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LITIGATION
Commercial disputes and litigation
In this day and age, commercial disputes frequently arise from commercial transactions.
Some commercial disputes lead to litigation, as the parties turn to the courts to resolve the dispute.
When you are faced with a commercial dispute or commercial litigation, you need the assistance of an experienced commercial litigation solicitor.
Commercial dispute resolution or commercial litigation includes any type of litigation or dispute related to a business transaction, and may include the following:
- Body Corporate Disputes
- Trade Practice claims/consumer claims
- Misrepresentation claims
- Defamation
- Negligence claims
- Corporate/shareholder litigation
- Debt collections
- Insolvency or bankruptcy
Commercial litigation can range from relatively simple disputes to highly complex matters. Most importantly, litigation that is handled improperly can lead to substantial unnecessary expense, not only the additional unnecessary expense involved in prosecuting your case, but also the added cost of needless delays, caused by work done poorly.
Litigation can have a serious impact on your business, so it is vital that you are properly advised and that you have appropriate legal assistance to help resolve your dispute as cost-effectively as possible.
Building and construction disputes
With such a competitive and perhaps over–regulated construction industry, there are many instances in which a dispute may arise between a builder, developer, owner or subcontractor. Ways to resolve the dispute can sometimes be defined by the terms of the construction contract, however there are also a number of pieces of legislation which should be considered.
With the apparent shortage of qualified tradespersons in the industry today, one such dispute can involve extensive delays in the construction of the works. While there can be unexpected situations out of both the contractor's and owner's control which lead to those delays, the critical questions can be whether and how much the owner can recover from the contractor for the delay. Another dispute that commonly arises is the workmanship of the completed project. The complaint of poor workmanship can be a serious and understandable complaint, or unfortunately is often used a ploy to try to alleviate the responsibility of making the final progress payment.
Either way it is important to ensure that the dispute is resolved as efficiently and cost-effectively as possible.
We frequently act for builders, developers, owners and subcontractors. We understand the difficulties each faces in trying to resolve disputes in the construction industry It is important to have proper assistance early in the dispute, to get the quickest and most reasonable outcome possible.
Planning and Environment Court Appeals
If your development has had unreasonably harsh conditions imposed on it, or if a proposed development in your area is likely to have a significant impact on you, speak with us about appealing the decision of the council who has imposed those conditions or allowed the devlopment.
As matters in this court are often quite complex, and can involve evidence of a highly technical nature, it is important that you involve solicitors who are skilled with these matters.
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