News15 November 2024 | Emmanuel Kerkyasharian elected to NSW Bar Association Bar Council
Congratulations to Emmanuel Kerkyasharian who was today elected to the NSW Bar Association’s 2025 Bar Council. Bar Council comprises 21 barristers elected by the members of the NSW Bar Association. Members of Forbes Chambers have previously served as presidents of the NSW Bar Association including Gabrielle Bashir SC (2022 – 2023), Tim Game SC (2019 – 2020) and Phillip Boulten SC (2012 – 2014). Full list of 2025 elected Bar Council here 12 November 2024 | Sam Pararajasingham SC and Georgia Huxley obtain favourable costs order in foreign bribery case
Sam Pararajasingham SC and Georgia Huxley obtain favourable costs order in foreign bribery case The CDPP declined to certify charges of foreign bribery in R v Ragavan; R v Patel arising out of an investigation into SMEC Holdings Pty Ltd. Sam Pararajasingham SC and Georgia Huxley appeared for the respective Applicants, establishing that the proceedings were instituted without reasonable cause. 15 August 2024 | Forbes Chambers members recognised in 2024 Doyle's Guide Leading White Collar Criminal Law & Regulatory Investigations Barristers – Australia
A number of barristers from Forbes Chambers have been recognised in the Doyle's Guide Leading White Collar Criminal Law & Regulatory Investigations Barristers – Australia, 2024 announcements. 15 August 2024 | Forbes Chambers members recognised in 2024 Doyle's Guide Leading White Collar Criminal Law & Regulatory Investigations Barristers – Australia
A number of barristers from Forbes Chambers have been recognised in the Doyle's Guide Leading White Collar Criminal Law & Regulatory Investigations Barristers – Australia, 2024 announcements. 15 August 2024 | High Court judgment - Cook (A Pseudonym) v The King
The High Court of Australia delivered it’s judgment yesterday in Cook (A Pseudonym) v The King. Tim Game SC led a team including Julia Roy, and Rose Khalilizadeh instructed by Aaron Roberts of Streeton Lawyers. The appeal was allowed. In a 4 – 1 majority (Gordon A-CJ, Edelman, Steward and Gleeson JJ; Jagot J dissenting), the High Court upheld a challenge to the NSW Court of Criminal Appeal’s ruling about how section 293(4)(b) concerning a relationship between the complainant and the accused operates as an exception to the prohibition on evidence disclosing the complainant’s sexual experience or prior sexual activity. The majority found that, in order for the provision to operate, wide meaning should be given to the term, “relationship”. It can be an abusive relationship, encompassing uncharged acts. It could be a relationship involving trust and confidence. But it needs to be more than a casual acquaintance to be the type of association which qualifies for the section’s operation. 15 August 2024 | Alexandra Burkitt awarded a 2024 Joanna Knight Scholarship
We are looking forward to welcoming Alex as a barrister at Forbes Chambers in September this year. 12 June 2024 | CCA judgment - Hayne v R [2024] NSWCCA 97
Judgment handed down in the NSW Court of Criminal Appeal last week in Hayne v R [2024] NSWCCA 97 Tim Game SC, Angela Cook SC and Claire O’Neill from Forbes Chambers appeared for the successful appellant Mr Hayne. Convictions quashed.
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