Eli Ball

I am a Barrister at 7 Wentworth Selborne, Sydney. I accept briefs in all areas of civil and commercial law. I regularly advise and appear (both led and unled) in matters before the Supreme Court of NSW and the Federal Court of Australia, as well as lower courts and tribunals. My practice includes general and commercial equity, trusts, corporations, class actions, building and construction, insolvency, insurance, professional liability, property, and probate. Prior to coming to the bar, I was a solicitor in the disputes team at Ashurst in Sydney. I was also previously Tipstaff to the Honourable Justice David Ipp AO at the New South Wales Court of Appeal. I have a Doctorate in Law from the University of Oxford, where I focussed on the laws of restitution, unjust enrichment, equity, trusts, and tracing. My doctoral thesis, Enrichment at the Claimant’s Expense: Attribution Rules in Unjust Enrichment was published as a book in 2016. While at Oxford, I also completed the Bachelor of Civil Law and Master of Philosophy in Law and was a college lecturer in contract, equity and trusts, and tort. Away from the law, I am an accomplished marathon butterfly swimmer. I am the record-holder for the fastest butterfly crossing of the Rottnest Channel (19.7km) in Western Australia.