About
Sydney Jacobs

Sydney specialises in commercial equity, including real property, conveyancing, easements, covenants, strata, building and construction law, partnership disputes, insolvency, and leasing.

He is also a NMAS accredited mediator, and a BarADR accredited arbitrator and an 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 at CPD Seminars, some of which are linked below.

Prior to being called to the Bar, Sydney was a solicitor in the Construction Divisions of Minter Ellison Morris Fletcher (now Minter Ellison) 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.

To brief Sydney, please contact him on (02) 9232 7658 or via email: sjacobsassistant@13wentworth.com.au

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Public
Lectures

Beyond the Title – Litigating Proprietary Claims Against Real Property

Live Webinar: Beyond the Title – Litigating Proprietary Claims Against Real Property When: Monday, 20 October 2025 Time: 1:30–2:30pm AEDT (UTC+11) Format: Live online…

Delivering Deeds in Escrow in Conveyancing Transactions: Can the Escrow Trump the Terms of the Deed?

Wednesday, 12 March 2025 Legawise Conveyancing Symposium Location: Sheraton Grand Sydney Hyde Park or Online Topic: Delivering Deeds in Escrow in Conveyancing Transactions: Can the Escrow…

Specific Performance of Contracts for the Sale of Land

Thursday, 13 March 2025 UNSW Edge Property Law Intensive Location: UNSW Law School or Online Topic: Specific Performance of Contracts for the Sale of Land Full…

Testimonials

Regarding Sydney’s Easements lecture – “both very informative and, as per your other (lecture) that I attended, very entertaining”

Emanuel Oros - Sparke Helmore