Adjudicators

John Fisher

John is a chartered civil engineer with a background in large, complex buildings and infrastructure and has hands-on experience as a client, consultant, contractor and subcontractor. Over many years in project management consultancy he has managed a wide variety of commercial, retail, health, education, airport and rail projects. He has had an international career spanning many countries and developed consultancy businesses in the UK, UAE, South East Asia and Australia. He now has his own practice in Perth specialising in project management and dispute resolution.

John has strong commercial and contractual skills with significant niche experience in project recovery. A NMAS accredited mediator, he has been an expert witness and has lectured internationally on project management. John is registered as an adjudicator in WA and NT and has presented courses to train more adjudicators approved by both the WA and NT Governments.

Qualifications & Affiliations

BSc Civil Engineering
Chartered Engineer
Fellow of the Association for Project Management (Certified Project Manager)
Member Australian Institute of Project Managers
Member Institution of Civil Engineers
Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Member Institute of Arbitrators and Mediators Australia

Member Society of Construction Law

Contact Details

JP Fisher Consulting Pty Ltd
5 Hoxton Rise
CARINE WA 6020 

Phone:                  (08) 9447 3894        
Fax:                       (08) 9238 0778
Mobile:                  0414 402 337          

Email: johnf@jpfisherconsulting.com.au

Adjudicator's Rates

$250 per hour plus GST. Any fees payable to appointers will be charged in addition. Travel outside Perth Metropolitan area at cost.

Roger Davis

Qualifications & Affiliations

BA (Hons); LL B (Hons)
Roger is a Fellow of the Institute of Arbitrators and Mediators Australia; Grade 1 arbitrator; accredited mediator.  He has been a practicing solicitor for 10 years and independent barrister for 15 years.  Roger practices at the bar as counsel largely specialising in building, construction, engineering and mining services disputes.   He has 10 years experience as an arbitrator and mediator.  This experience also includes work on public inquiries as Counsel Assisting, Special Investigator and Royal Commissioner.  He was Deputy Chairman of the Building Disputes Committee (WA) (now Building Disputes Tribunal) for 2 years.

Contact Details

PO Box 345
NEDLANDS     WA    6909
Phone:  9386 8662
Fax:  9386 3312
Email:  rkfdavis@westnet.com.au

Adjudicator's Rates

$300 per hour engaged plus GST and any necessary disbursements.   

Michael Charteris

AAIQS ICECA AIAMA MAIB NBPR-1

Qualifications & Affiliations

• Bachelor of Applied Science (Architectural Science) & (Quantity Surveying)
• Associate Member of the Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors since 1992
• International Cost Engineering Council Accredited
• Expert Witness registered with AIQS College of Expert Witnesses
• Associate Member of the Institute of Arbitrators & Mediators Australia
• Member of Australian Institute of Building

Areas of Expertise

• Contract administration of architectural building project.
• Variation assessment, calculation and submission for Lump Sum Contracts and especially for those contracts having guaranteed Bills of Quantitie.
• Measurement of building quantities

Relevant Experience

Since 1990, Michael has been employed primarily by recognised commercial contractors within the Perth metropolitan area to perform all functions of contract administration for a wide variety of architecturally designed building projects in excess of $100M. Michael has also been self-employed, employed by quantity surveying offices and the state government. Projects administered include shopping centres, schools, educational and complex research facilities, churches, chapels and crematoria, high-density housing, health care facilities, prisons, recreational facilities and commercial buildings.

Contact Details

8 Fleta Court
DUNCRAIG WA 6023
Mobile: 0438 940 162
Email: mjcharteris@bigpond.com.au

Adjudicator's Rates

$250 per hour (GST exclusive) plus travel at the hourly rate
Disbursements and other adjudication services as required at cost.   

Dr Phil Evans

Qualifications & Affiliations

BScEng , ME (Hons), LGE Cert. (NSW), LLB, PhD.
Dr Phil Evans is a lawyer and the course coordinator of the Graduate Certificate in Building and Construction Law at the University of Notre Dame Fremantle. He is also a qualified civil engineer, Fellow of the Australian Institute of Building, Fellow of the Institution of Engineers (Australia) and a Member of the Institute of Arbitrators and Mediators Australia (IAMA). He is an IAMA graded arbitrator and accredited mediator.

