Construction Law Dispute Division

Construction & Building Law Dispute Resolution Experts

SSMITH & ASSOCIATES are construction & building law experts. 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 expert Mr Stephen Smith, LL.B., B.Ec. (Monash) is a leading construction lawyer.

Did you know that one of our people was the key legal adviser on the development of the Building Act in Victoria and the Part 4 Reforms of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act NSW? We have also been engaged by state governments and federal bodies to advise on the establishment of building regulation.

SSMITH & ASSOCIATES LAWYERS’ SERVICES

Construction Dispute Resolution & Negotiation

  • Defective building work claims
  • Construction dispute resolution in prolongation, disruption, delay and liquidated damages claims
  • Dispute resolution in construction variation claims
  • Building practitioner professional liability claims
  • Multi unit development construction claims
  • High end civil and commercial dispute resolution
  • Home warranty claims
  • 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 & Practitioner Advocacy
  • VCAT, CTTT, ADT and LES appearances
  • Building Practitioners Board and Building Professional Board advocacy
  • Building Appeals Board advocacy
  • Building practitioner defence representation
  • Building practitioner advocacy in professional conduct inquiries and court proceedings
  • Protection works disputes
  • Building surveyor decisions

Domestic / 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)

Local Government Liability Advice and Representation

  • Building regulatory compliance
  • Coroners inquests
  • Environmental/planning approval dispute resolution

Insurance Claims

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

Building Work Place Accidents, Work Cover & OH&S

  • Resolution of work cover claims
  • OH&S defence representation
  • Defending OH&S prosecutions

Contact: Mr Stephen Smith

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