Construction Legal

The Construction Legal team offers practical and targeted advice tailored to complex property and construction disputes, ensuring outcomes aligned with clients’ commercial objectives. Their approach is founded on a comprehensive understanding of the construction process and business operations, enabling them to deliver strategic and reliable guidance. They manage a broad spectrum of disputes, including contractual breaches, defective workmanship, delay claims, statutory warranty issues, and payment disputes under security of payment legislation, consistently focusing on commercial viability and project continuity. In resolving disputes, the team advocates for early intervention through Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) methods such as mediation, adjudication, and expert determination, promoting swift and cost-efficient settlements. They have extensive experience facilitating mediations and negotiations, managing adjudications for payment claims across a wide financial range, and conducting expert determinations on technical or contractual matters. Their client-centred approach emphasises collaboration where possible and provides robust representation when faced with uncooperative parties, always aiming to protect clients’ interests and minimise project disruption.

Construction Legal offers extensive experience in resolving building and construction disputes, delivering strategic advice and representation for clients navigating complex property and commercial challenges. Their approach prioritises thorough dispute assessment and cost-effective outcomes, supported by decades of collective litigation knowledge and collaboration with senior barristers, engineers, and other experts. This expertise enables the firm to manage a broad range of disputes, including statutory warranty claims, payment conflicts, development partnerships, and workplace prosecutions with clarity and precision. In addition to dispute resolution, the firm provides comprehensive conveyancing services for diverse property transactions, from residential acquisitions to large-scale commercial developments. Their team guides clients through site acquisition, off-the-plan projects, contract preparation, leasing, and financing, ensuring efficient and timely execution. By handling complex conveyancing issues such as bank certifications, lease variations, and collective sales, Construction Legal ensures clients’ transactions proceed smoothly and with confidence.