Contact Details

32 Allerton Way
BOORAGOON     WA    6154
Phone: (08) 9364 8068
Fax: (08) 9364 8068
Email: pevans@nd.edu.au

Adjudicator's Rates

$250 per hour (GST not applicable) plus disbursements at cost.

Ralph Unger

Qualifications & Memberships

B.E., F.I.E. Aust, CP Eng, FASCE, F.A.I.M, M.I.AMA
Accredited Mediator and Conciliator, Registered Builder 9243 (WA)
Ralph Unger is a practicing consulting civil and structural engineer with a strong design and construction grounding in contract management and project management.
During a consulting career spanning 38 years has attained expertise in infrastructure works, property development, building and structural works, a full range of municipal works and organisational structuring.
Holds Practitioners Certificate in Mediation and Conciliation and Adjudicators Training Certificate (Construction Contracts Act 2004 (WA)).

Contact Details

1-9 Rufus St
ALBANY     WA    6330
Phone: (08) 9841 4433
Fax: (08) 9841 6231
Mobile : 0417 929 639
Email: rrunger@omninet.net.au

Adjudicator’s Rates

$170 per hour plus GST for payment disputes of $75,000 or less.
$200 per hour plus GST for payment disputes of $75,001 or more.
Country travel will be charged at $1.00 per kilometre.
Any other costs of an adjudication are charged for reimbursement at cost (plus GST) plus a 5% service fee.

Graham Anstee-Brook  

Contact details

Level 49 Central Park
152-158 St George's Terrace
PERTH    WA   6000
Phone:  (08) 9429 7612
Fax:  (08) 9429 7666
Mobile: 0412 288 554
Email: graham.anstee-brook@minterellison.com

Adjudicator's Rates

$295 per hour exclusive of GST for payment disputes of $200,000 or less
$350 per hour exclusive of GST for payment disputes of $200,001 or more

Scott Ellis

Relevant Experience

Scott is an experienced, practical dispute resolution lawyer. Scott has acted in civil litigation and commercial arbitrations on behalf of both principals and contractors.
Scott was a partner at leading commercial law, Freehills, for more than 12 years and now practices as a barrister.
Scott is graded as an arbitrator by the Australian Institute of Arbitrators and Mediators and is a LEADR accredited mediator.

Contact details

Francis Burt Chambers
Level 19, Allendale Square
77 St Georges Terrace
PERTH WA 6000
Phone: (08) 9220 0511
Fax: (08) 9220 0572
Mobile : 0419 956 433
Email: sellis@francisburt.com.au

Adjudicator's Rates

$300 per hour plus GST and otherwise on Scott’s standard terms of engagement as an adjudicator, a copy of which are available on request.

Philip Dyer

Relevant Experience

Philip is a Justice of the Peace, a Grade 2 arbitrator and a mediator.  He has a diploma in building.
He is a member of the Institute of Arbitrators and Mediators of Australia and a registered builder in Western Australia .  His areas of expertise are in home building, light commercial and industrial.  He has 30 years experience in construction contract administration with residential, commercial and industrial contracts.  The last 18 years have been in Margaret River and surrounding areas.
Philip has been a member of the Institute of Arbitrators and Mediators since 1994, has published 10 awards and been involved in several mediations.

Contact Details

PO Box 266
MARGARET RIVER    WA    6285
Phone:  (08) 9757 5062
Fax:  (08) 9757 5062
Mobile :  0417 979 599
Email:  pgcdyer@bigpond.com

Adjudicator’s Rates

Hourly rate for services is $200 + GST = $220 per hour.
Additional charges for disbursements and other services are:
Disbursements - at cost
Travel over 35 km - at hourly rate one way only   

Glynn Logue

Qualifications
Chartered Professional Engineer
Project Manager Professional
Graded Arbitrator
Registered Adjudicator Western Australia
Accredited Mediator

Relevant Experience

Glynn has more than 30 years experience in the design and construction of roads and bridges and related infrastructure [traffic signals, lighting, road markings etc] and in contract formation, procurement and administration.  He directed the development of long-term performance based contracts in Main Roads (WA) for the maintenance of roads, bridges and traffic control infrastructure, with a value of more than $1 billion.
In the last five years, Glynn has managed the resolution of disputes arising from road and bridge construction contracts through negotiation, mediation, expert appraisal, arbitration and litigation.

