Readers Rooms

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Chambers Application date/s Accommodation type Fees Written selection criteria Tutor on the Floor Contact BPG Adoption
11 St James Hall 12 Months prior to commencement of BPC
  • Reader's rooms
 Monthly Floor Fee + Disbursements No preferred Yes
12th Floor Selborne/Wentworth Chambers 15+ Months prior to commencement of BPC
  • Reader's rooms
 Disbursements No yes Yes
13 Wentworth Chambers Other
  • Reader's rooms
 Available on application No preferred No
13th Floor St James Hall Applications are considered at any time
  • Hot desk
  • Reader's rooms
 Monthly floor fee No yes Yes
153 Phillip Applications are considered at any time
  • Secretarial bay
  • Shared room
 Available on application No yes Yes
2 Selborne Applications are considered at any time
  • Reader's rooms
  • Secretarial bay
 Available on application No yes Yes
4th Floor Wentworth Chambers Applications are considered at any time
  • Reader's rooms
  • Secretarial bay
 Disbursements No preferred Yes
5 Selborne 15+ Months prior to commencement of BPC
  • Reader's rooms
 Disbursements No yes Yes
5 Wentworth Chambers 15+ Months prior to commencement of BPC
  • Reader's rooms
 Disbursements No yes Yes
6 St James Hall Chambers 15+ Months prior to commencement of BPC
  • Reader's rooms
 Monthly floor fee Yes preferred Yes
7 Wentworth Selborne 15+ Months prior to commencement of BPC
  • Reader's rooms
 Disbursements No yes Yes
8 Wentworth Chambers Applications are considered at any time
  • Reader's rooms
 Disbursements No yes Yes
8th Floor Garfield Barwick Chambers 12 Months prior to commencement of BPC
  • Reader's rooms
 Monthly floor fee No preferred No
8th Floor Selborne Chambers 15+ Months prior to commencement of BPC
  • Reader's rooms
 Available on application No yes Yes
9th Floor Wentworth Chambers Applications are considered at any time
  • Reader's rooms
  • Secretarial bay
 Disbursements Yes yes Yes
Alinea Chambers 15+ Months prior to commencement of BPC
  • Reader's rooms
 Disbursements No preferred Yes
Arthur Phillip Chambers Barristers, Arbitrators and Mediators Applications are considered at any time
  • Reader's rooms
 Monthly floor fee No yes Yes
Banco Chambers 15+ Months prior to commencement of BPC
  • Reader's rooms
 Disbursements No yes Yes
Black Chambers Applications are considered at any time
  • Shared room
 Reduced Monthly floor fee + disbursements No preferred Yes
Chalfont Chambers 6 Months prior to commencement of BPC
  • Floating
  • Secretarial bay
 Monthly floor fee Yes yes No
Denman Chambers Applications are considered at any time
  • Floating
  • Reader's rooms
 Monthly floor fee Yes preferred Yes
Edmund Barton Chambers Applications are considered at any time
  • Reader's rooms
 Available on application Yes yes Yes
Eighth Floor Windeyer Chambers Applications are considered at any time
  • Reader's rooms
 Reduced monthly floor fees and disbursements No preferred No
Eleven Wentworth 12 Months prior to commencement of BPC
  • Reader's rooms
 Disbursements No preferred Yes
Eleventh Floor Garfield Barwick Applications are considered at any time
  • Reader's rooms
 Monthly floor fee No preferred Yes
Elizabeth Street Chambers Applications are considered at any time
  • Reader's rooms
 Monthly floor fee No preferred No
Fifth Floor St James Hall 15+ Months prior to commencement of BPC
  • Reader's rooms
 Disbursements No preferred Yes
Forbes Chambers 15+ Months prior to commencement of BPC
  • Reader's rooms
 Monthly floor fee and disbursements No preferred Yes
Fourth Floor Selborne Chambers Applications are considered at any time
  • Reader's rooms
 Disbursements No yes Yes
Frederick Jordan Chambers Applications are considered at any time
  • Reader's rooms
  • Standard barrister's room
 Monthly floor fee No yes No
Greenway Chambers 15+ Months prior to commencement of BPC
