COMMERCIAL LAW & ENVIRONMENTAL DISPUTE DIVISION
The Commercial Law Division is headed up by Managing Partner Stephen Smith who has over 25 years of legal experience. He has performed numerous tribunal appearances in areas ranging from construction, to planning, to practitioner advocacy in misconduct proceedings.
SMITH HUNT LEGAL LAWYERS’ SERVICES
CONSTRUCTION DISPUTE RESOLUTION & NEGOTIATION
- Defective building work claims
- Home Building Act disputes
- EPAA disputes
- CTTT disputes
- CTTT claims
- Construction law advice and dispute resolution in prolongation, disruption, delay and liquidated damages claims
- Advice and dispute resolution in construction variation claims
- Building practitioner professional liability claims
- Multi unit development construction claims
- High end civil and commercial dispute resolution
- Security for payment claims
- Expert determination
- Water leaking claims
- Water damage claims
- Residential disputes
- Housing and home owner disputes & warranty claims
- Apartment disputes
- ADT appearances
- Building Professionals Board advocacy
- Building practitioner defence representation
- Building practitioner advocacy in professional conduct inquiries and court proceedings
- Building surveyor decisions
CONSTRUCTION & PRACTITIONER ADVOCACY
DOMESTIC / BUILDING DEFECTS AND CTTT/VCAT DISPUTES
- Resolution of domestic building disputes
- Body corporate and residents associations advice and dispute resolution
LOCAL GOVERNMENT LIABILITY ADVICE AND REPRESENTATION
• Building regulatory compliance
• Coroners inquests
• Environmental/planning approval dispute resolution
• Insurance claims advice and dispute resolution
• Auditing and drafting insurance policies
INSURANCE CLAIMS
BUILDING WORK PLACE ACCIDENTS, WORK COVER & OH&S
• Resolution of work cover claims
• OH&S defence representation
• Defending OH&S prosecutions