Contact Details

2 Milson Close
KALLAROO   WA   6025
Phone:  (08) 9402 7595
Fax:  (08) 9402 7595
Email:   logue@istnet.net.au

Adjudicator’s Rate

$200 per hour [GST exclusive] for payment disputes of $200 000 or less
$220 per hour [GST exclusive] for payment disputes of $200 001 or more
Rates inclusive of local communications and travel. 
Country car travel at 80c/km. 
Other disbursements including interstate travel at cost.

Laurie James

Qualifications and Experience
LLB (1st Class Hons) University of WA . Barrister and Solicitor and Chairman of Partners of the law firm Kott Gunning. National Senior Vice President of the Institute of Arbitrators and Mediators Australia , Vice Chairman of its WA Chapter, Grade 1 Arbitrator and Accredited Mediator and Conciliator. Deputy Chairman (W.A.) of the Construction and Infrastructure Law Committee of The Law Council of Australia . The Gas Disputes Arbitrator under the Gas Pipelines Access ( Western Australia ) Act 1998 .

Areas of Expertise

Any construction dispute which can be determined on the basis of the evidence presented and which does not require the adjudicator to act on the basis of his own expertise in inspecting the works.

Contact Details

C/- Kott Gunning Lawyers
Level 8, AMP Building
140 St. George?s Tce
PERTH    WA    6000
Phone:  (08) 9483 0155
Fax:  (08) 9321 3465
Email:   chamilton@kottgunn.com.au

Adjudicator’s Rates

$350 per hour plus GST and disbursements, although lesser rates may be negotiated in appropriate situations.

Alan Riley

Qualifications and Experience
L.L.B. (Hons)
Alan is a Fellow and Foundation Member of the Institute of Arbitrators and Mediators Australia; Grade 2 arbitrator; accredited mediator.
He has worked in the building and construction industry for over 35 years and now practices as a contracts consultant, arbitrator and mediator, being the principal partner of Alan V Riley & Associates.  His firm's clientele is made up of all sectors of the building and  construction industry including owners, architects, contractors, subcontractors and consultants.

Contact Details

PO Box 270
WILLETTON   WA   6955
Phone:  (08) 9457 3999
Fax:  (08) 9457 3199
Mobile :  0418 944 456
Email: avriley@iinet.net.au

Adjudicator's Rates

$220 per hour plus GST
Travel expenses at cost (plus GST) outside the Perth metropolitan area

Richard Machell 

Qualifications and Experience
Richard is currently the WA Chapter President and Board Member of the National Committee of the Australian Institute of Building, past Chairman of the Education and Promotions Sub committee and past WA Committee member of the Institute of Arbitrators and Mediators (WA).  Richard is the General Manager of a building and infrastructure company specialising in non-metropolitan based projects in WA, NT and S.A.  
Prior to this role Richard spent 8 years as the General Manager of an Architectural company based in the Kimberley region of WA carrying out Residential, Heritage, Commercial, Educational, Correctional, Health and Infrastructure works to $30M per year for a broad range of government and non government clients.  This role included responsibility for the design, documentation and contract administration of these projects as well as overall management of the organisation.
Richard has a background in the building industry as a registered builder in Australia and the UK spanning 30 years, at all levels from working as a tradesman on site, utilising his B.Ed to teach construction and related issues, to the project management and contract administration of complex construction and infrastructure projects.  Richard has ongoing experience in resolving disputes through Mediation, Conciliation and Arbitration and is currently an Arbitrator, Accredited Mediator and an active Justice of the Peace.  His experiences and qualifications provide a capacity to adjudicate on a broad range of matters involving home building to larger commercial projects, supported by a first hand knowledge of contemporary issues facing all participants in the building and construction industry.

Contact Details

33 Chellaston Crescent
CARINE    WA    6020
Phone:  (08) 9531 2033
Fax:  (08) 9246 7405
Mobile :  0417 400539
Email:  manage@murrayrivernorth.com.au

Adjudicator's Rates

$180 per hour for adjudications (GST not applicable). This rate includes time and usual expenses such as postage, fax, office services.