  • Reader's rooms
  • Shared room
 Disbursements Yes yes Yes
Ground Floor Wentworth Chambers Applications are considered at any time
  • Reader's rooms
 Disbursements Yes yes Yes
Henry Parkes Chambers Applications are considered at any time
  • Floating
  • Reader's rooms
 Monthly floor fee Yes no Yes
Jack Shand Chambers Applications are considered at any time
  • Reader's rooms
 Available on application No yes Yes
Kaloola Chambers Applications are considered at any time
  • Floating
 Disbursements No yes No
Lachlan Macquarie Chambers Applications are considered at any time
  • Floating
  • Reader's rooms
  • Shared room
 Available on application No preferred Yes
Level 22 Chambers 15+ Months prior to commencement of BPC
  • Reader's rooms
 Disbursements No preferred Yes
Lismore Chambers Applications are considered at any time
  • Reader's rooms
 Available on application No preferred No
Martin Place Chambers 12 Months prior to commencement of BPC
  • Reader's rooms
 Monthly Floor Fees and Disbursements No yes Yes
Maurice Byers Chambers Applications are considered at any time
  • Reader's rooms
 Reduced monthly floor fee + disbursements No yes Yes
New Chambers 15+ Months prior to commencement of BPC
  • Reader's rooms
 Disbursements No yes Yes
Nigel Bowen Chambers Applications are considered at any time
  • Reader's rooms
 Monthly floor fee $550 plus GST and disbursements No yes Yes
Ninth Floor Selborne Chambers Applications are considered at any time
  • Reader's rooms
 Disbursements No preferred Yes
Ninth Floor Windeyer Chambers Applications are considered at any time
  • Floating
 Disbursements No yes No
P G Hely Chambers Applications are considered at any time
  • Reader's rooms
 Disbursements No preferred No
Samuel Griffith Chambers 12 Months prior to commencement of BPC
  • Reader's rooms
 Disbursements No preferred Yes
Seventh Floor Garfield Barwick Chambers Applications are considered at any time
  • Reader's rooms
  • Shared room
  • Standard barrister's room
 Monthly floor fee No preferred Yes
Sir Anthony Mason Chambers Applications are considered at any time
  • Reader's rooms
 Monthly floor fee No yes Yes
Sir James Martin Chambers Applications are considered at any time
  • Reader's rooms
 Disbursements No yes Yes
Sir Owen Dixon Chambers Applications are considered at any time
  • Reader's rooms
 Monthly floor fee No yes Yes
Sixth Floor Selborne/Wentworth Chambers Other
  • Reader's rooms
 Disbursements No yes Yes
Sixth Floor Windeyer Chambers Applications are considered at any time
  • Reader's rooms
 Concessional Floor Fees No preferred Yes
State Chambers Applications are considered at any time
  • Reader's rooms
 Monthly floor fee No yes No
Tenth Floor Selborne/Wentworth Chambers 15+ Months prior to commencement of BPC
  • Reader's rooms
 Disbursements No yes Yes
Tenth Floor St James Hall Chambers Applications are considered at any time
  • Secretarial bay
 Available on application No yes No
Third Floor St James' Hall Applications are considered at any time
  • Reader's rooms
 Available on application No yes Yes
Third Floor Wentworth Chambers Applications are considered at any time
  • Reader's rooms
  • Secretarial bay
 Monthly floor fee No preferred No
Trust Chambers Applications are considered at any time
  • Reader's rooms
  • Shared room
 Monthly floor fee No preferred Yes
Two Wentworth Applications are considered at any time
  • Reader's rooms
 Reduced monthly floor fee and disbursements Yes preferred Yes
University Chambers Other
  • Reader's rooms
 Disbursements No yes Yes
Waratah Chambers Applications are considered at any time
  • Reader's rooms
  • Secretarial bay
 Monthly floor fee No yes Yes
Wardell Chambers Applications are considered at any time
  • Reader's rooms
 Monthly floor fee No yes Yes
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