LITIGATION, DISPUTE RESOLUTON & GOING TO COURT

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Whatever the issue, the most important aspect of litigation is effective resolution of the conflict and our dispute resolution lawyers will do their utmost to resolve your dispute in the shortest time possible.

We provide expert advice on dispute resolution, and will fully examine your case to provide strategies, aimed at minimising your risk, as well as quick and efficient resolution.

Cost can be a major factor in litigation, so we will advise you on how best to proceed with your case, in the most cost effective way. Where possible, we will expertly negotiate, on your behalf, using a combination of negotiation, alternate dispute resolution such as mediation to prevent the case having to go to court, and to reduce unnecessary court costs.

On the rare occasion where the case does go to court, you will be represented by one of our tenacious solicitors who will fight for the best possible outcome on your behalf.

Our team has extensive experience of dealing with a variety of litigation and dispute resolution cases on the Gold Coast and in Brisbane, from small claims to high value cases, acting for both the plaintiff and the defendant.

We are experienced in large scale commercial litigation matters, including:

• disputes over intellectual property involving patents; 
• major property disputes, including those involving town planning issues; 
• commercial and retail shop lease disputes; and competition law, and regulatory matters; 
• contractual disputes including matters involving misleading or deceptive conduct, 
• body corporate disputes, and
• matters under the Commonwealth Competition and Consumer Act 2010 and the Queensland Fair Trading Act

Commercial Litigation

We can advise and represent you in commercial litigation and company disputes to help resolve disputes relating to commercial property, intellectual property rights, passing off and copyright infringement. We can also negotiate on your behalf in matters relating to business obligations, shareholder agreements, partnership agreements and professional negligence.

Our lawyers’ experience includes:

• successful negotiation of estate litigation matters, including in circumstances where there was a fight between siblings over who would receive the late parent’s domestic residence.

Property Law Disputes

In relation to property law, we represent Landlords and Tenants in residential and commercial property disputes, from disputes over ownership and boundaries, possession and forfeiture, trespasser eviction and restrictive covenants and adverse possession.Our lawyers’ experience includes:

• a decision in relation to “unconscionable conduct” as that term is defined in the Retail Shop Leases Act and “key money”; and

• successfully resisting a Supreme Court Mareva injunction application brought in relation to net settlement proceeds of settlement where the client had claimed significant liquidated damages.