, 1992 and 1993-1994. He took Silk in 2004.
RECOGNITIONS
Doyles Guide: 2019 to 2025
Leading Mediators, New South Wales
APPOINTMENTS
- Member of the Arbitration Panel constituted under Mining Act 1992 and Petroleum (Onshore) Act 1991 to conciliate and arbitrate disputes about access to land between land owners and holders of mineral or petroleum exploration licences or assessment leases, appointed by NSW Minister for Resources and Energy, December 2014
- Member of NSW Bar Association’s mediator panel for Supreme Court of NSW under s. 26 of the Civil Procedure Act 2005
- Member of NSW Bar Association’s mediator panel for District Court of NSW under s. 26 of the Civil Procedure Act 2005
- Member of Retail Tenancy Unit’s panel of mediators under the Retail Leases Act 1994
- Member of Rural Assistance Authority’s panel of mediators under the Farm Debt Mediation Act 1994
- Member of Australian Commercial Dispute Centre’s panel of mediators
- Foundation member of Law Society of NSW’s Dispute Resolution Committee and member 1987-1995
- Foundation member of NSW Bar Association’s Mediation Committee; member 1991-2007 and 2011-present; and Chair of the Committee 2000-2007
- Director of LEADR (Lawyers Engaged in Alternative Dispute Resolution) 1991-1998
RECOGNITIONS
Doyles Guide: 2019 to 2025
Leading Mediators, New South Wales
PUBLICATIONS
Statutory Warfare, Round 2: Has the High Court confused the law of illegality? (2016) 90 ALJ 12
A common leasing problem gives rise to a difficult legal issue (2015) 89 Australian Law Journal 523
Can a notice that never arrived be properly served? (2015) 89 Australian Law Journal 439
So you want an effective mediator? What qualities should you demand? #6: Expertise in mediating, not in the subject matter of the dispute (series of six posts on LinkedIn)
Equitable Estoppel: What must the party asserting an estoppel have been induced to believe by the defendant? (2015) 89 Australian Law Journal 220
Statutory Warfare? What happens when Retail Lease Legislation Collides with Liquor Licensing Laws (2015) 89 Australian Law Journal 11
Derogation from the Grant: Continuing Life for an Old Doctrine (2014) 88 Australian Law Journal 691
The Complete Guide to Notice to Complete or Eight Paradoxes in Search of a Principle (2011) 85 Australian Law Journal 788
In preparation: Advocacy in Mediation: The Lawyer’s Guide to Effective Representation – book for LawBook Company/Thomson Reuters
Advocacy at Mediation: An Oxymoron or an Essential Skill for the Modern Lawyer – Chapter 14 in The Future of Dispute Resolution (edited by M. Legg) Lexis Nexis Butterworths 2013
When will the Court end an administration for abuse of process? 16 Butterworths Corporation Law Bulletin [374] at p. 7 (2 September 2014)
Quantifying damages for economic loss: Is this the hardest thing commercial lawyers do? LegalWise Seminars’ newsletter (9 October 2014)
SELECT CASES
Misleading and deceptive conduct: Capogreco v Rogerson [2015] NSWSC 1371
Succession: Belfield v Belfield [2012] NSWCA 416, 83 NSWLR 189, 16 BPR 31,177 application for special leave refused [2013] HCATrans 138
Banking: Morgan v BNP Paribas Equities (Aust) Ltd – [2006] NSWCA 197
Contracts, equity, confidential information, copyright: Redwood Anti-Ageing Pty Ltd & anor v Knowles & ors – [2013] NSWSC 508; 101 IPR 358
Confidential information and injunctions: J W Mailing Services Pty Ltd v Fulton – [2008] NSWSC 1421
Family provision: Belfield v Belfield – [2012] NSWCA 416; 83 NSWLR 189,16 BPR 31177
Insolvency: In the matter of Sales Express Pty Ltd (Adminstrators Appointed) – [2014] NSWSC 460
Misleading and deceptive conduct: Bullabidgee Pty Ltd & ors v McCleary & ors – [2011] NSWCA 259, 15 BPR 29,421
Misleading and deceptive conduct by silence: E K Nominees Pty Ltd v Woolworths Ltd – [2006] NSWSC 1172
Hardy v Your Tabs Pty Limited – [2000] NSWCA 150
Real property: Ruthol Pty Ltd v Tricon (Australia) Pty Ltd – [2005] NSWCA 443, 12 BPR 23,923
Restraining mortgagee’s power of sale: Bayblu Holdings Pty Ltd & ano v Capital Finance Australia Ltd – [2011] NSWCA 39; 15 BPR 29,055
Conveyancing and specific performance: K & K Real Estate Pty Ltd v Adellos Pty Ltd (in liq) – [2010] NSWSC 1212; appeal dismissed [2010] NSWCA 302, 15 BPR 28,679; application for special leave to appeal dismissed [2010] HCATrans 309