William Lau

Qualifications and Experience
Barrister-at-law ( London ) (1975)
Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Western Australia (1994)
LL.B ( London ) (1973) LL.M (1974)
Chartered Arbitrator (UK)
William has been a practising lawyer for more than 28 years. He has also sat as an Arbitrator in construction, maritime and commercial cases. He has handled construction cases involving water treatment plans, road/highway construction, airport, commercial construction, housing development scheme and industrial facilities.
William is a Panel Arbitrator of both the Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration (KLRCA), and London Maritime Arbitrators Association (LMAA). He has been a Fellow of the Institute of Arbitrators and Mediators Australia (IAMA) since 1994, and a Fellow of Singapore Institute of Arbitrators, and Malaysian Institute of Arbitrators, and also a LEADR Accredited Mediator. He continues to be active in practical and dispute resolution.

Contact Details

Unit 5 Winthrop Court
Somerville Boulevard
WINTHROP    WA    6150
Phone:  9312 2144
Fax:  9312 2086
Mobile :  0409 044 458  / +6019-8585444
Email:  wkhlau@iprimus.com.au and wlau@pc.jaring.my

Adjudicator's Rates

$180 per hour (GST not applicable). Disbursements ? secretarial, photocopying, postage, binding, travel and other out of pocket expenses are charged for reimbursement at cost.

Kevan James McGill

BE (Hons) (UWA), Grad Cert HRM ( Canberra ), Prof Cert Arbitration ( Adelaide ); FIEA, MIEE, MIAMA
Kevan is an electrical engineer with 35 years of experience that includes building services, building construction and engagement of consultants. G block at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital is one of my projects. He has led the BMA day labour construction business and architectural and engineering practices in my time in government. As a safety regulator, he has developed regulatory approaches to improving safety and conducted disciplinary hearings on offending trades people.
He is a graded arbitrator with IAMA, has conducted an expert determination and administered contracts for significant projects in addition to project managing the electrical component at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital G block and Alexander Library.
Kevan is a senior sessional member of the WA State Administrative Tribunal.

Contact details

17 Juniper Way
Duncraig WA 6023
Phone: (08) 9447 5286
Mobile: 0434 148 971
Email: duncraig17@yahoo.com.au

Adjudicator’s rates

$165 per hour for payment disputes of $50,000 or less and $198 per hour for payment disputes of $50,001 or more. (GST not applicable). Travel expenses outside Perth metropolitan area by car $1/km and airfares and accommodation at cost.

Philip C Loots

Qualifications and Experience
B Comm, LLB.
PMD Harvard Business School
Executive Negotiation Programme Harvard Business School.
Philip Loots is a construction lawyer.  He has worked internationally for the past thirty years in all facets of construction including infrastructure, mining and oil and gas.  He was Chairman of the International Bar Association Sub-Committee T5 Project Management and served on the Contract Review Panel for the 1999 FIDIC (International Federation of Consulting Engineers) suite of Standard Contract documents.  He is chair of the WA Committee of the Dispute Resolution Board Foundation Australia Charter, an IAMA Mediator, a FIDIC Mediator and Arbitrator and a Registered Adjudicator under the Construction Contracts Act 2004 (WA).

Contacts

6B Eastside Apartments,
29 Trafalgar Road
East Perth, WA 6004
Email: philip.loots@westnet.com.au

Adjudicator's Rates

$295 per hour plus GST, and disbursements for payment disputes of $200,000 or less;
$350 per hour plus GST, and disbursements for payment disputes of $200,001 or more.

Cameron Ford

Cameron is a senior legal counsel with NAB in Melbourne, having formerly practised as both a solicitor and a barrister in Darwin.

He was the first Territory based adjudicator to be registered under the Construction Contracts
(Security of Payments) Act .

