It is a popular dining spot for the city's barristers but Rockpool's Fratelli Fresh eatery in Macquarie Street has found itself at the centre of a legal stink over a grease trap neighbouring barristers' chambers complain is on the nose.

Counsel's Chambers Limited, which owns the prestigious Selborne and Wentworth chambers on Phillip Street and Lockhart Chambers in Macquarie Street, claims Fratelli is "guilty of nuisance by causing the emission of odours" from a grease trap in the basement of its Macquarie Street outlet.

Fratelli Fresh Parlamento on Macquarie Street has raised the ire of nearby barristers' chambers thanks to an odour-emitting grease trap. Credit:Peter Braig

The company filed proceedings against Fratelli Fresh Holdings in the NSW Supreme Court last month and is seeking a permanent injunction to stop it using the malodorous grease trap at its Fratelli Fresh Parlamento outlet on Macquarie Street, a short walk from NSW Parliament, "in such a manner as to unreasonably interfere" with CCL's "use or enjoyment" of its premises.

It is also seeking an order that Fratelli - owned by the Rockpool Dining Group behind a raft of eateries, including Rockpool Bar & Grill, Spice Temple and Burger Project - "take all steps necessary" to fix the grease trap within seven days of the court's order.