Litigation and Dispute Resolution
Regrettably, commercial litigation and dispute resolution is often a resource-intensive process.
What happens when there's a dispute?
At Barrett Walker, we always approach legal disputes with a central focus of advocating what is in our client's best interests.
We pride ourselves in our ability to identify and provide a range of solutions for our clients. Just like you, we always consider litigation as the last resort. Our fee arrangements are flexible and we conduct our cases with transparency and straight-talking advice.
When litigation becomes inevitable, we have extensive expertise in litigation matters of all sizes ranging from small claims to large and highly technical disputes. Our strength lies in our multidisciplinary approach and our ability to identify core issues in contentious matters.
We specialise in the areas below:
- Contract disputes
- Competition and Consumer Law
- Insolvency litigation including public examinations
- Claims against directors
- Taxation and revenue law
- Property, building, and construction disputes
- Deceased estate and trusts litigation.
Here are some of the cases we recently acted in:
- Clifton (Liquidator) v Kerry J Investment Pty Ltd trading as Clenergy [2020] FCAFC 5. We acted for Kerry J Investments Pty Ltd in its successful cross-appeal in the Federal Court of Australia in relation to the failure by liquidators to comply with discovery orders and a contentious technical legal issue regarding payment arrangements with the Australian Taxation Office (ATO).
- We recently acted for the former directors of one of Australia's leading music retailers in their fight against a $15 million breach of directors' duties claim laid by a liquidator.
- We acted for a distributor of inverters used in home solar kits in its fight against a $23 million dollar claim by one of Australia's leading energy providers.
Do you have a business dispute that you need help with?
Let our expert lawyers handle your dispute.