I am a lawyer with over thir­ty years of pro­fes­sion­al expe­ri­ence. The areas of my prac­tice include build­ing and con­struc­tion, prop­er­ty lit­i­ga­tion and stra­ta disputes. 

My recent expe­ri­ence has been in large NSW Supreme Court claims over Home Build­ing Act dis­putes, Design and Build­ing Prac­ti­tion­er Act dis­putes and stra­ta prop­er­ty dis­putes. I also have an excel­lent knowl­edge of con­duct­ing appeal cas­es in the supe­ri­or appeal courts.

Exper­tise

  • Con­struc­tion
  • Stra­ta

Sec­tors

  • Real Estate & Construction

Expe­ri­ence

  • NSW Supreme Court claim by own­er against builder and devel­op­er for fraud and build­ing defects which also involved three appeals by the builder’s side to the Court of Appeal.
  • NSW Supreme Court claim under the Design and Build­ing Prac­ti­tion­ers Act which extend­ed lia­bil­i­ty for defects to the nom­i­nat­ed super­vi­sor on build­ing licence
  • Con­duct­ed claims for build­ing defects against direc­tors of build­ing com­pa­nies personally
  • Stra­ta title dis­putes in tribunals
  • Numer­ous com­pli­cat­ed court dis­putes involv­ing areas such as bank­ing and finance, dis­cre­tionary trusts, con­trac­tu­al dis­putes and licensed occupations.

Roles, mem­ber­ships and education

  • Bach­e­lor of Sci­ence, Bach­e­lor of Laws (Uni­ver­si­ty of New South Wales) 1984
  • Mem­ber of Law Soci­ety of New South Wales

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Publications

How does statu­to­ry inter­pre­ta­tion impact build­ing dis­putes in NSW?

How does statu­to­ry inter­pre­ta­tion impact build­ing dis­putes in NSW? Writ­ten laws like the Home Build­ing Act, build­ing codes, and indus­try…

Shift­ing the dial on build­ing defects lia­bil­i­ty – a greater risk for com­pa­ny direc­tors and devel­op­ers under recent leg­isla­tive reform

Under the Home Build­ing Act 1989, claimants in defec­tive build­ing cas­es against cor­po­rate builders and/​or cor­po­rate devel­op­ers may hit a road­block…

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