Josh primarily acts in construction litigation and disputes across Australia including in QLD, NSW, VIC, TAS, WA, and the NT. His significant experience includes security of payment disputes, preparation of contractual claims and responses, and alternative dispute resolution mechanisms such as expert determination.
Josh’s litigation experience includes advising on complex multimillion-dollar proceedings in relation to construction projects, appearing in a wide range of jurisdictions including Court of Appeal proceedings, preparing and defending interlocutory applications, and working with industry participants to prepare to act as witnesses at trial.
Josh provides a practical and commercial approach to construction litigation, ensuring that the short-term and long-term strategy aligns with clients’ goals and expectations.
Project highlights
Centre for National Resilience
Advising an ASX-listed construction company on a multimillion dollar adjudication application against a Tier 1 contractor.
Harts Range Solar Array
Advising on a multimillion-dollar construction contract dispute including the expert determination proceedings.
M1 Motorway Update
Advising on the controversial Queensland ‘Best Practice Industry Conditions’ and preparing complex claims. This included advising on the negotiations with Transport and Main Roads.
With construction insolvencies continuing to climb - more than 2,600 companies went under in the past year - construction companies are increasingly wary about unfair preference claims. These claims can sting: you finally get paid, only to be told later you have to give that money back. So, can you and should you still chase unpaid debts without opening yourself up to risk?
Insolvency in the construction industry is on the rise. It should come as no surprise then that liquidators will reach for the low hanging fruit of an unfair preference claim to claw back payments from unsecured creditors.
