Commercial and Civil Dispute Resolution Division

The Partners

The dispute resolution team is headed up by Stephen Smith, Professor Lovegrove and Justin Cotton. Combined they both have 40 years of cross jurisdictional dispute resolution experience. For due diligence on our partners click their names.

Dispute Resolution Theatres

We resolve disputes, cross jurisdictionally, be it a court of law, arbitration or a tribunal. For many years we have acted for clients in Victoria, New South Wales, ACT and Queensland. We also accept briefs in Western Australia and New Zealand. In 2010 we established an affiliation with an Ethiopian law firm to assist multinationals and corporations in their legal transactions.

Areas of Commercial Dispute Resolution Expertise

• Mediation
• Arbitration
• Tribunal matters
• Court of Appeal matters
• Debt recovery
• Winding up applications
• Construction disputes
• Property law disputes
• Mining and resources disputes
• Joint venture disputes
• IP and IT Disputes
• Trade practices disputes
• Defamation actions and defences
• Commercial disputes
• Partnership, company and shareholder disputes
• Trans-Tasman disputes
• Misconduct and professional licencing advocacy
• White collar offences

Quantum Range of Disputes

Lovegrove Solicitors accept instructions in matters ranging from $30,000 to $100,000,000. We have conduct of matters currently in Victoria, NSW, Queensland and in recent weeks have secured major wins in the NSW Supreme Court, the Building Appeals Board Victoria and the County Court of Victoria. Our typical dispute quantum range is between $50,000 and $10,000,000.

The Lovegrove Solicitors E - Library

There are over 200 articles on the Lovegrove Solicitors E - Library. To access articles on commercial dispute resolution and other topics, click E - Library.

For articles on dispute resolution written by our lawyers click dispute resolution library.