Lit­i­ga­tion

We’re renowned for our exper­tise in com­plex and dif­fi­cult court bat­tles, we are also strong nego­tia­tors when com­pro­mise is need­ed and are always con­scious of the com­mer­cial and eth­i­cal imper­a­tives for you. Our expe­ri­ence includes: cor­po­ra­tions law pro­ceed­ings, com­mer­cial dis­putes, prop­er­ty relat­ed dis­putes, con­struc­tion and engi­neer­ing lit­i­ga­tion and advice, major debt recov­ery and Land and Envi­ron­ment Court proceedings.

Exper­tise

• Alter­na­tive dis­pute res­o­lu­tion: medi­a­tion and arbitration
• Com­mer­cial disputes
• Cor­po­ra­tions law proceedings
• Prop­er­ty relat­ed disputes
• Major debt recovery
• Insol­ven­cy and bank­rupt­cy advice (act­ing for liq­uida­tors, bank­rupt­cy trustees and creditors)
• Land and Envi­ron­ment Court proceedings
• Neg­li­gence lit­i­ga­tion (act­ing for and against insurers)
• Ser­vice agree­ments and employ­ment litigation
• Sophis­ti­cat­ed reme­dies in Supe­ri­or Courts
• Com­pe­ti­tion and con­sumer law litigation
• Con­struc­tion lit­i­ga­tion (act­ing for own­ers, builders and subcontractors)
• Stra­ta dis­putes & mediation
• Com­mer­cial Leas­ing Disputes
• Trust Dis­putes
• Part­ner­ship disputes
• Share­hold­er disputes
• Con­trac­tu­al Disputes
• Dis­ci­pli­nary proceedings
• Con­test­ed Estates
• Fam­i­ly Pro­vi­sion claims
• Con­test­ed trade mark disputes
• IP lit­i­ga­tion
   

Expe­ri­ence
 

• Act­ed on behalf of a large over­seas oil and gas com­pa­ny in a fraud claim against its for­mer Aus­tralian solicitor
• Act­ed for an employ­er against its bank for allow­ing unau­tho­rised with­drawals (fraud) by the client’s employee
• Recov­ery of $1.5 mil­lion from the ATO for a liq­uida­tor of an insol­vent com­pa­ny togeth­er with an indem­ni­ty costs order
• Suc­cess­ful ver­dict in an action against a large cor­po­ra­tion for neg­li­gence and mis­lead­ing and decep­tive conduct
• Enforce­ment of terms of an employ­ment con­tract on behalf of an employ­er, in respect of cus­tomer poaching
• Judg­ment in favour of an account­ing firm client recov­er­ing unpaid fees
• High Court appeal in a mul­ti-mil­lion dol­lar con­tract claim
• Judge­ment and costs award­ed in favour of a client pur­su­ing an alleged breach of joint ven­ture aris­ing from a build­ing development
• Con­trac­tu­al dis­putes over a sale of a mul­ti-mil­lion dol­lar property
• Pro­ceed­ings in a mis­rep­re­sen­ta­tion claim against a ven­dor of a mul­ti-mil­lion dol­lar wholesale/​retail busi­ness, pro­tect­ing the inter­ests of our client in avoid­ing a dam­ag­ing and expen­sive extend­ed court hearing
• Suc­cess­ful appeal against a council’s rul­ing on behalf of a build­ing and con­struc­tion firm seek­ing approval of a large mul­ti-build­ing home unit development
• Assist­ed with estab­lish­ment of a nation­al fran­chise sys­tem, involv­ing exten­sive deal­ings with the Aus­tralian Com­pe­ti­tion and Con­sumer Com­mis­sion (ACCC)
• Advised on com­pul­so­ry acqui­si­tion of a com­pa­ny by its major share­hold­er, ensur­ing com­pli­ance with cor­po­ra­tions law and deal­ing with the Aus­tralian Secu­ri­ties and Invest­ment Com­mis­sion (ASIC)
• Advised a nation­al char­i­ty with respect to var­i­ous con­trac­tu­al arrange­ments involv­ing com­mer­cial, employ­ment and cor­po­rate matters

Use­ful Links

• Aus­tralian Law Reform Com­mis­sion (ALRC)