The counsel of 6 St James Hall’s Public Law & Regulatory practice area are leading advocates of the Australian Bar.
Counsel provide expertise in advocacy, forensic analysis, strategy and swift advice in complex and high profile disputes, public inquiries, regulatory activities and Royal Commissions.
Counsel appear for governments, courts, regulators, peak bodies, licensees, listed companies, leaders in business, politics, the professions and individuals.
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Dr Katherine Fallah appeared in front of the NCAT Appeal Panel for an appeal in FZP v Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network [2026] NSWCATAP 55, a privacy rights case raising ‘questions of public importance, with potential ramifications for the organisation and management of multi-center medical research.’
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Dr Christopher Ward SC leading Callista Harris of 7 Wentworth Selborne (instructed by Eliza Danby of Pinsent Masons), appeared for Murra Warra Asset Co Pty Ltd in novel proceedings before the Victorian Supreme Court in relation to the construction of a hybrid arbitration clause which involved competing arbitrations commenced with the ICC and the Resolution Institute.
NSWCA Decision regarding whether the District Court fell into jurisdictional error in making costs orders and whether there was a mistake in the statutory source of power.
