The construction lawyers at Smith Hunt Legal are construction law and building law experts and provide construction dispute resolution advice throughout Australia. The firm was established in 2019 as a dedicated construction law firm and is one of the oldest building law firms in Australia that practices primarily in construction and building law. Be it resolution of building disputes with state significance (we have had carriage of resolving security for payment claims on the Commonwealth Games Village), building practitioner advocacy or domestic building dispute resolution; Lovegrove & Cotton are leading construction lawyers.
Front End Advice
- Pre-contract advice and building contract negotiation
- Drafting, auditing and packaging standard building contracts and terms of engagement contracts
- Advice on the suitability of building contracts and contracting models
- Advice on sub contracts, design and construct contracts, construction management and alliance contracts
- Building Code of Australia Advice
- Domestic building contract advice
- Defective building work claims
- Resolution and appearances in arbitration matters
- 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 commercial dispute resolution
- Insurance law
- Security for payment claims
- Protection works disputes and protection works insurance disputes
- Adjoining owner disputes
- Mediation
- Expert determination
- Water Act and water leaking claims
- Water damage claims
- Domestic building disputes
- Housing and home owner disputes
- Apartment disputes
Construction Law Dispute Resolution & Negotiation
Construction & Building Practitioner Advocacy
- VCAT, NCAT, ADT and LEC appearances
- Building Practitioners Board and Building Professions Board advocacy
- Building Appeals Board advocacy
- Building practitioner defence representation
- Building practitioner defence representation
- Building practitioner advocacy in professional conduct inquiries and court proceedings
- Protection works disputes
- Building Code Australia matters
- Building surveyor decisions
Residential / Building Defects and CTTT/VCAT Disputes
- Domestic Building Contracts Act and Home Building Act advice and dispute resolution
- Resolution of domestic building disputes
- Body corporate and residents associations advice and dispute resolution
- Advice and dispute resolution on property and adjoining owner damage claims (including water damage and building protection works)
- Building regulatory compliance
- Coroners inquests
- Public works contract advice
- Probity and risk management
- Advice in environmental/planning approval disputes
- Advice to commercial and residential owners, lessors and lessees
- Advice and continuing legal education to local government, professional associations, trade associations and institutions
- Advice to government, semi-government departments and regulatory authorities
Local Government Liability Advice and Representation
Local Government Liability Advice and Representation
- Building regulatory compliance
- Coroners inquests
- Public works contract advice
- Probity and risk management
- Advice in environmental/planning approval disputes
- Advice to commercial and residential owners, lessors and lessees
- Advice and continuing legal education to local government, professional associations, trade associations and institutions
- Advice to government, semi-government departments and regulatory authorities