Contact details

Cameron Ford
2803/100 Harbour Esplanade,
Docklands, Vic 3008
Ph: (03) 8634 8530
Mobile: 0417 430 421
Fax :1300 792 313
Email: cameron.ford@bigpond.com

Adjudicator’s Rates

Hourly rate for services is $250.00 (inclusive of GST)

Charles Wright

Qualifications & Memberships

• Associate Member of the Australian Institute of Quantity Surveying (AAIQS)
• International Cost Engineering Council Accredited (ICECA)
• Associate Member of the Australian Institute of Building (AMAIB)

Relevant Experience

Charles is a practicing quantity surveyor and has over 35 years experience working with either construction firms or in professional offices. Extensive experience has been gained overseas, mainly in Asia, on large commercial, retail, industrial, institutional, educational, tourism and residential projects that complements the Australian experience on a similar range of projects together with mining, defence and indigenous housing projects.
Charles is a long term Darwin resident and has a good understanding of both urban and remote conditions throughout the Northern Territory. The past 16 years has been spent as the Principal in a Darwin based quantity surveying firm where the clients include all sectors of the construction industry from subcontractors through to international developers and architects.

Contact Details

GPO Box 4009
Darwin NT 0801
Phone: (08) 8941 0116
Fax: (08) 8941 0864
Email: charles.wright@qsservices.com.au

Adjudicator’s Rates

$200.00 per hour plus GST

Brian Gallaugher

Brian is a civil engineer with 38 years experience in contract management and administration in the construction industry with the past 27 years in the Northern Territory. His principal areas of expertise are in civil engineering construction and maintenance works. Through his career with both the public and private sectors he has developed a sound appreciation of the rights and aspirations of principals and contractors.

Brian has adjudicated 18 payment disputes since the introduction of the legislation.

Contact Details

PO Box 267
NIGHTCLIFF NT 0814
Phone: (08) 8948 2005
Mobile: 0437 376 668
Email: :  brian.gallaugher@gmail.com

Adjudicator’s Rates

Hourly rate for services is $200 + GST

John Brears

John is a Building Contractor and Developer, with over 20 years experience in the Northern Territory managing, both large and small, residential, commercial and government construction projects, through the approval process with all the relevant authorities, and the design and construction stages of a project. He is willing to carry out site inspections where necessary to adjudicate a dispute.
John has an honours degree in Civil Engineering and worked in a number of overseas countries before migrating to Australia. He is a qualified mediator, used by the Lands and Mining Tribunal to resolve planning appeal disputes, and has acted as an expert witness in a number of construction disputes in Darwin. He has also been appointed as a conciliator by the Housing Industry Association to resolve disputes.

Qualifications and Current Appointments

• Licensed Builder (unrestricted)
• Fellow of the Institute of Engineers (Australia)
• Member of the Institute of Civil Engineers (UK)
• Executive member of the Territory Construction Association Council
• Chairperson of the Building Appeals Board (Building Act)
• Licensing Commissioner (Liquor Act)
• Justice of the Peace

Contact Details

PO Box 4159
DARWIN  NT  0801
Phone: (08) 8941 8948
Fax: (08) 8941 8721
Mobile: 0418 894 750
Email:  jbrears@internode.on.au

Adjudicator’s Rates

Hourly rate for services is $180.00 + GST = $198 per hour.

Lyndon White

Relevant Qualifications, Professional and Voluntary Involvements

• Master of Applied Law
• Certificate in Adjudication
• NT Department of Justice – Adjudicator 21
• Qld Building & Construction Industry Payments Agency – Adjudicator J1116024
• WA Department of Commerce – Adjudicator 46
• NATA Assessor 11777
• Gateway Review™ Team Member
• Contributing member to IAMA, IACCM, LEADR, QLS, NSWLS

Relevant Experience Summary

Lyndon has been involved with the civil construction and contracting industry in Australia and Internationally since 1985. He has proven experience in assisting organisations to resolve disputes using primary and alternative dispute resolution processes and also has highly developed negotiation and conflict resolution skills for application in preventative and reactive situations.

