With team members based in the MacDonnells Law Brisbane, Cairns and Townsville offices, our Dispute Resolution and Litigation Lawyers (solicitors) advise clients throughout the State of Queensland as well as nationally and internationally. With over 20 litigators Statewide, we have an extensive Brisbane based Dispute Resolution and Litigation team and one of the largest Queensland Dispute Resolution and Litigation teams outside of the south east corner.
At MacDonnells Law, we understand a business’ need to actively manage litigation and disputes to control expenditure. Our professionally trained and accredited mediators are committed to mediation and exploring all options of alternative dispute resolution prior to going to Court.
The focus of our dispute resolution and litigation lawyers (solicitors) is to advise within the boundaries of commercial responsibility on the best solution with respect to action to be taken and costs incurred.
Our Dispute Resolution and Litigation team is represented by Partners in the MacDonnells Law Brisbane, Cairns and Townsville offices. The team leaders are Partners Don Macpherson (Brisbane), Terry Karydas (Cairns) and Steven Mosch (Townsville), each of whom has over 20 years experience in disputes and litigation.
All members of the MacDonnells Law Dispute Resolution and Litigation team have extensive experience conducting actions before Federal and State courts and tribunals.
The group has the support of MacDonnells Law’s Queensland-wide resources located in our Brisbane, Cairns and Townsville offices. This gives MacDonnells Law the unique capability of being able to provide dispute resolution and litigation advice in many specialist areas to clients throughout Queensland.
The Dispute Resolution and Litigation team provides legal advice and assistance to government, private businesses and corporations, in resolving disputes within commercial timeframes.
The industry sectors representative of the team’s client base are diverse and include property, tourism and hospitality, construction, manufacturing, retail, agriculture and banking and finance.
As well as dealing with commercial disputes and litigation, the MacDonnells Law Statewide Dispute Resolution and Litigation team is comprised of four sub-groups, including:
- Employment law and workplace relations
- Family law
- Insolvency and debt recovery
- Personal injuries and insurance
A breakdown of areas in which our lawyers (solicitors) practise include:
- Breach of contract including business and land acquisition
- Property Law including lease, mortgage and caveat disputes
- Actions for redress under the misleading and deceptive conduct provisions of the Trade Practices Act and Queensland Fair Trading Act
- Franchise disputes
- Trade practices including defence of ACCC matters and advice and training in relation to compliance systems and representation before ASIC
- Construction disputes both commercial and domestic
- Intellectual property including copyright, trade marks, patents, domain names and use of confidential information
- Company partnership, shareholder and director disputes
- Debt recovery and Insolvency including advising liquidators, administration, receivers and managers and representing lending institutions
- Deceased estates - advising executors and beneficiaries
- Disputes over tax driven primary industry investments
- Insurance disputes including property damage and business interruption claims
- Professional negligence claims including claims against solicitors
