Construction Law NSW
Construction & Planning Lawyers Sydney & NSW
Lovegrove & Cotton are construction and planning law experts. Two construction law senior construction and planning lawyers with a complement of dedicated construction and planning lawyers. 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 building law experts Mr Justin Cotton and Kim Lovegrove F.A.I.B. (a past conjoint professor in building regulation and certification at the University of Newcastle) are leaders in their field.
Did you know that one of our senior construction and planning lawyers was the key legal adviser on the development of Part 4 Reforms of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act? We have also been engaged by state governments and federal bodies to advise on the establishment of building regulation.
The fact that governments have engaged our people to shape and fashion building law, bears testimony to our legal prowess in not only New South Wales but more broadly the Antipodes.
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
Construction and Planning 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
- Insurance law
- Security for payment claims
- Adjoining owner disputes
- Expert determination
- Water Act and water leaking claims
- Water damage claims
- Residential disputes
- Housing and home owner disputes
- Apartment disputes
Construction & Practitioner Advocacy
- ADT appearances
- Building Professionals Board advocacy
- Building practitioner defence representation
- Building practitioner advocacy in professional conduct inquiries and court proceedings
- Building Code Australia matters
- Building surveyor decisions
Residential / Building Defects and ADT 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 claims)
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 & safety regulations
- OHS defence representation
- OHS prosecutions
International Construction Law Alliance (ICLA)
As an Australian member of the International Construction Law Alliance, we have international affiliations with law firms that have expertise in construction law. Accordingly, our clients can avail themselves of immediately accessible expert legal advice in a range of international jurisdictions with the advantages of dealing with lawyers from a common grouping.