Sydney specialises in commercial equity, including real property, conveyancing, easements, covenants, strata, building and construction law, partnership disputes, insolvency, and leasing.
He is also an NMAS accredited mediator, and a BarADR accredited arbitrator and expert determiner.
Complementing his practice as a barrister and mediator, Sydney authors two major loose-leaf services published by Thomson Reuters – Commercial Damages and Injunctions: Law & Practice – and part-authors two leading loose-leaf services, Commercial Arbitration: Law & Practice, and International Commercial Arbitration. Sydney is a frequent presenter of CPD Seminars, a sample of which can be found under the “CPD” tab.
Prior to being called to the Bar, Sydney was a solicitor in the Construction Divisions of Minter Ellison Morris Fletcher (now MinterEllison) and Deacon Graham & James (now Norton Rose Fulbright).
Sydney appears before the Supreme and Federal Courts, NCAT, and has represented clients in the Industrial Relations Commission, Crime Commission and the Independent Commission Against Corruption as well as at technical references, arbitrations and mediations.