Contact Details

P.O. Box 2042, BOMADERRY, NSW, 2541
Phone  : 0408 937 632
Fax      : 02 4448 7007
Email : lyndonwhite@optusnet.com.au

Adjudicator’s Rates

$180 per hour plus GST inclusive of fax, email and up to 5kg in postage costs
Travel, accommodation, inspection or other expenses at cost plus 10% plus GST

David V Court

2694 Wanneroo Road
Carabooda WA 6033
Phone: (08) 9561 8512
Fax: (08) 9301 2855
Mobile: 0438 930 534

Email: david.court@csiexcel.com
Website: www.csiexcel.com

Profile

MRICS, FCIArb, AIAMA, Registered Adjudicator (WA, NT, QLD, NSW)

Qualifications:

Diploma in Arbitration, College of Estate Management, UK
Diploma in Quantity Surveying, Cauldon College, UK
Membership of Professional Organisations:
Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
Associate of the Institute of Arbitrators and Mediators Australia
Registered Adjudicator under the Construction Contracts Act 2004 (WA)
Registered Adjudicator under the Construction Contracts (Security of Payments) Act 2004 (NT)
Registered Adjudicator under the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 2004 (QLD)
Adjudicator under the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 (NSW)

Relevant Expertise:

As Managing Director of Contract Solutions International, a consultancy firm specialising in provision of construction dispute avoidance and resolution services, David has over 20 years of international experience in project, contract, claim and commercial management and administration, across a diverse array of construction projects and sectors on behalf of owners, operators, contractors and consulting organisations.
Specific area of expertise involves training, preparation and defence of claims and provision of contractual advice in relation to a broad range of construction sectors, including civil engineering, marine, oil and gas, mining, mechanical and electrical and building projects, undertaken in Asia, Australia, New Zealand, UK and USA.

Adjudicator's Rates

$275 per hour plus GST. Out of pocket expenses such as travel outside the metropolitan area are charged at cost.

Alistair Wyvill

Alistair has been a commercial barrister for over 20 years both here and in the United Kingdom.  He has had extensive experience in building disputes in the Territory and internationally, many of which have involved complex technical issues. Local projects he has worked on include

• Nicholls Place
• Darwin Entertainment Centre
• Tindall Airbase
• The McArthur River Gas Pipeline
• Melville Island Wharf
• East Arm Wharf

Alistair has a detailed knowledge of the Construction Contracts (Security of Payments) Act (NT) having appeared and successfully defended the adjudications in the decisions of the Northern Territory Supreme Court in

• Trans Australian Constructions P/L v Nilsen (SA) P/L and Ford [2008] NTSC 42
• Independent Fire Sprinklers (NT) Pty Ltd v Sunbuild Pty Ltd [2008] NTSC 46

His full curriculum vitae may be found at www.williamforster.com/members/alistair-wyvill/

Qualifications

B.Econ. LLB (Hons)(Qld), LLM (Distinction) (Lond)

Contact Details

William Forster Chambers
26 Harry Chan Avenue
Darwin NT 0800
PO Box 4369
DARWIN NT 0801
Tel: + 61 (0)8 8982 4700
Fax: + 61 (0)8 8941 1541
email: awyvill@williamforster.com

Adjudicator's Rates

$400 + GST per hour

Rod Perkins

Experience

35 years trade and engineering experience in Aircraft Maintenance, Building and Construction, Mining, Oil and Gas Resource sectors of industry.

10 years business management in medium to large commercial businesses with specific experience in construction contracts in CBD multi-story buildings and remote Mining, Oil and Gas Resources projects.

Qualifications

Bachelor of Science (Health and Safety)
Associate Diploma Aeronautical Engineering
Aircraft Engineering, Fitting and Machining, and Refrigeration and Air-conditioning Trade Certificates and Associated Licenses

Membership of Professional Organisations

Member, Law Society of Western Australia and Northern Territory
Member, Institute of Arbitrators and Mediators
Member, Society of Construction Law (Australia)
Member, Australian Institute of Refrigeration, Air-conditioning and Heating Engineers

Areas of Expertise

Aircraft Engineering and Maintenance Services
Building Construction Services (HVAC, Fire, Electrical and Data Communications)
Mining, Oil and Gas Resource Infrastructure
General Engineering

Contact Details

8 Kurrajong Crescent
NIGHTCLIFF NT 0810

Please Note: for secure Post:

PO Box 868
NIGHTCLIFF NT 0814

Phone: (08) 8948 0942
Fax:     (08) 8948 0942
Mobile: 0437 781 22
Email: rperkins@monadel.com.au  

Adjudicator’s Rates

$220 per hour plus GST and Disbursements at cost.

