Our services include the provision of advice on a wide range of issues connected with construction work & related goods & services in the mining resources & energy sector, industrial & manufacturing sectors, commercial & other non-residential contexts in Western Australia.

We can assist with legal advice in connection with the following:

The interpretation & application of contracts (including construction contracts) & agreements (including joint venture agreements, royalty agreements),

Problems arising in operational contexts,

The interpretation & application of contracts,

The interpretation & application of agreements,

The interpretation & application of joint venture agreement clauses relating to preparation of technical or other specified types of technical & data documentation,

Claims in negligence & claims involving failure to take reasonable care in contract, tort or legislation & the proportionate liability legislation,

The interpretation & application of commercial clauses in construction contracts & on complex engineering & technical specifications & requirements, work progress schedules & programs of work,   

The interpretation of contracts & agreements in applications involving complex engineering, scientific & technical factual issues,

The interpretation of agreements & contracts in applications of design, specification, engineering & manufacture of plant, equipment, machines & other kinds of goods,

Contract & other legal issues relating to operational problems due to performance or defects in processing equipment, machinery or plant for instance SAG mills, mechanical mixing tanks, mechanical mixing elements, coatings & liners,

The interpretation of contracts & agreements relating to royalty assessment and calculation applications involving market valuations & independent expert reports from metallurgists & buyers & sellers of ores containing comparable characteristics, 

Operational problems requiring independent expert reports on matters of engineering, metallurgy, technical, scientific & other professional expert disciplines,

Operational problems in infrastructure involving engineering, technical, design, geotechnical, other technical expert issues for instance relating to mineral ore stockpiling & transportation infrastructure,

Problems arising in comminution processes in mineral processing,

Problems relating to waste management & tailings facilities & related goods & services & associated technology,

Problems relating to design or construction of utility services for remote operation of mineral processing facilities,

Alternative dispute resolution (mediation),

Litigation,

Arbitration.