Construction Law Victoria

Construction Lawyers Melbourne and Victoria

Lovegrove & Cotton, Construction Lawyers Melbourne & Building Lawyers Melbourne, was established in 1993 under the previous incarnation, Lovegrove Solicitors. This makes this building law practice one of the oldest construction law firms in Australia. Be it resolution of disputes with state significance (we have had carriage of resolving claims on the Commonwealth Games Village),
civil or residential dispute resolution; our construction law experts Justin Cotton and Kim Lovegrove RML, F.A.I.B. are leaders in their field.

Front End Building Contract Advice

• Pre-contract advice and contract/project 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

• Domestic Building Act disputes
• VCAT disputes
• VCAT claims
• Defective building work 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
• 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 and Practitioner Advocacy

• VCAT appearances
• Building Practitioners Board legal representation
• Building Appeals Board advocacy
• 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 VCAT Disputes

• Domestic Building Contracts 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)

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

Insurance Claims

• Insurance claims advice and dispute resolution
• Auditing and drafting insurance policies

Building Work Place Accidents, Work Cover and OHS

• Advice on occupation health and safety regulations
• Advice on work cover claims
• OHS defence representation
• OHS prosecutions