David Alderman

Qualifications

LLB Adelaide 1977

Experience

David started practicing law in Adelaide in 1979. He became a partner at Ward Keller (NT) in 1986 and went to the Bar in 1995. He practices mainly in commercial litigation including building disputes. He has experience as a mediator commencing in 2003. He has presented information sessions on the Construction Contracts (Security of Payments) Act (NT) in the Territory.

Contact Details

William Forster Chambers
26 Harry Chan Avenue
Darwin 0800
PO Box 4369 Darwin NT 0801
Telephone: (08) 89824700
Facsimile: (08) 89411541
E-mail alderman@ozemail.com.au

Simon Lee

Simon was admitted as a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Western Australia (2001) and of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory (2003) and has practised at the Northern Territory Bar since 2005.  He is an accredited Supreme Court (NT) mediator.

His full curriculum vitae may found at http://ntba.asn.au/member-profiles/simon-lee/

Qualifications

B.A (Hons) Monash; LLB (Hons) (Dunelm); LLM (Melbourne).

Contact Details

Magayamirr Chambers
26 Harry Chan Avenue
Darwin NT 0800 AUSTRALIA
PO Box 2016
DARWIN NT 0801 AUSTRALIA
Tel: + 61(0)8 8901 7700
Fax: + 61(0)8 8901 7719
Email: simon@magayamirr.com

Adjudicator’s Rates

$250 per hour plus GST

 

Paul Baxter

Experience

Paul is a FAICD and a Registered Builder in the Northern Territory.

He is a member of the Institute of Arbitrators and Mediators of Australia and is a former President of the Territory Construction Association. His areas of expertise include Housing, Defence, Education, Correctional Services, Commercial and Airports. He has over 35 years experience in Contract Administration.

Contact Details

PO Box 39408

Winnellie NT 0820

Phone: (08)89471174

Fax; (08)89470297

Mobile: 0418894300

Email: pbaxter@pwbaxter.com.au

Adjudicator's Rates

Hourly rate for services is $200.00 per hour + GST

Robert Fenwick Elliott

Experience

Robert Fenwick Elliott is a highly experienced construction lawyer.  He founded the London specialist law firm Fenwick Elliott LLP in 1980, and now lives and works in Adelaide at Fenwick Elliott Grace.  He is admitted as a lawyer in South Australia, New South Wales and England & Wales, has been accredited as an adjudicator by TeCSA, CIoB and CIC as well as the Northern Territory, and as a mediator by CEDR and IAMA.

He has acted in many hundreds of millions of dollars worth of disputes around the world, almost all of them in the construction or engineering fields such as pipelines, marine terminals, FPSOs, mining projects, power stations, railway derailments, harbours, hospitals etc and has written a number of books  and lectured widely on construction law topics, and has trained and nominated many adjudicators in the UK.  He has either represented parties or acted as adjudicator in many adjudications in the UK, WA, NSW, Queensland and the Ukraine, including a number of high value cases. He has repeatedly been recognised by The Legal 500 and Chambers as “one of the industry’s leading practitioners”, “a dominant force” and “a safe pair of hands”.

He is a Vice-President and former chairman of the Technology and Construction Solicitors Association, and now sits on the board of the Society of Construction Law Australia. For further details, see www.feg.com.au/OurPeopleRobert.htm

Contact details

Fenwick Elliott Grace
10th Floor, Optus Centre,
431 King William Street,
Adelaide SA 5000
Phone: +61 8 8110 8000
Fax: +61 8 8231 2922
Mobile: +61 415 668 665
Email: rjfe@feg.com.au

Adjudicator's Rates

$400 per hour plus disbursements and GST

Russell Welsh

Russell is a Chartered Quantity Surveyor and project manager with over 35 years experience. He has worked in UK, Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, South Korea and for over 20 years in Australia.
He is a practicing adjudicator in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory.
He has a wide range of experience in building and engineering works both from the professional and contracting perspectives.
Russell specialises in dispute resolution and manages RICS Dispute Resolution Service, Oceania.

