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Hamish Baddeley
William Forster Chambers

26 Harry Chan Ave, Darwin NT 0800

GPO Box 4369, Darwin NT 0801

Tel: (08) 8982 4700
Fax:
Email: hbaddeley@williamforster.com

Hamish Baddeley is a barrister at William Forster Chambers in Darwin, Northern Territory.

Year and Place of First Admission

2007, New South Wales

Degrees

Bachelor of Laws (First Class Honours), Sydney University.

Bachelor of Arts, Sydney University

Areas of Practice

Administrative Law, Appeals, Banking, Commercial Law, Company law, Contract, Defamation, Engineering and Construction, Equity, Injunctions, Inquiries, Insolvency, Insurance, Intellectual Property, Liquor Licensing, Mining, Resources and the Environment, Negligence, Professional services, Real property, Statutory Interpretation, Tenancy Law, Trade Practices, Tort Law, Town Planning.

Career

Hamish was admitted as a lawyer in 2007 and until 2016 practiced as a solicitor in the litigation teams of large commercial firms in Sydney (with a stint in London).

In July 2016, Hamish relocated to Darwin where he was called to the Bar and joined William Forster Chambers.

Hamish appears in a wide range of matters in various Tribunals, the Darwin Local Court, the Northern Territory Supreme Court and the Federal Courts.

Hamish was a director of St John Ambulance Australia (NT) Inc (2019 – 2022) and the Darwin Visual Arts Association Inc (2017 – 2018) is a member of the Northern Territory Bar Association Council (2021 to present) and is the Honorary Consul for Denmark in the Northern Territory (2022 to present).

Select decided cases:

  • Young v Chief Executive Officer (Housing) [2023] HCA 31 (led by N Christrup SC)
  • Williamson v Commonwealth of Australia & Ors (No 2) [2023] NTSC 95
  • Mauger v Southern Cross Care (SA, NT & Vic) Inc [2023] NTSC 73
  • Rallen Australia Pty Ltd v Sweetpea Petroleum Pty Ltd (No 2) [2023] NTSC 58 (led by B Katekar SC)
  • Williamson v Commonwealth of Australia & Ors [2023] NTSC 56
  • Yarabala Pty Ltd & Anor v Sweetpea Petroleum Pty Ltd [2023] NTSC 50 (led by G Rich SC)
  • Rallen Australia Pty Ltd v Sweetpea Petroleum Pty Ltd [2023] NTSC 36 (led by G Rich SC)
  • Martynova v Brozalevskaia [2023] NTSC 6
  • SAF, T Incorporated (In Liquidation) & Anor v Wilson & Ors [2022] NTSC 95
  • Young & Anor v Chief Executive Offer (Housing) [2022] HCATrans 159 (led by N Christrup SC)
  • Rallen Australia Pty Ltd v Sweetpea Petroleum Pty Ltd [2022] NTSC 60 (led by B Katekar SC)
  • Windbox Pty Ltd v JACT Pastoral Pty Ltd & Ors [2022] NTCA 2 (led by A Wyvill SC)
  • Sweetpea Petroleum Pty Ltd v Rallen Australia Pty Ltd [2022] NTCAT 1
  • Sweetpea Petroleum Pty Ltd v Yarabala Pty Ltd and BB Barkly Pty Ltd (7 February 2022)
  • Telstra Corporation Limited v Development Consent Authority (Alice Springs) [2021] NTCAT 43
  • Telstra Corporation Limited v Development Consent Authority (Palmerston) [2021] NTCAT 25
  • The Proprietors – Units Plan 2008-20 & Ors v The Proprietors – Building Development Plan No. 2008-022A-E & Ors; Re; An application by The Proprietors – Building Development Plan No. 2008-022A-E & Anor [2021] NTCAT 6
  • Phillis v J Anderson Constructions Pty Ltd & Ors; Stephan & Anor v J Anderson Constructions Pty Ltd & Ors [2020] NTSC 70
  • Windbox Pty Ltd v Daguragu Aboriginal Land Trust & Ors (No 4) [2020] NTSC 52; (No 3) [2020] NTSC 21; (No 2) [2019] NTSC 96; [2019] NTSC 47 (led by A Wyvill SC)
  • Knight ALG SM [2020] NTSC 6
  • Northern Territory of Australia v Dover Investments Pty Ltd and Ors [2020] NTSC 3 (led by P Bick QC)
  • Kalhmera Pty Ltd v Planning for People Inc & Development Consent Authority [2019] NTSC 85
  • Majestic Logistic Pty Ltd v Dowling Holdings Pty Ltd [2019] NTSC 50 (led by N Christrup SC)
  • Centrecorp Aboriginal Investment Corporation Pty Ltd v Memorial Bowls Club Alice Springs Inc [2018] NTSC 39 (led by A Wyvill SC)
  • Randazzo Investments (NT) Pty Ltd v City of Palmerston [2018] NTSC 6
  • Planning for People Inc. v Development Consent Authority & Kalhmera Pty Ltd [2018] NTCAT 984
  • Johnson v Development Consent Authority & Anor [2017] NTSC 90
  • JGA Concreting Pty Limited v Karpasitis [2017] NTLC 23
  • Morris & Green v Dep of Primary Industry & Resources, McArthur River Mining & Information Commissioner [2017] NTCAT 469; (No.2) [2017] NTCAT 573
  • NT Recycling Solutions Pty Ltd v Environbank NT Pty Ltd & Ors [2016] NTSC 44 (led by A Wyvill SC)

 

 

 

 

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