Construction Law Canberra
Construction Lawyers ACT and Canberra
Lovegrove and Cotton are construction law experts. Our team consists of leading senior expert construction lawyers whose expert advice and acumen ensures that our clients’ interests are advanced and protected.
Be it resolution of disputes with state significance, commercial or residential dispute resolution, front-end contractual advice or practitioner regulatory compliance advice and advocacy, our construction law experts are leaders in their field. We have extensive litigation experience in the ACT particularly in regards to building defects disputes in high-value multi-residential developments across the Territory.
We have also been engaged by state governments, federal bodies and industry associations to advise on building regulatory reform.
Front End 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 Dispute Resolution & Negotiation
- 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-residential 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
- Leaky buildings and water damage claims
- Residential disputes
- Housing and home owner disputes
- Construction Occupations Registrar and Access Canberra decisions
Construction & Practitioner Advocacy
- Tribunal appearances
- Construction Occupations (Licensing) Act 2004 (ACT) advice
- Practitioner compliance and licensing matters
- Building practitioner defence representation
- Building practitioner advocacy in professional conduct inquiries and court proceedings
- Building Code Australia matters
- Building surveyor advocacy
- Contractor advocacy
- Engineering advocacy
Residential / Building Defects Disputes
- Contractual advice
- Resolution of domestic building disputes
- Owners corporation class actions
- Building Act 2004 (ACT) advice
Local Government Liability Advice and Representation
- Building regulatory compliance
- Public works contract advice
- Probity and risk management
- Advice in environmental/planning approval disputes
- 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 & OH&S
- Advice on occupation health & safety regulations
- Advice on work cover claims
- OH&S defence representation
- OH&S prosecutions