Qualifications & Affiliations

Polytechnic Diploma in Quantity Surveying – Dip QS
Degree of Master of Science in Project Management - MSc
Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors - FRICS
Fellow of the Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors – FAIQS

Member, Society of Construction Law Australia
Member, Building Dispute Practitioners Society
Member, Adjudicator’s Forum

Registered Adjudicator in Queensland under the BCIPA
Registered Adjudicator in Western Australia under the CCA
Registered Adjudicator in Northern Territory under the CC(SoP)A
Certified Adjudicator in New South Wales under the BCISOPA
Certified Adjudicator in Victoria under the BCISOPA
Certified Adjudicator in Tasmania under the BCISOPA
Certified Adjudicator in the Australian Capital Territory under the BCI(SOP)A

Contact Details

RICS Dispute Resolution Service
Level 3, Waterfront Place
1 Eagle Street
BRISBANE QLD 4000

Email:       rwelsh@ricsdrs.com.au or rwpm@ozemail.com.au
Phone:       + 61 7 3360 0256
Fax:           + 61 7 3360 0222 
Mobile: 0419 707 544

Adjudicator’s Rates

$325.00 per hour plus GST.
Expenses and disbursements at cost.

Auke (JJ) Steensma

Auke (JJ) Steensma is a is a highly sought after and practised and tertiary qualified business leader and general manager with over 25 years of commercial experience in the field of contract, logistics, procurement and project management in the private, corporate and government/defence sectors.  He is a project manager with a strong background in the establishment, administration, operation and management of contracts and has an established knowledge of contract law, building and construction law, which includes AS2124 and the AS4000 series contracts.
ADR skills include; arbitration, adjudication (Construction Contracts Act 2004 (WA) & Construction Contracts (Security of Payments) Act 2004 (NT)), mediation (NMAS Accredited), expert determination and negotiation.

Qualifications

Master of Management Research (2007), UWA - Business School.
Master of Project Management (2000), Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT).
Bachelor of Business in Transport and Logistics Management (1998), (RMIT).
Professional Certificate in Arbitration (2010) (Uni of Adelaide).
Diploma in Frontline Management (1998).
Diploma in Materiel Management (1998).
Certificate IV in Training and Workplace Assessment (2002).
Senior Leadership and Management Courses
Completed - the Advanced Management Program - UWA/AIM,
Completed - the Executive Development Course (EDCO), AIM.

Professional Certification

Member – Institute of Arbitrators and Mediators - Australian (MIAMA).
Qualified and certified in arbitration, mediation, expert determination and is a Registered Adjudicator (WA & NT) and negotiation.  Has completed the Practitioner’s Certificate in Mediation (IAMA) and is NMAS accredited.  Completed the Expert Determination Course (IAMA).  Registered Adjudicator (WA) under the Construction Contracts Act 2004 & Registered Adjudicator (NT) under the Construction Contracts (Security of Payments) Act 2004.  Has completed the Adjudication Course (IAMA).  He is a qualified negotiator (AIM).
Member - Member – Australian Institute of Company Directors (MAICD);
Completed - the Company Directors Course - Certificate of Completion - AICD,

Contact Details

Steensma Pty Ltd
1 Wittenoom Place
DUNCRAIG WA 6023
Tel:  (08) 9243 8987
Mob: 0419 907 661
Email: auke@steensma.com.au

Adjudicator’s Rates

$285 per hour (plus GST).  Any disbursements: travel expenses by car $1.00 per km. for travel outside the metropolitan area.Other travel expenses, such as; air & taxi fares, accommodation and meals at cost.

 

Allan Banks

Relevant Qualifications, Professional and Voluntary Involvements

• BSc (Hons) Quantity Surveying
• MSc Construction Law & Arbitration
• Queensland Building & Construction Industry Payments Agency – Adjudicator J1217129
• Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
• Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators

Relevant Experience Summary
Allan is a Chartered Quantity Surveyor that has worked in the UK, United Arab Emirates, Oman and Australia over the last 15 years. During that time he has gained experience in general contracting, mechanical, electrical and plumbing, heavy engineering and civil works.
Contact Details
c/o Aquenta Consulting, Po Box 15034, City East, Queensland, 4002
Phone  : 07 3210 1366
Fax      : 07 3210 1788
Email : allan.banks@aquenta.com.au
Adjudicator’s Rates
$240 per hour plus GST
Expenses and disbursements at cost