174 - 180 Phillip Street
Sydney NSW 2000
TEL: (02) 9232 7750


Sydney Jacobs

Barrister

Tel:  (02) 9232 7658          Fax:  (02) 9232 4071

Email:   sjacobs@wentworthchambers.com.au

Admitted to the Bar

1997


Previous Occupation

Solicitor


Legal Education

BA LLB (UCT)
LLM (Cambridge)
H Dip Co Law (Wits)


Areas of Practice

Building & Construction Disputes
Commercial Arbitration and Mediation
Commercial / Equity Litigation
Damages Issues
Trade Practices & Competition
Property Law
Professional Negligence
Local Government
Corporations Law


Admitted to Practice

NSW
Federal Court
High Court


Memberships

NSW Bar Association
Expert Determiner approved by the NSW Bar Association


Additional Qualifications

Former part-time lecturer on UTS LLM course in damages and remedies


Special Interests

Diving, flute


Publications

Commercial Damages (Thomson Reuters, 2008)
Damages in a Commercial Context (LBC 2000)
Injunctions: Law and Practice (with Neggo and McCarthy, Thomson, 2005)


CLE Papers

Security of Payments in NSW - February 2011

Drafting Releases - March 2010

Damages for Breach of Leases - February 2010

Analysis of Liquidated Damages - 2010

Expert Evidence - November 2009

Review of Easements - June 2009

Structuring Mixed Use and Complex Development - August 2008

Goodwill Hunting: Protecting the Purchaser - July 2008

Restraints of Trade - November 2007

Claims against Government

Settlement Agreements

Relief against Forfeiture of a Lease

Romalpa Clauses

Restraining the Misuse of Confidential Information

Commonwealth Unfair Contracts Legislation


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